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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
3.0 stars
Pros: Good power, reputation, reliability, features. Both the Yamaha and Onkyo are very close in performance when it comes to most movies. Both sound really good on the movies we sampled (except for Gladiator where the weakness of the Onkyo became apparent). T
Cons: Gritty sound, especially acoustic instruments. The Yamaha has much better sound when it comes to straight music. Both my wife and I did an A/B between the units on all sorts of music (techno, industrial, acoustic, classical, gothic and ethnic) and the Yam
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
5.0 stars
"The Best Reciever in it's price range period."
Pros: Phenomenal sound , just about every major surround format in the market minus THX(I don't miss it) excellent construction ,heavy ,High current output amp, plenty of connections. purchased it at J&R World on sale for $400 what a steal also bought the S
Cons: well i would have liked a metal volume button not cheap plastic, and a backlit remote but what do u expect for $400. Onkyo has already given me more than my moneys worth.
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0 out of 5 people found this review helpful
3.5 stars
Pros: Very reliable, Quite Good. Good brand name. Very good panning effects.
Cons: The only and the biggest negative point is Sound Quality in Music and Movies both. Bass very thuddy and dry-lumpy. Treble sounds very artificial. I used it for a day and returned it for HK AVR 3550 which was way better than 501 in movies and movies and SH
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4.0 stars
"Beats the yamaha 5660 in sound quality hand down"
Pros: Even though the many people have said the yamaha sounds better you must spend many hours setting up your reciever to get the bet sound room size distance and so on. I tryed both at the dealer and both had been set to the room peramiters and the onkyo soun
Cons: no ir out for recourding
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1.0 stars
"Cannot pick up any FM or AM stations!!!"
Cons: The glaring defect of not being able to pick up any radio stations - in an area where there are many - makes this receiver completely unacceptable!!
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