Onkyo SR506 7.1 AV receiver
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madbullram
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If you tell us what you need to know or what you are looking in this system we will give feedback. There are plenty of reviews of 506 in the net. Let us know your specific requirement so we can confuse you more (just kidding)
Thanks Madbullram
I want to know its performance, reliability and the price others have bought.
spirovious
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What hifi has reviewd this AVR again in this months edition and said they earlier stripped one star only because it doesn't have Dolby true HD and DTS HD decoding. Other than that it is a very capable receiver and they have praised the product.
madbullram
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Its a very good system for its price, though I would still rate Denon better in overall music performance. I would rather look at 606 as it has TrueHD
marsilians
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Its a decent AVR. What speakers are you pairing it with and what you hope to listen to for music?
90% I watch Movies, I don't know what speakers to pair with and I don't have a budget to buy great speakers or floorstanders. Initially I would like to buy some 5.1 packages consisting of satellite speakers. I have a Sony speakers which I'm thinking of pairing it as front speakers.
Thank u Prakash
I think I can spend around 15K, Somebody can also help me the current price of SR506 in ezone, rel digital, croma etc. Also let me know wether any combined packages with this AV receiver
Thank u in advance
regards
Gap G J
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15K is too less for 5.1. But since you have front speakers already, would suggest you to go for Yamaha power cube subwoofer. I have seen it in Croma and price varies between 6 to 8K. You can go for wharfedale centre speaker WH2-C, and it costs 5 K. Still you have remaining 3 - 4 k which you can use for rears.
This way you can start with 5.1, and slowly replace sony fronts with wharfedale 9.1 or 9.5 depending on the budget.
One more way is that i have seen onkyo and yamaha selling fronts + centre as a package for for 7k or 8k. If you buy those then you will get timbre matching too.
Thanks,
Prakash
Thank you Prakash,
It is really an eyeopener for me, new ideas coming to me,
Thank you once again.
regards
Gap G J
moserw
New Member
Just reading through...
It is recommended to spend more on the speakers than on the AVR since the AVRs will need to be upgraded on a more regular basis especially with HD audio/video around the corner. Also, with your combined budget of around 40K you will enter the territory of pretty good HTIBs (separates of course) in Yamaha and Onkyo which give great performance and VFM too.
It is recommended to spend more on the speakers than on the AVR since the AVRs will need to be upgraded on a more regular basis especially with HD audio/video around the corner. Also, with your combined budget of around 40K you will enter the territory of pretty good HTIBs (separates of course) in Yamaha and Onkyo which give great performance and VFM too.
spirovious
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If you have frt already,then bestway to by centre,surr package.
Yamaha has it starting from 10k.So you have 5.0 setup.
Thank your Spirovious,
Can you give any model no. so that I can search the web
regards
Gap G J
spirovious
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I tried Sumaria(it was there) but web has been updated & Yamaha spk are not available.
No prob,you can ask Yamaha dealor for centre ,surr package.
Wharf centre surr(diamond9) for 15k.
A beautiful, well-constructed speaker with class-leading soundstage, imaging and bass that is fast, deep, and precise.
