Quick answer onkyo 875

[Nacken23]

does onkyo 875 have pre outs for connecting an amp:confused:

[kawizx9r]

Zone 2,3 pre outs on the far right of the AVR above where you connect your surround speakers, never owned an Onkyo though so not sure if those actually work that way or just control another source thats hooked up to the AVR.

[Nacken23]

thank you so it does is it worth getting an refurbished 875 over a new onkyo 806? Your advice is much appriciated:)

[kawizx9r]

I hope Onkyo owners chime in here, but imo if its a relatively expensive unit I always look to purchase, I always go with used due to price differences. It all depends what youre looking for in an AVR, and youre on the ball with looking for something that has PRE outs for upgrades down the road. By the way what speakers are you going to run for this AVR?

[Nacken23]

I will be using the avr to run my old crappy panasonic speakers for now and will use the pre outs to connect my new rotel amp 500watts @4ohms to power my new lsi15s

[WilliamM2]

If using an outboard amp, the main advantage of the 875 would be the Reon video processor. But the Reon in the 875/885/905 puts out the incorrect color space, and stretches any input, including 4/3, to full screen, making everything stretcho-vision. Pretty much worthless. The 875/885/905 are also known for lip-sync issues, the audio is behind the video (97ms delay) there is no way to adjust it out.

This was all fixed in the xx6 versions with new firmware (same hardware), but was never corrected in the xx5 series. Onkyo supports suggestion was to buy the new model. :mad: For that reason alone, I will never purchase an Onkyo product again. I sold my PR-SC885 after waiting 11 months for firmware to fix these issues, but once the new models came out, all support ended.

[Nacken23]

Thanks for your advice not sure what to do now anyone else have anything to say about onkyo 806 or 875?

[bklynNupe]

Thanks for your advice not sure what to do now anyone else have anything to say about onkyo 806 or 875?

I own the Onkyo 806 - 7.1 with emotiva 2 and 3 channel amps. I do not have any clearance behind my seating area so two left over rear channels simply go to waste.
I have HD directv and a upscaling dvd player so the upscaling on the onkyo also goes to waste. I like the functionality and the Audyssey set up. In retrospect, I wonder if my money might have been better spent on something else given I don’t use it for amplification? :o
I also run my directv and digital music through a Music Hall DAC before it gets to the Onkyo. I’m pretty sure everything above the Onkyo 606 has pre-outs.

[Nacken23]

Cheers for your help and advice:)

[cnh]

If you don't BOTHER with UPCONVERSION and just pass through the 875 is the superior pre/pro for sound/music. It has Burr Brown 1792 DACs all around and also features Onkyos VLSC (sound shaping algorithms for smoothing out the wave curves of digital sound formats).

Both the 806 and 875 have 8 pre-outs. No problem there. The 875 is fairly musical due to the above features, etc.

good luck...(William above...yeah, Onkyo CS pretty much suxx...for support you have to HOUND them...been there done that. But they still offer one of the best feature sets to price ratio on the market, unfortunately?).

cnh

[Nacken23]

If using an outboard amp, the main advantage of the 875 would be the Reon video processor. But the Reon in the 875/885/905 puts out the incorrect color space, and stretches any input, including 4/3, to full screen, making everything stretcho-vision. Pretty much worthless. The 875/885/905 are also known for lip-sync issues, the audio is behind the video (97ms delay) there is no way to adjust it out.

This was all fixed in the xx6 versions with new firmware (same hardware), but was never corrected in the xx5 series. Onkyo supports suggestion was to buy the new model. :mad: For that reason alone, I will never purchase an Onkyo product again. I sold my PR-SC885 after waiting 11 months for firmware to fix these issues, but once the new models came out, all support ended.

You say these issues were fixed in the xx6 versions so if I buy an onkyo 876 would I not have any of these issues plus I would get more features with the onkyo 876?
Please comment guys ur advice is much appricated:)

[WilliamM2]

The Reon issues are reportedly all fixed in the xx6 series. You can also make per input video adjustments on the 876, the 875 settings were all global. You will also gain dolby volume and a couple other features that were not available on the xx5 series.

I have read that the HDMI switching is still incredibly slow, and some users still report delayed audio issues.

Is there a reason you are only looking at Onkyo? I would also look at Pioneer, Yamaha, Marantz, etc.

[Nacken23]

Thanks for ur advice could anyone give me specific names of good receivers in the price range of 800 to 900 euros

[cnh]

Here's a UK link that lists a lot of good AVRs in pounds. You don't have to buy from this site and might be able to get a better price....but it will give you an idea for decent AVRs and their prices...

http://www.avland.co.uk/amplifier/index.htm

cnh

[Nacken23]

Thank you

[NewHTguy]

If using an outboard amp, the main advantage of the 875 would be the Reon video processor. But the Reon in the 875/885/905 puts out the incorrect color space, and stretches any input, including 4/3, to full screen, making everything stretcho-vision. Pretty much worthless. The 875/885/905 are also known for lip-sync issues, the audio is behind the video (97ms delay) there is no way to adjust it out.

This was all fixed in the xx6 versions with new firmware (same hardware), but was never corrected in the xx5 series. Onkyo supports suggestion was to buy the new model. :mad: For that reason alone, I will never purchase an Onkyo product again. I sold my PR-SC885 after waiting 11 months for firmware to fix these issues, but once the new models came out, all support ended.

William, Hearing about your experience is disappointing. I have not had any lip sync issues. As for the stretching, a friend showed me how to do a 4/3 override on my Comcast box. But it was annoying until I learned that trick.

OP, I'll say that you should not put the Onk 875 in a tight space. It gets really hot. Have read reviews on Amazon about them literally burning. If you have the separate amps, I would go with a xx6 model.

The thing that bugs me is that, unless you run Pure Audio, I've heard the 875 takes an analogue signal converts it to digital and then converts it back to analogue!