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The Onkyo TX-SR806 is an upcoming THX Ultra 2 Plus Certified 7.1 channel a/v receiver that supercedes the TX-SR805. It has an expected MSRP of $1099 and mid-August 2008 release date. Upgrades over its predecessor include 5 HDMI inputs (up from and 1080p analog video upscaling . From the early leaked specifications, it appears that the TX-SR806 has dropped the Burr-Brown DAC circuitry. It will maintain it's 130 Watts / channel rated power specification. The THD specification has been downgraded to 0.08% from 0.05% in its predecessor. The step-down Onkyo TX-SR706 has an MSRP $899, drops one HDMI input, has less power @ 100 W / channel, and drops the PUSH-PULL amp design.

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Features

  • 7.1 channel surround a/v reciever
  • THX Ultra 2 Plus Certified
  • 5 x HDMI 1.3a
  • Faroudja DCDi video upscaling to 1080p over HDMI (1080i over component video)
  • Decodes Dolby TrueHD,dts HD MA
  • Power: 130 Watts / channel
  • Phono input
  • THD: 0.08%
  • Push-Pull Amplifier Design with 3-Stage Inverted Darlington Circuitry
  • Release Date: mid-August 2008
  • MSRP: $1099

 

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3 comments about Onkyo TX SR 806

1.  avatar jacksauce  Jul 08, 2008 1:53pm

um, whose the idiot who wrote the information at the top? Going to .08%THD from .05% is NOT an upgrade, its a downgrade. THD is stands for Total Harmonic Distortion. A lower number means that the source is reproduced more accurately.

If it were the opposite, then those $200 dollar sony receivers with 1.0% THD would be godly....
2.  avatar gr8music  Aug 25, 2008 7:32pm

Um, who is the idiot who wrote the first comment - oh, wait a minute, its jacksauce. It appears that jack don't read well! It says "The THD specification has been downgraded to 0.08% from 0.05% in its predecessor." and that's it! The upgrades are "Upgrades over its predecessor include 5 HDMI inputs (up from and 1080p analog video upscaling . " Poor Jack, too much sauce!
3.  avatar dbenhur  Sep 06, 2008 1:37pm

Do you really not understand how wiki's work, gr8music? Look at the history, you'll see that Erik corrected the "upgrade" error for THD at 1:58pm July 8, roughly 5 minutes after jacksauces comment. Yes, Jack was obnoxious, but he wasn't *wrong*. A nicer thing to do would have been to just quietly correct the error instead of ranting in the comments.

So, about the product... does anyone have one yet? It looks to me like a poor delta from the previous version, trading audio quality for a couple extra HDMI inputs. The 876 looks pretty disappointing too -- no extra inputs and some audio processing magic, but a street price about $600 more than the 875.
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    Key Features:

    Audio Inputs Digital Optical, Digital Coaxial, HDMI
    Manufacturer Onkyo
    MSRP $949.00
    Number of Channels 7.1
    Product Line Onkyo TX-SRxx6
    Release Date Aug. 15, 2008
    Video Inputs Component, HDMI
    Watts per Channel 130 W

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    5 contributors -  Erik, jacksauce, gr8music, HotBBQ, dbenhur
    Created: 07/02/2008 - 10:22
    Modified: 09/18/2008 - 17:55
    Model # variations:

    TX, SR, 806, TXSR, SR806, TXSR806