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Onkyo TX-8555 Stereo Receiver
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Great stereo receiver
(5 out of 5) by Shania on Apr 15, 2009 (WI)Excellent rcvr for the price. Rec'd item quickly & in good condition.
Installed next day & have used every day for radio broadcast & cd's, as
well as collector lp's on our turntable. Would highly recommend.
Installed next day & have used every day for radio broadcast & cd's, as
well as collector lp's on our turntable. Would highly recommend.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Awesome receiver
(5 out of 5) by Sherry A. Wildenstein on Apr 13, 2009 (USA)This is a fantastic receiver. It picks up stations with the VHF antenna that come in crystal clear. It is also awesome hooked up to the TV for surround sound. Movies are much more fun to watch, it feels like you are right there. Terrific product!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
First Time Onkyo Owner
(5 out of 5) by Jake Jesse on Mar 1, 2009 (Southwestern PA)Works terrific. Great value. I based my buying decision on reviews, and I was not disappointed. Love the A and B speakers.
Good deal
(5 out of 5) by Dean Mucha on Nov 9, 2009 (Fishers, IN USA)Great saystem, easy hook up. Like the fact that you can either get XM or sirius. good sound quality
slightly disappointing
(4 out of 5) by it on Sep 29, 2009 (Sunnyvale, CA USA)My trusty 23 year old TX-108 model finally quit and I was so happy with it that I bought another Onkyo.
On the plus side, the new model has heftier speaker switches. On the 108 the speaker switch became increasingly intermittent during the last few years.
On the negative side, I miss several features. The loudness control is missing, but the built in tone controls can be used.
There is no forced monaural switch. All FM receivers are more sensitive to interference from alternate channel signals in stereo than in mono. I listen to far away stations that require this mono mode to get rid of the interference.
There is no way to connect an equalizer. In the 108 you put it on the VCR sockets and you could select VCR along with any other source you want. Not so on this one. I did the next best thing and put it between the CD player (which I spend the most time listening to) and the CD input to the receiver.
Correlated with the above, if you have a three head tape recorder, you cannot monitor the tape output while recording, only the source output.
The main volume control is inconvenient. It takes about five turns to go from zero to full volume.
On the plus side, the new model has heftier speaker switches. On the 108 the speaker switch became increasingly intermittent during the last few years.
On the negative side, I miss several features. The loudness control is missing, but the built in tone controls can be used.
There is no forced monaural switch. All FM receivers are more sensitive to interference from alternate channel signals in stereo than in mono. I listen to far away stations that require this mono mode to get rid of the interference.
There is no way to connect an equalizer. In the 108 you put it on the VCR sockets and you could select VCR along with any other source you want. Not so on this one. I did the next best thing and put it between the CD player (which I spend the most time listening to) and the CD input to the receiver.
Correlated with the above, if you have a three head tape recorder, you cannot monitor the tape output while recording, only the source output.
The main volume control is inconvenient. It takes about five turns to go from zero to full volume.