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post #31 of 38
4/10/12 at 1:39pm
Wow the price on the 800 series has crept up. Anyways, that's substantially fancier than I was thinking based on the previous 8xx's - I'd entirely agree with the 5508 seeming overpriced in that light!
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post #32 of 38
4/10/12 at 2:28pm
Emotiva has a lot to prove claiming the end all be all pre with TACT room correction. I've heard good things about TACT but personally never heard it.

Emotiva make great amps. Their pre/pro's have the worst reputation however.
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post #33 of 38
4/10/12 at 2:53pm
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Originally Posted by walbert View Post

Wow the price on the 800 series has crept up. Anyways, that's substantially fancier than I was thinking based on the previous 8xx's - I'd entirely agree with the 5508 seeming overpriced in that light!

Yeah, the 818 seems like the sweet spot of Onkyo's line-up.

Also, it has 9.2 pre-outs. So it can be used as 9.2 with my dedicated amps.
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post #34 of 38
4/10/12 at 3:11pm
^^^

nope, it's still being advertised as a 7.2 avr... which strongly indicates only 8 channels of processing in the avr (with the second subwoofer channel being created by xt32 post processing)...
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post #35 of 38
4/10/12 at 4:08pm
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^^^

nope, it's still being advertised as a 7.2 avr... which strongly indicates only 8 channels of processing in the avr (with the second subwoofer channel being created by xt32 post processing)...

Taken from Onkyo 818's product sheet.

"A seven-channel system provides a more immersive
entertainment experience, with additional High or Wide
channels convincing you with realistic directional and
ambient effects. Audyssey DSX"

The 818 only has 7 channels of amplification but has possessing and pre-outs to upgrade to 9.2.

I hope I can use 2 channels of the 818's amps to power the wides and let my ATIs power the rest of my theater. I guess I'll have to wait and see some reviews and their owner's manual to find out for sure.
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post #36 of 38
4/10/12 at 4:25pm
So long as we're hitting out on .1% distortion may as well throw the "power" myth on the fire too...


70 watts vs 125 watts = virtually meaningless....less than 3dbs of additional output.

If there was one dialogue I wish we could forever cast off these boards it would be the "but this AVR measure 112 watts and this one only did 88".


SO many other worthwhile factors to consider than this nonsense.


Rant over.

James
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post #37 of 38
4/10/12 at 5:38pm
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Wow the price on the 800 series has crept up. Anyways, that's substantially fancier than I was thinking based on the previous 8xx's - I'd entirely agree with the 5508 seeming overpriced in that light!

Interesting. If memory serves, the TX-SR805's MSRP was $1099. And I thought all 800 Series since have been about the same. Granted, street prices are a completely different story with Onkyo. The Onkyo Series I am astonished by the uptick in price is the 700 Series with the 717 going up to $999 whereas the 709's is $899. All the while downgrading from MultEQ XT to 2EQ which is a major downgrade. It went from being my favorite midpriced AVR to something I would not recommend to others.
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post #38 of 38
4/11/12 at 12:19pm
Sadly, you can't depend on manufacturers being consistent in their numbering systems from one year to the next. They're consistent just often enough to be very misleading in the years when they're inconsistent.
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