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Originally Posted by audyssey /forum/post/19128139
It appears that a firmware bug is emerging as the culprit. We are investigating and will keep you posted on a solution in the form of a firmware update...this only affects the first batch of 3008/5008 units and that it was corrected in the ones following. But, I don't have details on S/Ns yet. I will continue to keep everyone posted as I receive info.
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Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson /forum/post/19132826
Is that a real consideration? If you like(d) your Onkyo, why would you not go directly to Integra when you need to update? If you didn't like your Onkyo, why would you consider Integra?
Yes it is (a real consideration). Because as you indicated, in the US you have the choice. But when you are in EUrope, where only Onkyo exists, there is no choice...
So if one wants an Audyssey Pro ready product, it's Denon or ... Denon!
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Originally Posted by Hugo S /forum/post/19155118
Hi Kal,
Yes it is (a real consideration). Because as you indicated, in the US you have the choice. But when you are in EUrope, where only Onkyo exists, there is no choice...
So if one wants an Audyssey Pro ready product, it's Denon or ... Denon!
I agree that in Europe it would be an issue. AFAIK, the policy of keeping Pro-compatibility to the Integra line as expressed to be applicable to US distribution.
hey richb, i own the 5507 and about a month ago i had the "cannot play" error from pandora. it turned the pre-amp on & off several times same issue but the next morning i turned it on and since then music plays fine from pandora. i am under the impression this was a pandora problem. i never had it before and haven't had it since and i listen to pandora all the time.
of course i'm not saying those folks aren't having a problem with their units but perhaps, some of the time they are experiencing a problem that's on pandora's end. wonder if you have that issue if you are using the pay service from pandora, we are getting the low-rez freebee!, just saying...
oh yeah, i love my 5507 and won't be buying the 5508 and that's not a knock at it either. i would love the option for heights & widths at the same time but it's not that important to me. as for 3D, i will wait for Oppo to come out with a 3D blu player which i suspect will have 2 HDMI's one for 3d + audio and one for just audio so we can still get our HD audio from one and direct to the 3D-HDTV with the other and I'm good to go! so far, the 5507 has never given me one problem and in all this time only one no connect to pandora, i'm not looking back. mind you for folks looking to buy a pre-pro, yeah, i would tell them get the 5508 and be done with it. 5507 or 5508, Onkyo looks to have a couple of good products on their hands. very happy, very happy for 6+ months!
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Originally Posted by solarrdadd /forum/post/19158620
hey richb, i own the 5507 and about a month ago i had the "cannot play" error from pandora. it turned the pre-amp on & off several times same issue but the next morning i turned it on and since then music plays fine from pandora. i am under the impression this was a pandora problem. i never had it before and haven't had it since and i listen to pandora all the time.
of course i'm not saying those folks aren't having a problem with their units but perhaps, some of the time they are experiencing a problem that's on pandora's end. wonder if you have that issue if you are using the pay service from pandora, we are getting the low-rez freebee!, just saying...
oh yeah, i love my 5507 and won't be buying the 5508 and that's not a knock at it either. i would love the option for heights & widths at the same time but it's not that important to me. as for 3D, i will wait for Oppo to come out with a 3D blu player which i suspect will have 2 HDMI's one for 3d + audio and one for just audio so we can still get our HD audio from one and direct to the 3D-HDTV with the other and I'm good to go! so far, the 5507 has never given me one problem and in all this time only one no connect to pandora, i'm not looking back. mind you for folks looking to buy a pre-pro, yeah, i would tell them get the 5508 and be done with it. 5507 or 5508, Onkyo looks to have a couple of good products on their hands. very happy, very happy for 6+ months!
My 5507 Preamp and HT-RC180 Receiver have been streaming Pandora for 9-months now with issues on only a few occasions. Those "Cannot Play" errors I would attribute to Pandora.
The 708's that I had would not properly network initialize and even when they they did, Pandora did not work well (on the same network).
I have been looking for a new pre pro and having a little difficulty. I decided to buy the 5507 and then couldn't find one. A on-line store in state told me they were in stock and then after I ordered I found that not to be true. The company rep that I talked to said that they were told within the last few days that the 5508 would not be shipped until Oct but not to hold my breath on that estimate or the price I was quoted (seemed low to me).
I found a 5507 later in the morning and ordered it, this new company said they bought the last 40 this past Friday (at least this time I have a UPS tracking number for one so it may be real).
Onkyos implementation of the Audyssey MultEQ XT32 seems to have a significant bug in the current firmware for the 3008, 5008 and 5508, as reported elsewhere already.
The problem seems to be related to Onkyo not Audyssey as far as it is known...
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Originally Posted by gurkey /forum/post/19160134
Onkyos implementation of the Audyssey MultEQ XT32 seems to have a significant bug in the current firmware for the 3008, 5008 and 5508, as reported elsewhere already.
The problem seems to be related to Onkyo not Audyssey as far as it is known...
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Originally Posted by Hugo S /forum/post/19155118
Hi Kal,
Yes it is (a real consideration). Because as you indicated, in the US you have the choice. But when you are in EUrope, where only Onkyo exists, there is no choice...
So if one wants an Audyssey Pro ready product, it's Denon or ... Denon!
well, looks like I'm still gonna stick with my old and trusty PR-SC886 for now.... the 5507 didn't add anything of importance to me but rather took away features (PRO installer), and the 5508 doesn't add anything extra either.
I guess I'll wait and see what 2010/2011 brings.... hoping for a new integra/onkyo pre that has a better video processor than the Reon, upgraded DACs, and some other features.
Just got this reply from Onkyo asking about the 5508 and Pro Installer functionality:
"The PR-SC 5507 can handle " Audyssey Pro" depending on the firmware version.
Beginning from main version 1.18
Regarding PR-SC 5508 unfortunately we do not have this info at the moment"
Which is interesting, as I think previously it had been stated that this was intended as the primariy difference between the Onkyo and equivilant Integra model.
CDJ...Integra will not admit to anything until the product is released and on their website ! As of today...the dhc80.1 IS the only 80 series pre-pro avail...but tomorrow is another day haha! OPro is the same...no 5508 on the 'books' either.
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Originally Posted by alanl715 /forum/post/19287961
CDJ...Integra will not admit to anything until the product is released and on their website ! As of today...the dhc80.1 IS the only 80 series pre-pro avail...but tomorrow is another day haha! OPro is the same...no 5508 on the 'books' either.
I did not understand what you say. In Europe there is integra mod. 80.2 that is identical to Onkyo PR-SC5508. The only difference is that Integra have 3 years warranty and onkyo 2 years. If Onkyo have problems, integra have the same issues.
We hear mechanical relay switching, but no sound, restart unit solve problem...
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