There are plenty of good receivers on the market, but I truly believe you won't find one that does as good a job for as low a price and if you have a small to medium size "entertainment room" this has more than enough "pure" power (and I am running some high quality rather low efficiency speakers). It sounds amazing and I have not needed to add a subwoofer (my space is small enough).

Anyway, my system is set up in a room 15x15 and I have added a simple Sony 100watt sub I recieved from my brother and the quality and clarity of sound far exceeds my expectations!!! My brother commented that this system easily compares to the one he has in his basement with Bose speakers.

Had it swapped out and fine-tuned in less than half an hour, tested all the features the first evening, and it's every bit as clean and powerful as my old NAD and offers features I always wished my NAD had. I listen to a lot of music and I love that the Onkyo delivers stereo to my front and rear floor-standing Polks. Has an excellent speaker setup system which worked perfectly on the first try.

The numerous decoding technologies are great. Having the ability to decode for 2.1, 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 is awesome for present and future expandability.

What a great purchase! The sound quality, audio seperation, ease of set up... all great features.

Outstanding for the money my son bought the more expensive model of this receiver,he is a professional musician,and we both agree this model is the best bang for the buck. I have it tied to a 50 inch sanyo high def tv and polk rm20 home theater,love the sound and ease of operation.

I have the 5.1 speaker setup (5 speakers and one subwoofer). All of my speakers are Polk Audio in case anyone cares or is curious. Dolby Digital DVD's and high-definition/digital cable stations sound great but what's really cool about this receiver is it has Dolby Pro-Logic IIx.

I am very pleased with my new Onkyo receiver. The sound quality when matched with my new Yamaha speakers is very good and the receiver has all the features I need plus it looks great along with the rest of my equipment.

Lots of I/O, pumps out great sound. The auto setup is nice. It is a good thing auto setup works well though, because there is not a lot of adjustment you can make on your own.

Bought this reciever to go with Klipsch Quintet II speakers I also purchased on this site. I purchased the reciever for $199.00 and am very pleased.

After the lengthy set up with the Denon (took me 4 times longer to set up the Denon than the Onkyo), which is not as hard as people say as long as you go step by step through the instruction. I decided to play some music and all I can say is this thing sounds 20% better than my two year old Yamaha and 40% better than the Onkyo.

The selection of different sound selections could be explained in more detail, i.e. best selection for your various inputs rather than just letting the user experiment. Overall highly recommended.

Colored speaker labels, a multitude of surround sound playback options, multiple digital audio inputs, a well thought-out owner's manual and comprehensive details listed on the web assured me that I made the right choice in making the TX-SR505 my Home Theater President, CEO and Managing Director. Not too many bells and whistles to overwhelm the casual listener, but definitely recommendeded for the serious couch potato. The remote control offers so many expansion capabilities.

After researching and looking for 2months I decided on the 505[$269 at CC] and hooked them to my new polk rm750 5.1 speaker system. I was a little concerned with the 505 watts per channel. Not to worry.

I found the Onkyo very simple to setup and very user friendly. If you are looking for great mid level home theater and music listening experiences at entry level price, then this Onkyo is for you!!! Would easily reccomend this unit to anyone!!!

Unless you are an audiophile, I'm sure that you will be quite pleased with this receiver! I know I am!

With this feature, every station on TV sounds great utilizing all 6 speakers. I keep this receiver on all day long and have muted the sound from my television.

And I don't know what other people are talking about when they mention it runs hot...mine is enclosed in an audio rack and I listen to it extremely loud...and it has never gotten more than slightly warm.

The Onkyo TX-SR505 is an excellent buy! We bought a new house that had pre-wired, flush-mount surround sound speakers in the living room. So we bought this receiver and a $100 Sony Subwoofer.

Setup was easy with the auto calibration. Sounds great with my bose surround sound.

Anyway, my system is set up in a room 15x15 and I have added a simple Sony 100watt sub I recieved from my brother and the quality and clarity of sound far exceeds my expectations!!! My brother commented that this system easily compares to the one he has in his basement with Bose speakers.

What a great purchase! The sound quality, audio seperation, ease of set up... all great features.

Outstanding for the money my son bought the more expensive model of this receiver,he is a professional musician,and we both agree this model is the best bang for the buck. I have it tied to a 50 inch sanyo high def tv and polk rm20 home theater,love the sound and ease of operation.

I have the 5.1 speaker setup (5 speakers and one subwoofer). All of my speakers are Polk Audio in case anyone cares or is curious. Dolby Digital DVD's and high-definition/digital cable stations sound great but what's really cool about this receiver is it has Dolby Pro-Logic IIx.

I am very pleased with my new Onkyo receiver. The sound quality when matched with my new Yamaha speakers is very good and the receiver has all the features I need plus it looks great along with the rest of my equipment.

Lots of I/O, pumps out great sound. The auto setup is nice. It is a good thing auto setup works well though, because there is not a lot of adjustment you can make on your own.

The selection of different sound selections could be explained in more detail, i.e. best selection for your various inputs rather than just letting the user experiment. Overall highly recommended.

Colored speaker labels, a multitude of surround sound playback options, multiple digital audio inputs, a well thought-out owner's manual and comprehensive details listed on the web assured me that I made the right choice in making the TX-SR505 my Home Theater President, CEO and Managing Director. Not too many bells and whistles to overwhelm the casual listener, but definitely recommendeded for the serious couch potato. The remote control offers so many expansion capabilities.

With this feature, every station on TV sounds great utilizing all 6 speakers. I keep this receiver on all day long and have muted the sound from my television.

The Onkyo TX-SR505 is an excellent buy! We bought a new house that had pre-wired, flush-mount surround sound speakers in the living room. So we bought this receiver and a $100 Sony Subwoofer.

There are plenty of good receivers on the market, but I truly believe you won't find one that does as good a job for as low a price and if you have a small to medium size "entertainment room" this has more than enough "pure" power (and I am running some high quality rather low efficiency speakers). It sounds amazing and I have not needed to add a subwoofer (my space is small enough).

Anyway, my system is set up in a room 15x15 and I have added a simple Sony 100watt sub I recieved from my brother and the quality and clarity of sound far exceeds my expectations!!! My brother commented that this system easily compares to the one he has in his basement with Bose speakers.

I have the 5.1 speaker setup (5 speakers and one subwoofer). All of my speakers are Polk Audio in case anyone cares or is curious. Dolby Digital DVD's and high-definition/digital cable stations sound great but what's really cool about this receiver is it has Dolby Pro-Logic IIx.

I am very pleased with my new Onkyo receiver. The sound quality when matched with my new Yamaha speakers is very good and the receiver has all the features I need plus it looks great along with the rest of my equipment.

Bought this reciever to go with Klipsch Quintet II speakers I also purchased on this site. I purchased the reciever for $199.00 and am very pleased.

With this feature, every station on TV sounds great utilizing all 6 speakers. I keep this receiver on all day long and have muted the sound from my television.

The Onkyo TX-SR505 is an excellent buy! We bought a new house that had pre-wired, flush-mount surround sound speakers in the living room. So we bought this receiver and a $100 Sony Subwoofer.

It was clean and powerful which I need to power my floor-standing Polk speakers. But, I should have made the switch sooner!!

Had it swapped out and fine-tuned in less than half an hour, tested all the features the first evening, and it's every bit as clean and powerful as my old NAD and offers features I always wished my NAD had. I listen to a lot of music and I love that the Onkyo delivers stereo to my front and rear floor-standing Polks. Has an excellent speaker setup system which worked perfectly on the first try.

What a great purchase! The sound quality, audio seperation, ease of set up... all great features.

I am very pleased with my new Onkyo receiver. The sound quality when matched with my new Yamaha speakers is very good and the receiver has all the features I need plus it looks great along with the rest of my equipment.

I didn't want to spend more than $300. This had pretty much all the features I really wanted for listening to cds and watching Dolby Dig'd dvd movies.

There are plenty of good receivers on the market, but I truly believe you won't find one that does as good a job for as low a price and if you have a small to medium size "entertainment room" this has more than enough "pure" power (and I am running some high quality rather low efficiency speakers). It sounds amazing and I have not needed to add a subwoofer (my space is small enough).

Anyway, my system is set up in a room 15x15 and I have added a simple Sony 100watt sub I recieved from my brother and the quality and clarity of sound far exceeds my expectations!!! My brother commented that this system easily compares to the one he has in his basement with Bose speakers.

What a great purchase! The sound quality, audio seperation, ease of set up... all great features.

I am very pleased with my new Onkyo receiver. The sound quality when matched with my new Yamaha speakers is very good and the receiver has all the features I need plus it looks great along with the rest of my equipment.

There are plenty of good receivers on the market, but I truly believe you won't find one that does as good a job for as low a price and if you have a small to medium size "entertainment room" this has more than enough "pure" power (and I am running some high quality rather low efficiency speakers). It sounds amazing and I have not needed to add a subwoofer (my space is small enough).

Outstanding for the money my son bought the more expensive model of this receiver,he is a professional musician,and we both agree this model is the best bang for the buck. I have it tied to a 50 inch sanyo high def tv and polk rm20 home theater,love the sound and ease of operation.

I have the 5.1 speaker setup (5 speakers and one subwoofer). All of my speakers are Polk Audio in case anyone cares or is curious. Dolby Digital DVD's and high-definition/digital cable stations sound great but what's really cool about this receiver is it has Dolby Pro-Logic IIx.

Bought this reciever to go with Klipsch Quintet II speakers I also purchased on this site. I purchased the reciever for $199.00 and am very pleased.

There are plenty of good receivers on the market, but I truly believe you won't find one that does as good a job for as low a price and if you have a small to medium size "entertainment room" this has more than enough "pure" power (and I am running some high quality rather low efficiency speakers). It sounds amazing and I have not needed to add a subwoofer (my space is small enough).

I found the Onkyo very simple to setup and very user friendly. If you are looking for great mid level home theater and music listening experiences at entry level price, then this Onkyo is for you!!! Would easily reccomend this unit to anyone!!!

There are plenty of good receivers on the market, but I truly believe you won't find one that does as good a job for as low a price and if you have a small to medium size "entertainment room" this has more than enough "pure" power (and I am running some high quality rather low efficiency speakers). It sounds amazing and I have not needed to add a subwoofer (my space is small enough).

Colored speaker labels, a multitude of surround sound playback options, multiple digital audio inputs, a well thought-out owner's manual and comprehensive details listed on the web assured me that I made the right choice in making the TX-SR505 my Home Theater President, CEO and Managing Director. Not too many bells and whistles to overwhelm the casual listener, but definitely recommendeded for the serious couch potato. The remote control offers so many expansion capabilities.

The Onkyo TX-SR505 is an excellent buy! We bought a new house that had pre-wired, flush-mount surround sound speakers in the living room. So we bought this receiver and a $100 Sony Subwoofer.

Setup was easy with the auto calibration. Sounds great with my bose surround sound.