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Onkyo TX-8555 Stereo Receiver
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(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
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Junk
(1 out of 5) by Philip L. Birney on Oct 10, 2009It broke down within six months and I've been without tunes for a month having to send it to a autorized repair center.
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.
Stereo receiver
(5 out of 5) by David E. Smythe on Sep 22, 2009I was worried this receiver wouldn't have enough power to run my Dan Queen speakers which are power hogs . My previous Onkyo had 150 watts per channel. This one does just fine power wise and has a lot more excellent features.
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Great old-school home theater/stereo receiver
(5 out of 5) by Sarah Haussermann on Sep 18, 2009The most important fact I can give here is that our other Onkyo 2-channel receivers have lasted a long time. Our Onkyo TX-84 gave us 22 years of flawless service before it needed a repair. And our Onkyo TX-8211 has given us 12 trouble-free years so far. For this reason, and because Onkyo delivers audiophile-quality sound at a low price, I recently purchased the TX-8555.
It has not let me down. Our music sounds great on it. Movies are a thrill to watch with it. Best of all for us, old components work well with it--no need to run out and buy new stuff just so it'll be compatible. Our VCR (circa 1990), TV (1995), and DVD (2003) run nicely through the TX-8555, as do our speakers (1987). And setup was simple; it took less than 10 minutes to swap out our old receiver and insert this newbie. No new wires or plugs were needed for the swap. You do need a dock, though, to run your ipod on this machine. Docks are sold separately.
It has not let me down. Our music sounds great on it. Movies are a thrill to watch with it. Best of all for us, old components work well with it--no need to run out and buy new stuff just so it'll be compatible. Our VCR (circa 1990), TV (1995), and DVD (2003) run nicely through the TX-8555, as do our speakers (1987). And setup was simple; it took less than 10 minutes to swap out our old receiver and insert this newbie. No new wires or plugs were needed for the swap. You do need a dock, though, to run your ipod on this machine. Docks are sold separately.