Which reciever, H/K or Onkyo?

gesspard
gesspard Posts: 1
edited February 28 in Clubhouse Archives
I am looking at the H/K AVR 210 and the Onkyo TX DS595. Anybody own one or know anything about these two. Any other recievers in the $500 price range that I should consider.

Thanks
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  • carvinman1
    carvinman1 Posts: 62
    edited January 2002
    The Outlaw 1050 is a great sounding receiver for $499.00
    Danny
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited January 2002
    I'd stay away from HK receivers, unless they have fixed the many bugs.


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  • juice21
    juice21 Posts: 1,866
    edited January 2002
    i'd suggest the onkyo over the HK. i've heard alot of good things about the outlas too, just never heard one...
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  • schumach
    schumach Posts: 199
    edited January 2002
    For the money I think you might be happier with the Onkyo. I have the HK AVR500 and have never had a problem with it, but I can't say that for the DVD player. I had the DVD 5 and after four of them HK is upgrading me to the DVD 50 free of charge. I have family members that own the Onkyo and are happy with it and they are also happy with the DVD player. The only thing I do not like about the low end Onkyo is it does not have any pre-outs, where the HK does. I also know other people with HK and they do not have any issues, but I still believe they are a little over priced.

    Where are looking to purchase the unit? You might want to check out onecall.com. They have good prices and sometimes have refurbished units at great prices.

    Greg
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited January 2002
    i have the outlaw 1050 it is a steal at $499. and with the 30 day money back you can't go wrong.

    scott:cool:
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  • puredrive
    puredrive Posts: 1
    edited January 2002
    I would go for the Onkyo TXDS 595. Much better unit. Great craftsmanship , much better remote,and easier to use
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited January 2002
    Another vote for the Onkyo. They get better and better. I have had several and no problems.:)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2002
    Put a tick in the Oink collumn....

    I ran a dig-ready sv454 for years matched to 800's, ls/fx, and a cs300. In my book, Onkyo is a great match with Polk RT/CS/FX speaks, period.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • sean Bourg
    sean Bourg Posts: 24
    edited January 2002
    do shop around though ..the Oink has some good power ...running 800i's 400i and 35 i for surrounds and sounds great .... not alot of fluff just a good amp....
    I picked mine up b4 the holidays for 399 clams plus tax
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  • shrek001
    shrek001 Posts: 51
    edited January 2002
    go with the onkyo, too many prolbrems with harmon lately... I heard outlaw at the show in manhatten over the summer, wasn't awed by them, in fact I thought the build quality was a little cheesy, alot of people like them though, just my opnion.
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  • mjk91383
    mjk91383 Posts: 298
    edited January 2002
    i power my 7500s with an h/k avr-310 and it sounds great.

    joe :D
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  • squall1
    squall1 Posts: 4
    edited January 2002
    I've been using the HK 310 to drive RM6600's for over a year now before I upgraded to 800i/400i setup this month. I have been nothing but impressed the the HK and haven't had any problems.
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  • ap9ball
    ap9ball Posts: 1
    edited January 2002
    If I had to choose one of the two I would go with the Onkyo. However, I just returned a Onkyo TX DS797 to Crutchfield. Something was wrong with the front right channel. From the minute I turned the reciever on I was getting a farely noticable ticking noise. At first I thought something was wrong with my tweeter in my 600i, but I attached my other speaker to the front right and still had the noise. Also, I think something was wrong with the learning feature on the remote and none of the Denon DVD codes would operate my DVD-2800.
    I'm exchanging the Onkyo for the Denon AVR-3802. Crutchfield dropped the price $200 on the Denon so it cost the same as the Onkyo. I've had Denon in the past and the new DVD player works great. I should recieve the Denon in a few days so I can't really tell you much about it other than I am getting more power and 7.1 surround for the same price.
    I still have my first Denon reciever, it is at least 16 or 17 years old. Check out the Denon AVR-1802. I have an old Cruthfield that has it listed at $499.
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  • shrek001
    shrek001 Posts: 51
    edited January 2002
    goto yahoo shopping, type in the name and model number and you will crush crutchfields price!!!! Picked up the denon avr5800 for 2300 even........ beat that crutchfield!!

    P.S. I also picked up 2 monster hts5000 line conditioners for $315 ea!!!! crutchfield price $599 ea.

    everything "a" stock, factory sealed with manafactur warrnaty.......
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  • brush
    brush Posts: 3
    edited January 2002
    I have to say that I have an Onkyo and am very satisfied with the overall craftmanship and quality. Very good compliment to my Polk speakers! So here is another vote for the Onkyo!
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  • Kiyoshi
    Kiyoshi Posts: 1
    edited January 2002
    I would have to agree with the others who have mentioned the Outlaw 1050. Take a look at their site www.outlawaudio.com and audioreview.com. I recently purchased the Outlaw myself and am quite pleased with it thus far.
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