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The Man From Mars
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:17 am Post subject:
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Wish I had one that close but the 670 has been great for me and it is in
between the 570 and 770. Do you own a 770? the only place here that
carries it is Circuit City and I could get it for $425 but it is in black
and I wanted the Silver version and that is another reason I got the 670
because it was in silver. What is the reason behind Circuit City only
carrying it in black? I have never understood that.
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Ian S <iws51remove@cox.net> wrote in message
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Called the Frys in Duluth Georgia a few weeks ago and it was $469.
I know Frys on the internet it is $399 always.
Here in Phoenix and on the west coast it was on sale for $100 off the
regular $499 price
http://www.netaffilia.com/ad/electronics/frys/i/2005/02/11/8634.html
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Ian S
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:30 am Post subject:
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"The Man From Mars" <deaded77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Wish I had one that close but the 670 has been great for me and it is in
between the 570 and 770. Do you own a 770? the only place here that
carries it is Circuit City and I could get it for $425 but it is in black
and I wanted the Silver version and that is another reason I got the 670
because it was in silver. What is the reason behind Circuit City only
carrying it in black? I have never understood that.
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Perhaps Onkyo had extra systems in black that CC got a special deal on. I
don't own the 770 but I looked closely at it (at Fry's) a couple of months
ago when I was in the market to upgrade my ancient pro-logic system.
However, I already had a very good sub (HSU) then found a closeout at
CompUSA for the HSU Ventriloquist speaker system and decided to select my
own receiver in part because the Onkyo lacked phono inputs. I wound up with
the Kenwood 8070. On the black vs silver, I'm partial to black but can think
back to the 1970's and early 1980's when silver was "in". Kinda like men's
suit lapels - they go back and forth between wide and narrow. |
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Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:35 am Post subject:
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Thats good to know since I purchased an Integra last summer.
For what its worth its weaned me off of Yamaha forever.
Really a first class product ;-)
"Mark D. Zacharias" <mzacharias@yis.us> wrote in message
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| Quote: | The receivers are fine - the included speakers leave much to be desired. I
deal with Onkyo, since I'm an authorized servicer. Although this could
change, at present they are a fine company to deal with - they will go the
extra mile to help their customers.
Mark Z.
"Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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"El Williams" <ElWilliams@att.net> wrote:
I was thinking of buying a lower end home theater system in the 300 to
500
dollar range. A couple of people have been trying to convince me that
an
Onkyo system would be a good way to go in that price range. I went and
listened to the HT-S570 and HT-S770 and they both didn't sound bad for
the
price. Is this a good brand? How is it for reliability? Anything
that
I
should be aware of?
Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated. I also welcome
suggestions if there is a better way to go in this price range.
I have the TX-SR602, a 7 channel home theater receiver. I'm using it in
5.1 + zone 2 mode, with zone 2 powering a large passive sub off the .1
low-level output. I was attracted to its sensible features when other
receivers are competing to have the most annoying DSP effects.
I worry a little bit about reliability. The build quality is excellent
but the insides are full of ribbon cables and daughter cards. Time will
tell if those hundreds of electrical contacts maintain good connections.
This is more a fault of it being a home theater amp, as they're pretty
much all like that due to the number of connections involved.
OK, so the brand seems very good for the price. I do not trust
home-theaters-in-box, though. The speakers are usually undersized to
reduce shipping costs. Onkyo's online specifications for the HT-S770
look good but they're mostly missing for the HT-S570. Listen to the
setup for at least 5 minutes. Flaws can take time to hear. Listen for
holes or resonation in the sound spectrum and listen for tonal changes
as sound effects move between speakers. Bring a CD or DVD that you
like.
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Mark D. Zacharias
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Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:27 am Post subject:
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I like Yamaha also, though. Actually like them a bit better in the
reliability department.
Mark Z.
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| Quote: | Thats good to know since I purchased an Integra last summer.
For what its worth its weaned me off of Yamaha forever.
Really a first class product ;-)
"Mark D. Zacharias" <mzacharias@yis.us> wrote in message
news:37ltlaF5gbbudU1@individual.net...
The receivers are fine - the included speakers leave much to be desired.
I
deal with Onkyo, since I'm an authorized servicer. Although this could
change, at present they are a fine company to deal with - they will go
the
extra mile to help their customers.
Mark Z.
"Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:mcmurtri-A8C001.02015618022005@corp-radius.supernews.com...
In article
sDhRd.234264$w62.185477@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"El Williams" <ElWilliams@att.net> wrote:
I was thinking of buying a lower end home theater system in the 300 to
500
dollar range. A couple of people have been trying to convince me that
an
Onkyo system would be a good way to go in that price range. I went
and
listened to the HT-S570 and HT-S770 and they both didn't sound bad for
the
price. Is this a good brand? How is it for reliability? Anything
that
I
should be aware of?
Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated. I also welcome
suggestions if there is a better way to go in this price range.
I have the TX-SR602, a 7 channel home theater receiver. I'm using it
in
5.1 + zone 2 mode, with zone 2 powering a large passive sub off the .1
low-level output. I was attracted to its sensible features when other
receivers are competing to have the most annoying DSP effects.
I worry a little bit about reliability. The build quality is excellent
but the insides are full of ribbon cables and daughter cards. Time
will
tell if those hundreds of electrical contacts maintain good
connections.
This is more a fault of it being a home theater amp, as they're pretty
much all like that due to the number of connections involved.
OK, so the brand seems very good for the price. I do not trust
home-theaters-in-box, though. The speakers are usually undersized to
reduce shipping costs. Onkyo's online specifications for the HT-S770
look good but they're mostly missing for the HT-S570. Listen to the
setup for at least 5 minutes. Flaws can take time to hear. Listen for
holes or resonation in the sound spectrum and listen for tonal changes
as sound effects move between speakers. Bring a CD or DVD that you
like.
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