![]() ![]() Overall Onkyo is a very good brand and as you said, a heck of a bang for the buck in the sound quality department. Sounds to me like you got stuck with a lemon, unless it failed after 2 years or so- It happens, especially with low-to-mid-end electronics. What, we can't abuse you here? you just took all the fun out of it (kidding). They have started to get about 3 Onkyo bulletins a day for problem fixes. ![]() As an example he states of cases where a AV receiver is being opened for repair the 1st time and inside the HDMI daughter board doesn't even reflect the true design for that model or has *strange* capacitors soldered haphazardly all over, etc. As a last straw I met with almost the head honcho of the authorized service center here in NJ over a golf session and he was candid enough to admit the level of callousness he's seeing with repairs done by Onkyo factory. Personally, I feel Onkyo has gone downhill in the last 4 to 5 years so much so that I know of 2 well known NY retailers (very big, very well known) who are thinking of pulling out of Onkyo A/V receivers considering the complaints they have to address via their extended warranty programs which although outsourced the warranty companies are heavily complaining. However, history is one thing - present tense is something else. They have been producing quality audio equipment for decades and thus it's carrying forward the high brand image. Next, I searched the Internet and found MULTITUDE of forums which details out so many woeful situations consumers are facing and some has even ventured to give fix solutions like replace XX capacitor with YY, etc., etc.įinally, I also found Onkyo's good name and brand is historical. What I found is an astonishing amount of Better Business Bureau complaints in NJ, where the company is registered or has the authorized service center. I started my own research into this company. Here's the issues, all primarily centric to the digital input/output capabilities of the receiver - be it HDMI, optical, Co-Ax, OSD into TV via HDMI, upconversion, etc., etc. ALL of them (expect the last one, bought just 1 month back) started to fail. All are built aesthetically very pleasing and looks solid. ![]() SR606 and 2 of my neighbors and few of my close friends all own Onkyo.Īll (altogether 5) A/V receivers have been bought during the span of 3 years, starting end-of-2009 till now.Īll have OUTSTANDING sound quality and host of features which for the price associated are difficult to match with competitors. ![]()
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