Okay, ONKYO Electronics Owners...Sign in and Show Us Your Gear!

Mike LoManaco
Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
edited March 2010 in Electronics
Those of you "true blue" Onkyo enthusiasts proud of your setup, let us know what you're runnin' and what it looks like in your racks!

My '605 has been runnin' strong since day one with no HDMI handshake hiccups at all, and although I am not bitstreaming TrueHD or Master Audio yet to it, the multichannel PCM passthrough seems to be working fine. :D
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited July 2009
    My Oinker M-5150, and my old TX-SR503 that has since left us.

    The M5150 is being put through the ringer by Nik right now, attempting to drive some bigass SDAs. :) Seems to be doing decently. I need to research if it's bridgeable. We both decided it was a pretty good sounding amp yesterday.


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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2009
    Here ya go:

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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited July 2009
    I would by no means consider my self a ''true blue Onkyo enthusiast'' but I've been running my 805 as a preamp about a year and a half with no problems so far.

    here's and older photo, I've added a few things since it was taken.
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    Casey
    H/T: Epson 6500ub
    Sony UBP-X800
    Toshiba HD-XA2 (HD-DVD, CD)
    Onkyo 805 (pre-amp)
    Outlaw 7125
    Polk RTi 10 (bi-amped)
    Polk CSi5 (bi-amped)
    Polk RTi6
    SVS PB 12 plus/2
    Velodyne SMS-1

    TV Rig: Samsung 50'' 4k display
    Polk Signa-1 Surround bar
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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited July 2009
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    There is a 705 in the left center slot of the rack acting as a pre /pro. I have an older pre amp too, but I'm refinishing the Ez-as-Pi speakers. That pre is going in the guest room with those speakers. So, no pictures of the Pre amp yet.
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    concealer404 wrote: »
    My Oinker M-5150, and my old TX-SR503 that has since left us.

    The M5150 is being put through the ringer by Nik right now, attempting to drive some bigass SDAs. :) Seems to be doing decently. I need to research if it's bridgeable. We both decided it was a pretty good sounding amp yesterday.


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    Nice, Concealer! Thanks for the pics!

    I loved Onk's two channel amps...
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    appadv wrote: »
    Here ya go:

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    Thanks, Appadv!

    You gots an Onk DVD changer too, eh? Nice...

    I'm also running an APC power protector...

    Your next upgrade HAS to be the display!!!
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    millerman 3732 wrote: »
    I would by no means consider my self a ''true blue Onkyo enthusiast'' but I've been running my 805 as a preamp about a year and a half with no problems so far.

    here's and older photo, I've added a few things since it was taken.
    IMG_0987.jpg

    Nice! Thanks Miller!

    Did you find your 805 to not have enough power that you needed to add the Outlaw? I would think that unit would ROCK...
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    Gadabout wrote: »
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    There is a 705 in the left center slot of the rack acting as a pre /pro. I have an older pre amp too, but I'm refinishing the Ez-as-Pi speakers. That pre is going in the guest room with those speakers. So, no pictures of the Pre amp yet.

    Thanks, 'Gad!

    Nice setup...seems a good deal of you are running your Onks as pre pros...wish I could do that with my '605 but it doesn't have preouts...the 90 watts per channel seems to be okay for now.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2009
    Mike LoManaco wrote: »
    Thanks, Appadv!

    You gots an Onk DVD changer too, eh? Nice...

    I'm also running an APC power protector...

    Your next upgrade HAS to be the display!!!

    Display? I already have an Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080UB projector with a 100" screen.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited July 2009
    I'd take a pic of my setup, but I'm about to move my Onkyo 705 to its new home in an equipment stand... and I'm still pondering an amp purchase to give my RTi70/CSi40 front soundstage a little more oomph.
    Equipment list:
    Onkyo TX-NR3010 9.2 AVR
    Emotiva XPA-3 amp
    Polk RTi70 mains, CSi40 center, RTi38 surrounds, RTi28 rears and heights
    SVS 20-39CS+ subwoofer powered by Crown XLS1500
    Oppo BDP-93 Blu-ray player
    DarbeeVision DVP5000 video processor
    Epson 8500UB 1080p projector
    Elite Screens Sable 120" CineWhite screen
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    :confused:
    appadv wrote: »
    Display? I already have an Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080UB projector with a 100" screen.

    Oh...I was looking at the screen in your pic...did I not see that right? Is that a Sony? I didn't see a screen and projector in your setup...
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    What do you guys use to clean your gear? I'm always doing a full cleaning of our place on a weekly basis, almost, and when it comes to getting at the equipment in the rack, I just brush the 605 and my other gear over with a paper towel that has a bit of Endust on it, giving the aluminum faceplate(s) a bit of a shine -- how do you guys clean your gear?

    And do any of you Onkyo receiver owners use the "IntelliVolume" feature for any input source? I am running both my "CD" and "DVD" inputs on "+10dB" which gives the amp more of a push at lower volume readouts -- much like a power amp's sensitivity control...
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  • Paden501
    Paden501 Posts: 286
    edited July 2009
    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2616/3745283661_5520278264_b.jpg

    Here's my setup.
    I use my Onkyo TX-DS777 as a pre/pro and also to power the center and surrounds right now (I'm 1 amp short of a picnic right now).
    The Pioneer SA-7700 powers my Monitor 5s as the L/R channel.

    I also have the Onkyo DX-C340 disc changer on the first rack. The only thing not pictured here is my pioneer PL 516 turntable.
    ~Matt
    My System

    Front L/R: Definitive BP10Bs
    Surrounds -Polk Audio Monitor 4As
    Preamp: B&K Reference 20
    CD: Jolida JD100a
    L/R Amp: Carver TFM-24
    Turntable: Pioneer PL-516 W/ Shure M97xe
    TV: Sony 52" XBR9
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2009
    Mike LoManaco wrote: »
    :confused:

    Oh...I was looking at the screen in your pic...did I not see that right? Is that a Sony? I didn't see a screen and projector in your setup...

    HT System:

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    Front projection, 2 channel, car audio... life is good!
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2009
    Bottom pic is of the projector setup:
    appadv wrote: »
    5.1 System:

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    2 Channel:

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    polkaudio XRT12 XM Tuner
    polkaudio RM6750 5.1

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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2009
    Two Onkyo pieces from the surround setup:
    appadv wrote: »
    Onkyo TX-SR500 and DV-CP500

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    polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
    polkaudio 255c-RT Inwalls
    polkaudio DSWPro550WI
    polkaudio XRT12 XM Tuner
    polkaudio RM6750 5.1

    Front projection, 2 channel, car audio... life is good!
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2009
    The following is of the Onkyo 2ch setup with the TX-SR702...
    appadv wrote: »
    2ch system in bookcase:

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    polkaudio DSWPro550WI
    polkaudio XRT12 XM Tuner
    polkaudio RM6750 5.1

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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2009
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    polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
    polkaudio 255c-RT Inwalls
    polkaudio DSWPro550WI
    polkaudio XRT12 XM Tuner
    polkaudio RM6750 5.1

    Front projection, 2 channel, car audio... life is good!
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited July 2009
    You're using a 4x3 screen for that Epson?
    Equipment list:
    Onkyo TX-NR3010 9.2 AVR
    Emotiva XPA-3 amp
    Polk RTi70 mains, CSi40 center, RTi38 surrounds, RTi28 rears and heights
    SVS 20-39CS+ subwoofer powered by Crown XLS1500
    Oppo BDP-93 Blu-ray player
    DarbeeVision DVP5000 video processor
    Epson 8500UB 1080p projector
    Elite Screens Sable 120" CineWhite screen
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2009
    kuntasensei wrote: »
    You're using a 4x3 screen for that Epson?

    Yes, I know it's a waste but I rarely ever watch 16x9 content on the Epson. The PJ is in the 2ch rig which is exclusively used for CD's/music videos/Concert DVD's.

    So essentially the Epson is projecting black bars off the left and right edges of the screen, haha :)

    If (in the current configuration) I were to watch something in 16x9, part of the pic would be on the wall! :eek: Of course there's lens shift and zoom which I've used before - roll up the screen 25%, lens shift up and zoom out so that it fills the screen. But again it's rarely used in 16x9.
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    polkaudio 255c-RT Inwalls
    polkaudio DSWPro550WI
    polkaudio XRT12 XM Tuner
    polkaudio RM6750 5.1

    Front projection, 2 channel, car audio... life is good!
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  • MLZ
    MLZ Posts: 214
    edited July 2009
    I'll take pics when I get my camera returned

    I think Onkyo and Polk play very nicely together :cool:

    For HT and background music in my family room:
    • ONKYO TX-SR603X
    • Roku SoundBridge M1001 (Networked to my Compaq PC to access WMA Lossless Music Library)
    • Panasonic DVD-F86K DVD / CD
    • Polk RM6800 5.1 speaker set
    • Panasonic TC-26LX70
    For 2-channel in my den:
    • ONKYO A-9555
    • SONY CDP-XE400 CD Player
    • Compaq Windows XP PC feeding WMA Lossless rips via foobar2000 / ASIO4ALL
    • SilverStone EB01 USB DAC
    • Canare Star Quad 4s11 Speaker Cable - Biwired
    • Polk RTi8 speakers
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  • greymatter
    greymatter Posts: 35
    edited July 2009
    Gadabout wrote: »
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    what a monster! nice thread// getting motivated to go shopping:)
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  • dorourke07
    dorourke07 Posts: 298
    edited July 2009
    Just getting into the game after many years. I'm starting off with the Onkyo TX-SR706 powering a pair of LSi9's. I love laid back sound for music and ithe setup has done well with HT. Stands are on the way for the LSi9's and I need to figure out my next move. So far I'm veryy happy I went Onkyo and Polk. FYI - The Bose center channel is not hooked up, the wife thought it looked strange without it since it had been there so many years. Wasted time on junk.
    Mains - LSi9's
    Center - LSiC
    Surround - pair of TL3's
    Amplification - Parasound 2125
    AVR - Onkyo 706
    CD/SACD - Onkyo DV-SP506
    SUB - MartinLogan Abyss
    55" Panasonic Viera TC-P55GT30 3D
    Bluray - DMP-BDT310 Panasonic
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2009
    Welcome to Club Polk Dorourke..!

    Eventually, you might want to consider adding a 2 channel power amp (with the Onkyo as a Pre/pro) for those Lsi9s because the Onkyo does not have quite enough power reserves to really make those 4 ohm speakers 'sing'.

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • dorourke07
    dorourke07 Posts: 298
    edited July 2009
    That's what I am learning in this forum, can't believe that amount of knowledge that is available here. I was thinking a sub or center next but now I am drifting towards an amp.
    Mains - LSi9's
    Center - LSiC
    Surround - pair of TL3's
    Amplification - Parasound 2125
    AVR - Onkyo 706
    CD/SACD - Onkyo DV-SP506
    SUB - MartinLogan Abyss
    55" Panasonic Viera TC-P55GT30 3D
    Bluray - DMP-BDT310 Panasonic
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    Paden501 wrote: »
    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2616/3745283661_5520278264_b.jpg

    Here's my setup.
    I use my Onkyo TX-DS777 as a pre/pro and also to power the center and surrounds right now (I'm 1 amp short of a picnic right now).
    The Pioneer SA-7700 powers my Monitor 5s as the L/R channel.

    I also have the Onkyo DX-C340 disc changer on the first rack. The only thing not pictured here is my pioneer PL 516 turntable.

    Nice, Paden...thanks for sharin' the pics.

    I, too, have an "open rack" system like most of you guys, in which my gear sits in a Bell'O "audio tower" with glass shelving and I have the pieces of gear double stacked to each shelf -- the cable management has ALWAYS been a **** on this stand/rack. To manage it, I had to cable tie bundles of them together as they go into the wire holes on the side of the unit, but even this is a bit unsightly. I HATE open racks...

    Do you guys that have many of your wires and cables showing plan on hiding them better, or does this not bother you in your systems?
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    appadv wrote: »
    Bottom pic is of the projector setup:

    I didn't see the projector pic in your first post -- you say the first pic is of your HT, but isn't that a smaller Sony display? Do you use both these screens in your HT?
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    MLZ wrote: »
    I'll take pics when I get my camera returned

    I think Onkyo and Polk play very nicely together :cool:

    Agreed, MLZ! I've been using this combo for many years now, with different models of Onk and Polk, and the only complaint is really that the Polks could play a bit louder/have a better sensitivity rating...
    For HT and background music in my family room:
    • ONKYO TX-SR603X
    • Roku SoundBridge M1001 (Networked to my Compaq PC to access WMA Lossless Music Library)
    • Panasonic DVD-F86K DVD / CD
    • Polk RM6800 5.1 speaker set
    • Panasonic TC-26LX70
    For 2-channel in my den:
    • ONKYO A-9555
    • SONY CDP-XE400 CD Player
    • Compaq Windows XP PC feeding WMA Lossless rips via foobar2000 / ASIO4ALL
    • SilverStone EB01 USB DAC
    • Canare Star Quad 4s11 Speaker Cable - Biwired
    • Polk RTi8 speakers

    Nice! ;)
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    greymatter wrote: »
    what a monster! nice thread// getting motivated to go shopping:)

    Didn't mean to start a thread that would cost you money...:(:(

    That's all part of this hobby -- UPGRADEITIS affects us all...:mad:

    But thanks for mentioning it was a nice thread; glad to see all the proud Onk/Polk owners struttin' their stuff! :D
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited July 2009
    dorourke07 wrote: »
    Just getting into the game after many years. I'm starting off with the Onkyo TX-SR706 powering a pair of LSi9's. I love laid back sound for music and ithe setup has done well with HT. Stands are on the way for the LSi9's and I need to figure out my next move. So far I'm veryy happy I went Onkyo and Polk. FYI - The Bose center channel is not hooked up, the wife thought it looked strange without it since it had been there so many years. Wasted time on junk.


    First, Dor, let me also say welcome to the forum, and thank you for your pics!
    That's one clean setup you have there with the 705 lookin' sleek in the middle...

    The LSi9s are the bookshelves you have in the cabinet, left and right, yes? I see that you are waiting on stands for them...my R20s and R15 surrounds are on Sanus System stands, but my next upgrade will be to floor standing towers -- I had a pair of JBL towers before these Polks, and I'm never fighting with putting together speaker stands again!! :mad::mad:

    I too can appreciate the "laid back" sound of music my 605 and Polks create; I really don't have a problem with my receiver being used in two channel stereo for CD playback.
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