Amazing Value | Onkyo HT-SR700S 5.1 Home Theater Entertainment System (Silver)

Great sound | Onkyo HT-SR700S 5.1 Home Theater Entertainment System (Silver)

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	• Onkyo HT-SR700S 5.1 Home Theater Entertainment System (Silver) ONKYO ONKYO, 2007 average customer review:based on 24 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Nice receiver but not a home theater system

On the plus side:
The receiver is very easy to set up. The system menu allows for programming the sound output to less than 5 speakers.

On the negative side:
The receiver is a little on the bulky side. Plus, I would call this a receiver not a home theater system. There are connections for multiple components but as received it is only a receiver and speakers.

Amazing Value

I'm amazed at how much electronics our bucks buy nowadays, especially this system. I set it up on one side of the fairly large room we use for home entertainment. The system conveys the delicacy and power of all the sounds you hear in a film or TV show, including the music, with clarity and without distortion. It even sounds surprisingly good when just music-listening to CDs or the receiver's radio. Onkyo gives you a lot of choices about the "listening mode," and there should always be one to please anyone but the diehard audiophile.

I also bought "Premier" wall-mounts from Amazon, and they're perfect for these satelite speakers.

It took me a while to figure out which kinds of cables to purchase, but the user's manual explains that pretty clearly. Buy the best cables you can for hooking up your audio and video components and your TV to the receiver. That would probably include "component video" cables for most of the video connections, and optical cables for most of the audio connections. If you still use your old VCR, you can hook it up with the same old-fashioned cables you've used for it.

If you want the last bit of clarity out of your HD TV, and the set has enough component-video jacks in back, you can connect the component-video jacks on your components ( components like your DVD player and your cable or satellite box) directly to the TV for a slightly improved picture. You can then connect the audio jacks on those components to the receiver, ideally with optical cables, for that great sound.

Buy some nice fat wire, like 16 guage, for connecting the speakers. They'll sound better.

Be patient when hooking up everything. Home theatres are complicated, but your struggle will be worth all the pleasure you'll enjoy for years to come. By the way, a surround-sound system doesn't sound like much when just sitting on a store shelf, so consider that when shopping.

I gave the system four stars because the $5000 systems do sound better, as they darn well should.

D.M. Stark

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Great sound

You cant compare the sound you get out of this system especially in this price range. Great unit many inputs and a good mellow sub woofer, fills the room at half volume.

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Onkyo HT-SR700S 5.1

This Home Theater Entertainment System works great for me , plus the price was right.

home theatre system

Great sound. Quality speakers, especially the Woofer! Many different sound modes to choose from. I upgraded from a cheaper Sharp 6 speaker unit and what a difference!

Onkyo HT-SR700 Home Entertainment 5.1-Channel Receiver/Speaker Package is a great companion to most discriminating individuals seeking to complete their HDTV with a high fidelity home-theater surround sound system. The trade-off between home theater packages and separate components is essentially an issue of quality. The market is overflowing with cookie-cutter packages straight off the assembly line. These packages are an amalgam of cost-cutting reductions from the amplification stage right through to the speaker cones. Taking a different tack, Onkyo has drawn from the strength of its stand-alone A/V receiver line-up to drive the HT-SR700 5.1-channel receiver/speaker package. Stripping down to the essentials?video switching capabilities and HDTV connectivity; circuitry that preserves audio signal purity; and ease-of-setup and straightforward operability?the HT-SR700 is cost-effective for the user, not cost-sensitive to the manufacturer. When it comes down to the numbers, the output wattage of most systems use inferior rating standards. Not so with the HT-SR700, it rates power at the full hearing range for top sound integrity. Overall, you've a sound system to complement your new widescreen HDTV that's simple to set-up and even easier to appreciate. HDTV-Capable (50 MHz) Component Video Switching (3 Inputs/1 Output); 3 Digital Inputs (2 Optical/1 Coaxial); 4 Composite Video Inputs and 2 Outputs; 4 A/V Inputs and 1 Output; 2 Audio Inputs and 1 Output H.C.P.S. (High Current Power Supply) Massive High Power Transformer Optimum Gain Volume Circuitry A-Form Listening Mode Memory Non-Scaling Configuration Late Night Mode (High/Low/Off) CinemaFILTER Double Bass Function Tone Control (Bass/Treble) for Front L/R Channels Color-Coded 5.1-Multichannel Inputs (Receive 5.1 Surround Sound from Compatible Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD Players); Color-Coded Speaker Terminals ?Easy-Set? Speaker Configuration with

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