Price Paid:  $88.00 from eBay

Summary:
I'm impressed with this model. A great build quality. Heavy, much aluminium. Made in Japan. 3 heads, 3 engines. Automatic bias adjustment. Great, clear sound. Many sound details.

Weaknesses:
-quite slow tape rewind

Similar Products Used:
Akai GX-75

Price Paid:  $700.00 from Vogelzang Holland

Summary:
Right now, october 2002, I still use this TA-6711 eventhough we have cd-r's, dvd's and MP3's around us. This digtal decade many heavy users won't even use analogue tapes anymore. But the technique and it's sound still made me use it though. This deck is superb, solid and smooth. Measured with a Bruel&Kjaer WRMS meter and adjusted with Nakamichi's TR-100 (15 freq. steps) and demagnized every 50 hours with the TEAC E-3 head demagnizer this deck still rocks the digital technique far behind. Don't say analogue technique is far better, that's a story for every loony. On top of it, I use a Teac X2000-4TR for reference (only with EE tape and DBX-I on 3/3.4 ips). I just handle both machines with care (clean. and re-adjusting), making sure they give the best possible performance.

Strengths:
Compared with the "same" machines in it's class, the Onkyo Integra TA-6711 is the best. Knowing that Sony is a little bit agressive in the higher frequency, Pioneer hasn't got that much dynamic to offer, Nakamichi can compete. The Onkyo Integra TA-6711 boosts with an diff'rent type of encode/decode Dolby processing. The pre-recorded tapes sounds weak on a Sony or Pioneer deck. Just Dolby incompatible, cannot make sure one of them uses the wrong parameters.

Weaknesses:
For it's value Onkyo didn't payed much attention to the materials used for the cabinet. The power supply (board), pre-amplifier board could be separated like Akai did with the GX-95/75.

Similar Products Used:
Akai GX-95, Akai GX-99, Sony TC-1010, Philips N2551 (EUR model), Nakamichi Tri-Tracer 1000

Price Paid:  $700.00 from E.I.C.

Summary:
I purchased this deck to my second system (home theater). I purchased this Deck becase it matchs to my Onkyo Integra system line. In my opinion this deck has good sound but is very expensive and has many weekness. There are many better offer in the market.

Strengths:
Good sound and build quality

Weaknesses:
No own remote control, no electric open and close cassette holder (at that price!), no Dolby S

Similar Products Used:
Technics RZ7

Summary:
To "THERAMBLER" :

"ONKYO doesnt have continous rolling with capstains. It starts rolling just when pressed the start button. "

THIS IS NOT TRUE ! You should have tested the machine, before you buy it. It was not working correctly.

I used several Onkyo decks, and they are the best at their price.

Price Paid:  $300.00 from onkyo corporate showroom

Summary:
this is actuallya review of the ta 6310 tape dekc from onkyo which has dolby s and i think this is the only model which has that feature.it has very good sound and it auto bias system caliberates tapes to perfection.

the dolby s type system is very good and hepls in making copies of cd in a mannner which is as clean as the cd

unfortunately this model is discontinued and if you can find it grab one

Strengths:
all great quality dolby s type

Weaknesses:
single deck no auto reverse

Similar Products Used:
sanyo,onkyo tarw244