The Onkyo 805 seems like a lot more receiver than the Procinema 600 speaker system. The XBR5 is a high end set. The Onkyo 805 is an excellent mid-range AVR. Those speakers are not in the same class. Speakers are critical to good sound, more so than the receiver, in my opinion.
If you have a halfway decent AV shop (not a big box store) where you can listen to various speaker/receiver combos, take a field trip. I ended up doubling my speaker budget to get the sound I wanted. I started out considering Procinemas and Mythos Gems and ended up with Def Tech Mythos 4 fronts and a Mythos 3 center. If movies are your primary concern, I suggest you take along a copy of Master and Commander. The opening battle scene is a great speaker test. You should be able to hear the dialog clearly in the midst of the explosions and effects.
There are lots of good receivers in the 805 price range. These days, it pays to get an AVR that processes audio over HDMI. If I were buying today, I'd make sure to get one with HDMI 1.3 and decoders for the TrueHD and dts-MA lossless audio codecs. The Onkyo fits the bill on all those counts. Those features ensure that you can get the best audio from whatever Blu-ray player you decide to get. And you'll have a unit that won't be out-dated any time soon.
If you have a halfway decent AV shop (not a big box store) where you can listen to various speaker/receiver combos, take a field trip. I ended up doubling my speaker budget to get the sound I wanted. I started out considering Procinemas and Mythos Gems and ended up with Def Tech Mythos 4 fronts and a Mythos 3 center. If movies are your primary concern, I suggest you take along a copy of Master and Commander. The opening battle scene is a great speaker test. You should be able to hear the dialog clearly in the midst of the explosions and effects.
There are lots of good receivers in the 805 price range. These days, it pays to get an AVR that processes audio over HDMI. If I were buying today, I'd make sure to get one with HDMI 1.3 and decoders for the TrueHD and dts-MA lossless audio codecs. The Onkyo fits the bill on all those counts. Those features ensure that you can get the best audio from whatever Blu-ray player you decide to get. And you'll have a unit that won't be out-dated any time soon.
