Onkyo TX SR502

Pros: Distortion-free power output, clean design, quality components, Onkyo name.

Cons: Remote has many more buttons than are necessary.

The Bottom Line: For the price, there is no other 6.1 or 5.1 receiver you should consider. Onkyo has the competition beat in terms of usability, durability, and performance quality.

Review: Introduction

To clarify, the Onkyo TX-SR502 is not a THX certified receiver and does not do THX EX decoding as indicated by Epinions.

It does however, decode every other format currently available aside from the obscure...

Pros: Chrystal clear, dependable

Cons: Controls could be better

Review: You simply can't go wrong with Onkyo's TX-SR502. I've owned mine for 8 months and have not experienced any problems or glitches along the way. I've read reviews from some who feel the controls are somewhat hard to use. In truth, the controls aren't...

Pros: 75 wall shaking watts, superior sound output, movies sound better than some theaters!

Cons: Gigantian remote, speak terminals aren't the easiest to get to.

Review: I'll have to start with my gripes... The remote is sized for Frankenstein or Yao Ming. It makes my other remotes feel inadequate.

Whoever designed the speaker terminals must have had a really messy desk as they are poorly placed and really...

Pros: Clean power at an affordable cost. well designed

Cons: none that I can think of

The Bottom Line: Great design, easy to operate, sounds great, plenty of clean power, affordable cost. Good for home theater AND music.

Review: Onkyo means "sound" in Japanese. It means great sound to your ears. I like Onkyo because I've never had a bad receiver. I am upgrading my old one because it lacked onboard digital decoders. Now that I am buying newer DVD players that lack onboard...