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Topic: Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737 (Read 3061 times) previous topic - next topic
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Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737

Im looking to get a new receiver so I can use foobar for home stereo. Anyone else have any luck with this receiver? Or maybe a better idea?
This is what Im looking at. http://www.crutchfield.com/p_580TXN737/Onk...gid=1&pid=2

Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737

Reply #1 –
These things aren't really based on luck. If the AVR has all the features you need, comprehensible GUI, remote, etc., etc. and can drive your speakers in your room sufficiently, then I suppose this one, like many others, will do fine. Not sure what a "better" idea is in this context.
That Onkyo appears to be a mid line/priced MCH AVR with lots of features. What that would have to do with playing Foobar in stereo is a bit unclear to me also.

cheers,

AJ
Loudspeaker manufacturer

Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737

Reply #2 –
If you're just after a stereo to use with foobar, there are probably cheaper stereo amps but it depends what you want to do.

Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737

Reply #3 –
I've read in many forums that home theater receivers are not really good for music listening because of the relative small power going to each speaker and the heavy bass sound made by the subwoofer. Is the difference between a stereo and a home theater receiver really that significant? Even with such receivers like this Onkyo one which i assume is not in the toy category?

I'm about to buy an apartment and sometime later I would like to buy a LED projector + surround receiver setup for watching movies, series, playing games and last but not least listening to music. I'm thinking about an all-in-one solution like this receiver. Am i going to regret it when listening to music?

Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737

Reply #4 –
Quote from: darkbyte on
I've read in many forums that home theater receivers are not really good for music listening because of the relative small power going to each speaker and the heavy bass sound made by the subwoofer. Is the difference between a stereo and a home theater receiver really that significant? Even with such receivers like this Onkyo one which i assume is not in the toy category?

No, that is the utter nonsense typical of many online forums. No reason why a HT AVR can't be proficiently used for music listening. The possible down side is the added complexity and many ways to screw up the sound (end user issue), the benefits being onboard DSP not found on non-HT type equipment.

Quote from: darkbyte on
I'm about to buy an apartment and sometime later I would like to buy a LED projector + surround receiver setup for watching movies, series, playing games and last but not least listening to music. I'm thinking about an all-in-one solution like this receiver. Am i going to regret it when listening to music?

No clue, but it shouldn't be because you chose to go the HT/AVR route vs non.

cheers,

AJ
Loudspeaker manufacturer

Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737

Reply #5 –
Thanks AJ for the answer! It's hard to find the truth when different forum people write distinct things about audio.
But my rather small experience with HT receivers (used for music) is not bad either.

Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737

Reply #6 –
I'll simply respond by saying that I use an AVR in my living room, and for my desktop computer I run the audio through an AVR.

I mixed my old band's demo album through an AVR driving a decent set of speakers.

If you turn off all the bells and whistles an AVR is just an amp, and they can be just as transparent as any other amp out there.

Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737

Reply #7 –
If you don't need the bells and whistles (or wattage*?), $500 is far too much to spend.

(*) It seems rare to me that power requirements are intelligently assessed in the consumer market; not that the additional wattage should necessarily warrant the $500, either.
 

Anyone else use the Onkyo TX-NR737

Reply #8 –
Quote from: greynol on
If you don't need the bells and whistles (or wattage*?), $500 is far too much to spend.

(*) It seems rare to me that power requirements are intelligently assessed; not that the additional wattage should necessarily warrant the $500, either.


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