Onkyo TX-SR507 5.1-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver
- 80 Watts per Channel at 8 Ohms, 20kHz, 0.08%, 2 Channels Driven, FTC; 100 Watts per Channel at 6 Ohms, 1 kHz, 0.1%, 2 Channels Driven
- HDMI Audio and Video Processing (1080p; 4 Inputs and 1 Output)
- Audyssey 2EQ; to Correct Room Acoustic Problems
- Powered Zone 2 and Zone 2 Line-Out for Playback in Another Room (Separate Source)
- DTS-HD Master Audio;, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio;, DTS-HD Express, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus Decoding
Product Description
If you’re looking for a budget-friendly A/V receiver that offers versatile connectivity and compatibility with the latest processing technology, Onkyo’s TX-SR507 has you covered. With four HDMI 1.3a inputs, it can accept up to four high-definition sources—from Blu-ray Disc to HD broadcasting to high-def games—and output them to your compatible HDTV. HDMI 1.3a also enables you to enjoy the pristine “lossless” audio of Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™, as well as secondary audio on Blu-ray Disc via DTS-HD Express. The TX-SR507 comes with a suite of Audyssey surround-sound technologies to help tailor audio output to the unique dimensions of your entertainment space. Meanwhile, a new universal port makes it easy to incorporate an optional Onkyo Dock for the iPod® or Onkyo HD Radio tuner into your system. With all this, plus four high-impact Game Modes and the ability to send different audio to two rooms simultaneously, the TX-SR507 puts a… More >>
Onkyo TX-SR507 5.1-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver
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5 comments
huddman on December 18, 2009 at 9:14 am
Excellent 5.1 receiver. The zone 2 function is not what I thought it would be but for our TV room this is a great choice
erlingson on December 18, 2009 at 11:21 am
After having let go of my old Sony TV, and beeing treated to a very nice picture from my new (from Amazone) Samsung 55, I also heard that my old Pioneer surround system was not up to date, I ended up choosing the Onkyo 507. IT IS FAR BETTER that I expected. (I kept the old speakers.) The only thing so far is that I am having problems with setting up my old JVC -DVD player. I am getting sound, but no signal at this point. I will seak help. Maybe someone “out there” knows what to do..??
Michael R. Bard on December 18, 2009 at 11:35 am
Let me start by saying this is my first AV receiver (all my life I have had nothing but bookshelf type stereos), and I have only had a few days to play around with it. What I can say that seems to be positive about this AV receiver:
-Plenty of sound modes (ie. Music, Games, TV/Movies). Actually, there are so many it will take me a bit to figure out which is the best choice for each input
-The microphone setup is very easy (almost like an auto-adjust for different listening positions in the room
-Very nice looking
-Does not get too hot
-Pre outs for both sub and rear channel speakers (so wireless options can be used for both, which is what I plan on doing)
-4 HDMI inputs, 2 component video inputs, with matching RCA audio inputs
The biggest issue I have (and which is why I would only give it a 3 as of right now), is that even though there are plenty of inputs, there are only THREE “input selectors.” In order to get audio/video working from each input, you need to assign one of these 3 to the input. The choices are: Cable/Sat, DVD/BD (Blu-ray), and VCR/DVR. My setup is the following:
HDMI input 1 = Cable Box
HDMI input 2 = Upconverting DVD player
Component 1 = Wii
Component 2 = Playstation2
(keep in mind, I will soon have a PS3 as another HDMI connection)
I assigned the inputs as follows:
Cable Box = Cable/Sat
DVD Player = VCR/DVR
Wii = DVD/BD
No more assignable inputs…so Playstation 2 is assigned (under component setup) to Cable/Sat
I powered on my devices, and switched between the different inputs. Everything was great, until I got to Playstation…no sound! Sound was either coming from my Cable box (when on), or no sound at all. The only way around this is to un-assign the Cable/Sat input selector from HDMI1 (which is my actual cable box). Once this was done, I get sound from my Playstation. Now this may not be a big deal to some people, but what if I had 2 more HDMI devices as well? That means every time I switch between a “double-assigned” input, I need to go into the setup menu, and un-assign one of them. This is extremely inefficient…I would expect to have a separate input name, for each of the 6 inputs. I called Onkyo support, asked them if they had any suggestions, and I was told this was never brought to their attention before??? So again, maybe I’m the only person using an Onkyo with more than 3 devices connected (and why couldn’t they be named more generically…what about game1, game2, cable, dvd, etc). This makes it even more difficult to remember which device is assigned to the “input selector.”
Regardless, so far the quality seem nice (I currently have 3 energy speakers connected, 2 front and 1 center, and plan on getting the sub and rears soon). With the 3 speakers, I am able to set it to all channel sound for now, which sounds pretty good. If you are anal about 1 button switching between devices, then this may not be a good choice. However, if switching the setup configuration around every time you want to switch inputs is not a big deal…this will probably be just fine.
J. Holmes on December 18, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I replaced an older Yamaha (non HDMI/HD) receiver with this one. The Onkyo was easy to set up although it took a while to figure out how to set all the options I needed. Sounds great. My biggest complaint is with the manual and Onkyo support. Since I am new to HDMI devices I had alot of trouble in making all my components work since my old DVD player and new Onkyo iPod dock are not HDMI. Two emails from Onkyo support were even more vague than the manual so I had to spend a while in trial and error until I got it all working. Not fun when your TV and equipment fit tightly in a cabinet and you have to take everything out to plug, replug while trying to keep all the cables as neat as possible.
I was going to buy the SR607 since it was highly recommended from the electronIc store clerks. One of them even hugged the receiver while telling me how much he loved it!!. However, I didn’t need 7:1 surround sound so settled on this one and it sounds great. Can’t wait to get a Blu Ray player next.
Clovis Garcia Marcondes on December 18, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Excelent product for the price. I’ve finally mounted my HT and this receiver works great for the space (about 15 square meters) I have. Its limitations were already known so I had no surprises.