Onkyo TX SR606

Have had this for about 7 months now, still as good as the day I got it. Onkyo produce recievers for people on a tight budget but dont let that fool you into thinking these are 'cheap'. For under £400 and including Dolby TRUE HD with bandwidth of around 24mb/sec these recievers are a bit special, films sound stunning and so do games, music is not their strong point but you wont be complaining. Currently its linked to my computer and is doing a fantastic job, absolutely loaded with features many manufacturers are finding it hard to compete with this package as it also includes 4 HDMI video inputs. At the end of the day this reciever is £400, I have heard worse ...  Read the complete review

I have had home cinema kit for many many years now, even investing in the likes of Meridian processors which costs loads of money. Then I settled on a Pioneer VSX-D2011 which did everything I needed for almost three years. With all the new sound formats coming out, like TrueHD, I wanted to get a new receiver. This one from Onkyo seemed just too cheap at under £400, but I decided to give it a go. First thing I noticed was the weight, it feels really light compared to my Pioneer. The only other slight negative is that you cannot rename inputs, so 'game/tv' cannot be changed to ready 'PS3' on the front display. A minor thing, but worth ...  Read the complete review