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| Brand: Onkyo
Category: CE
List Price: $299.00
Buy New: $167.17
You Save: $131.83 (44%)
New (3)
Avg. Customer Rating:  87 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 14.2 x 17.1 x 5.9
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: TXSR505
Model: TXSR505
UPC: 051398007546
EAN: 0051398007546
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent Receiver for Home Theaters! July 12, 2007
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
First, the bad:
When I originally got the receiver, I had some major issues with it. It would go into auto-protect mode for no reason every hour or so. I would need to unplug it and wait a half hour before using it again. The final time it went into auto-protect was when the receiver was not even on. I needed to take it to an Onkyo dealer to have them fix it, but it was still under warrantee, so it was not too bad.
The only other problem I have with the receiver is that the connectors on the back for the speakers are hard to use. I assume that these connectors are higher quality than the traditional spring clamp types, but they make it very difficult to connect speakers without taking the whole unit off the shelf.
Now the good:
Ever since then it has been working very well.
There are plenty of connections for whatever types of input you could possibly need. I use the digital inputs a lot, and it is nice having 4 of them (2 optical, 2 coaxial).
The interface is quite easy to use, even if you want to use all the advanced features. The auto-setup works well and there are a lot of ways to customize your set up. You can use and equalizer on each set of speakers individually, as well as adjust the relative volume of each. Also for the low-level subwoofer output you can set the crossover frequency, which is very useful.
The unit does get a little hot in the back right corner, but the rest of the device stays cool. I wouldn't recommend putting anything directly on top of the unit unless there was a gap and some airflow in between.
The different cinema filters are pretty useful too. Having both DTS and NEO is a plus. Between these two standards, you can pretty much handle anything a dvd player can throw at you. The filters include settings for music, movies, unplugged, studio mix, etc. There's also a "theater" filter which adds some reverb to the mix for that movie theater feel.
Overall, I definitely recommend this receiver. It does everything I wanted it to do, and then some.
Fantastic Sound August 21, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I hooked this up to a new Infinity speaker system (pair of Primus PC362s, PC350 center and 4 CS60 in wall speakers) for a 7.1 setup for my new basement home theater. Sound is absolutely amazing. You hear effects in movies and music that were not there before. My other setup is an older Sony model receiver with older Infinity speakers and this does not even compare.
The need for separate audio setups for HDMI connections is not a huge deal to me, I have the cables already so why not use them. Even so, to spend $30 in cables to save $150 on the receiver (compared to the Onkyo 605) seems like a deal to me. I personally would not be using the analog to HDMI up-conversion so that is another reason to go with the lower cost of the 505.
The auto speaker setup was a snap. Gone are the hours or measuring and tweaking speaker setups!
This system has more than enough wattage to rattle the windows in my house.
IMHO, unless you desperately need the up-conversion of the 605, get this model and put the money you saved into better speakers. Speakers have a MUCH longer life than receivers anyway!
Great value IF your TV has a digital out for audio November 29, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Again Onkyo has produced a low to mid priced unit that produces great sound and has very good functionality . The 2 main limitations on this unit have been mentioned a number of times in other reviews :
1) Only 2 HDMI inputs (1 HDMI output ,you only want 1 output)
In North America most devices come with high quality HDMI outputs nowadays . So a receiver takes all the HDMI devices into it's HDMI inputs and then sends the HDMI signal over the 1 HDMI output connected to the TV (HDMI output only accepts signal from HDMI inputs , component inputs will have to go out over component output). So you have only 1 connection to the TV (simple!) and switch between input devices in the unit ..HDMI 1 you're watching the DVD , HDMI 2 you're watching the HDMI enabled cable box .
As this unit has 2 inputs you can only attach 2 devices via HDMI ( fine with me = DVD and satellite box) . Extra devices will need to be atttached via another high quality input ..like component , and go to the TV via another quality output like component . Not a big deal but more cabling and switching TV inputs on the TV .
2) HDMI passthrough only
HDMI signal comes into the receiver from your DVD player say ..but you can't split the audio signal out and play it at that point as this unit just passes the whole signal (audio and video) to the TV . So you have 2 choices to get the HDMI audio back to the unit for playback :
a) Let the TV split out the audio and send it back to the unit over digital (optical) cable . Set the unit to "listen" to digital audio in .
Then ALL HDMI audio sent to the TV will play back over digial audio in . Simple ..IF your TV has a digital audio out . You'll want a high quality/fast digital/optical cable .
b) Send all sound to the unit via another audio input e.g component inputs on the unit and set the unit to "listen" to component audio . Works if your devices have the outputs but it means more cabling / less simplicity .
Summary
For around 250 bucks this unit is a steal bearing in mind the caveats above . If it doesn't work for you for those reasons then the 605 removes those limitations for 200 bucks more (and it's a little taller) .
Onkyo TX-SR505 7.1 July 2, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Just hooked up the new reciever from Amazon and so far it sounds great ! Even though it has the HDMI capabilities I didnt use it, just the old standard method using the audio/video cables. Everything looks and sounds great!! I found the 505 easier to use than my old Onkyo TX-SV727 instead of video 1 & video 2 etc there are DVD, CD, Cable/Sat. This makes it much easier for people other than myself to use the reciever, also if I want to use my outside speakers all I have to do is select speaker B and no further fiddling with the reciever. I'm still learning about the reciever, but I would highly recommend this model for someone who wants the high end quality that Onkyo offers at a reasonable price. I looked at the 605 but it didnt make sense to pay twice as much for a little more power and a few more features!
Onkyo AV Receiver August 4, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
My first receiver with the auto speaker setup feature--very cool. Has plenty of power for my basic set of JBL bookshelf 5.1 speakers with Yamaha subwoofer. Note: this version does NOT up-convert signals from one input type to another. Thus different sources (component, HDMI, composite, etc) must be switched at the TV. The 575 and up seem to convert signals if you need to do that. Plenty of inputs, automatically set up for my 5.1 system although it can do 7.1. Can do stereo in another room but uses two of the 7.1 channels to do it. I am very satisfied with this unit, good value in my opinion.
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