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forum post: "...Another Onkyo bits the dust......?
short answer: bad in many cases - ultra-cheap build quality and short life
Check out he canuckaudiomart posts about the repeated failing ONKYO gear with an average life of less than a year before failure.
edited post takeaway:
"...Bought a new NR818 at Best Buy in April, to replace it.
I know, sucker for punishment.
But, I like them when they work and the menus and setup are awesome and for the money they are great............If they last.
This $1000 piece of crap lasted 6 months before the same issue, no hdmi out.I will take it back to BB and demand a refund, if not, the expected repair cycle is 4-6 months.
If I get the POS back I will sell it....
....If you have one that lasted past the warranty, magic.....I will never buy another Onkyo....
....Want one to last just buy an older one without that $hit HDMI garbage.IMO it is the major cause of receivers failures and don't just think its an onkyo thing, its all of the current crap out now.
....
But this is commonplace with most receiver brands under a certain price level. You just don't get decent build quality or discrete circuitry and power under around the $1700 level. Facts of life with receivers
forum post: "...Another Onkyo bits the dust......?
short answer: bad in many cases - ultra-cheap build quality and short life
Check out he canuckaudiomart posts about the repeated failing ONKYO gear with an average life of less than a year before failure.
edited post takeaway:
"...Bought a new NR818 at Best Buy in April, to replace it.
I know, sucker for punishment.
But, I like them when they work and the menus and setup are awesome and for the money they are great............If they last.
This $1000 piece of crap lasted 6 months before the same issue, no hdmi out.I will take it back to BB and demand a refund, if not, the expected repair cycle is 4-6 months.
If I get the POS back I will sell it....
....If you have one that lasted past the warranty, magic.....I will never buy another Onkyo....
....Want one to last just buy an older one without that $hit HDMI garbage.IMO it is the major cause of receivers failures and don't just think its an onkyo thing, its all of the current crap out now.
....
But this is commonplace with most receiver brands under a certain price level. You just don't get decent build quality or discrete circuitry and power under around the $1700 level. Facts of life with receivers