Onkyo TX-SR507 5.1-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver
- 80 Watts per Channel at 8 Ohms, 20kHz, 0.08%, 2 Channels Driven, FTC; 100 Watts per Channel at 6 Ohms, 1 kHz, 0.1%, 2 Channels Driven
- HDMI Audio and Video Processing (1080p; 4 Inputs and 1 Output)
- Audyssey 2EQ; to Correct Room Acoustic Problems
- Powered Zone 2 and Zone 2 Line-Out for Playback in Another Room (Separate Source)
- DTS-HD Master Audio;, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio;, DTS-HD Express, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus Decoding
Product Description
If you’re looking for a budget-friendly A/V receiver that offers versatile connectivity and compatibility with the latest processing technology, Onkyo’s TX-SR507 has you covered. With four HDMI 1.3a inputs, it can accept up to four high-definition sources—from Blu-ray Disc to HD broadcasting to high-def games—and output them to your compatible HDTV. HDMI 1.3a also enables you to enjoy the pristine “lossless” audio of Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audi… More >>
Onkyo TX-SR507 5.1-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver
Excellent 5.1 receiver. The zone 2 function is not what I thought it would be but for our TV room this is a great choice
Rating: 4 / 5
After having let go of my old Sony TV, and beeing treated to a very nice picture from my new (from Amazone) Samsung 55, I also heard that my old Pioneer surround system was not up to date, I ended up choosing the Onkyo 507. IT IS FAR BETTER that I expected. (I kept the old speakers.) The only thing so far is that I am having problems with setting up my old JVC -DVD player. I am getting sound, but no signal at this point. I will seak help. Maybe someone “out there” knows what to do..??
Rating: 5 / 5
Let me start by saying this is my first AV receiver (all my life I have had nothing but bookshelf type stereos), and I have only had a few days to play around with it. What I can say that seems to be positive about this AV receiver:
-Plenty of sound modes (ie. Music, Games, TV/Movies). Actually, there are so many it will take me a bit to figure out which is the best choice for each input
-The microphone setup is very easy (almost like an auto-adjust for different listening positions in the room
-Very nice looking
-Does not get too hot
-Pre outs for both sub and rear channel speakers (so wireless options can be used for both, which is what I plan on doing)
-4 HDMI inputs, 2 component video inputs, with matching RCA audio inputs
The biggest issue I have (and which is why I would only give it a 3 as of right now), is that even though there are plenty of inputs, there are only THREE “input selectors.” In order to get audio/video working from each input, you need to assign one of these 3 to the input. The choices are: Cable/Sat, DVD/BD (Blu-ray), and VCR/DVR. My setup is the following:
HDMI input 1 = Cable Box
HDMI input 2 = Upconverting DVD player
Component 1 = Wii
Component 2 = Playstation2
(keep in mind, I will soon have a PS3 as another HDMI connection)
I assigned the inputs as follows:
Cable Box = Cable/Sat
DVD Player = VCR/DVR
Wii = DVD/BD
No more assignable inputs…so Playstation 2 is assigned (under component setup) to Cable/Sat
I powered on my devices, and switched between the different inputs. Everything was great, until I got to Playstation…no sound! Sound was either coming from my Cable box (when on), or no sound at all. The only way around this is to un-assign the Cable/Sat input selector from HDMI1 (which is my actual cable box). Once this was done, I get sound from my Playstation. Now this may not be a big deal to some people, but what if I had 2 more HDMI devices as well? That means every time I switch between a “double-assigned” input, I need to go into the setup menu, and un-assign one of them. This is extremely inefficient…I would expect to have a separate input name, for each of the 6 inputs. I called Onkyo support, asked them if they had any suggestions, and I was told this was never brought to their attention before??? So again, maybe I’m the only person using an Onkyo with more than 3 devices connected (and why couldn’t they be named more generically…what about game1, game2, cable, dvd, etc). This makes it even more difficult to remember which device is assigned to the “input selector.”
Regardless, so far the quality seem nice (I currently have 3 energy speakers connected, 2 front and 1 center, and plan on getting the sub and rears soon). With the 3 speakers, I am able to set it to all channel sound for now, which sounds pretty good. If you are anal about 1 button switching between devices, then this may not be a good choice. However, if switching the setup configuration around every time you want to switch inputs is not a big deal…this will probably be just fine.
Rating: 3 / 5
Excelent product for the price. I’ve finally mounted my HT and this receiver works great for the space (about 15 square meters) I have. Its limitations were already known so I had no surprises.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this as open box from Warehouse deals, and it came in the original packaging looking brand new. If you’re going to buy one of these, wait for an open box from them, it saves a bunch of money and you wont be able to tell the difference. This receiver works great for me, I have the polk 6750 speaker set with it and they really sound fantastic. The four HDMI inputs are great, and just so it is clear, it takes the audio from the source and DOES send it to the TV, so you dont always have to use surround speakers if you don’t want to. I have a Blu ray player, Xbox 360, and Wii connected to it and they all look/sound fantastic. The automatic setup with the speakers works well, i tweaked it a little bit to get my center channel to play louder since it’s a little weak, but overall it was painless and really simple. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants a high quality receiver, especially if you’re deciding between buying one of the lesser-featured receivers like i was (the yamaha 365BL or the 6230).
Rating: 5 / 5