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This receiver replaced a $500.00 Sony that that died after 6 years. I was blown away by the sound quality this delivers for the price. The surround effect is superb. Plus,I found it easy to operate,and to adjust the settings. I'm totally satisfied. I would not hesitate to purchase another Onkyo component.

Rock solid Onkyo receiver. You can see and feel the quality in this unit. Very clean sound. Lots of input options, including 2 optical inputs! The power output is not enormous, but completely adequate, particularly with quality speakers. I live in a very rural mountainous area with poor FM reception, and I have found radio reception on this unit to be quite good, just using the FM antennae that came with the unit. The full-function remote control is great. I use this system with my computer systems for surround sound games, iTunes, and FM reception. I use the remote to control everything. For the price, I can't imagine a better 5.1 receiver.

I had a receiver with a display problem but the rest of the system components (the speakers) were fine. I ordered this unit and am very pleased. The sound is great, especially in digital optical mode. The remote is easy to use and much smaller than the old one. It is not a universal remote unless you have all Onkyo components. There are no S-Video jacks, but there are plenty of other jacks for most systems. Look closely at the rear view picture and zoom in on it.

We bought this receiver to replace our older Sony unit. The Sony had higher power ratings, but the Onkyo has it all over the Sony in every other department. I'm very impressed with the optical sound, video switching, the great variety of sound stages (and the auto detect feature). It integrates very nicely with our hi def DVR, AppleTV, and DVD player, all optical/digital sound and all component video. Just got around to setting up the distance to listener business, which makes it sound even better. My wife recently remarked that this is the best sounding equipment we've had, and I agree. Voices are very distinct now, whereas they were muddled with the Sony gear. A nice bit of equipment, and much better than I imagined it would be in this price range. A terrific value, and a lot of fun to own.

The Onkyo TX-SR304 Home Theater system was very easy to set up and use. I matched it up with some Polk Audio RM6750 5.1 Channel Home Theater Speakers. The two together make a great match.

The sound was just what I was looking for.