 "Fantastic System" | 2009-11-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: A13O4EH88M5UQW |
| Bought this for my girlfriends house, her living room is 30 x 20 with cathedral ceilings, the system is very easy to setup but i am an electronics geek, so if you arent you may want to enlist your geeky friend to help you set it up. THE SOUND ON THIS SYSTEM IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERB!!! once you get all the wires strung and the speakers hooked up there is a microphone setup that you MUST run in order to get the maximum effect from the system, it will analyze the acoustics of the room, the distance the speakers are from each other and then optimize the system for YOUR house setup. Just be sure and READ THE DIRECTIONS before you start string wires, this is a complicated system and you should review ALL the instructions before you do anything. I must say that i spent around $1500 on a Pioneer system with 7.1 sound and JBL professional level speakers and this system absolutely blows the Pioneer away!!!! Never thought i would have believed it but its true. It has 4 HDMI hookups, we used a Samsung Blu-Ray player and Sanyo 42" HD TV with the system and it absolutely rocks the walls, just because it costs less than $500 you would think it was maybe inferior BUT NOT TRUE!!! It also has plenty of other hookups for just about anything you want to throw at it, CD, other DVD hookups, Cable/Sat, for your TV sound to come thru this system This is a fantastic buy and if you are considering a Surround Sound System you will definitely be glad you bought this one. A little tip, you can spend a lot of money on HDMI cables, but there is no need to HDMI IS HDMI IS HDMI just go to[...] and order your cables, i used a 25' foot with this system and it is a great value and fantastic quality, just dont try to "staple" the HDMI cable to the wall, you will probably cause interference in you system if you do, you will definitely want to staple all the wiring for you speakers though, i ordered 1000' of 16ga speaker wire for about $100 |
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| "Panaramic Perfect Sound" | 2009-10-25 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2X5YQDN4P5RHA |
I was a theatre manager for close to 21 years and believe me, if you want a home theatre sound system that can match or even better than any cinema sound, this Onkyo is your ticket to Perfect PANARAMIC Sound.
First natually read the manual and DO set up speakers with mic, its a breeze and each speaker is perfectly calibraed. I am in AWE of how fantastic this system is. The words 'FANTASTIC', 'SENSATIONAL' and "WOW" is what folks say that have dropped by to experience, with the refane "it sounds like being in a movie theatre'.
I tested 3 movies when first set up: STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, OPEN RANGE and KING KONG 05. My brother had seen CLONES in a theatre with excellent surround sound and he was blown away with how exact the sound of this Onkyo matched real true theatre sound. Open Range and Kong were the 2 that knew had equally good surround to Clones. In Open Range, the thunder and rain made you feel like you were in the middle of it all, the gunfights were the same. When Kong roars, it will bring you out of your seat. I am NOT a big football fan, yet, it makes you feel like you are one of the crowd. This is "WOW" system.
The only draw back is the speaker wire, I am going to upgrade to 16 gage, didnt have in when we set up. The wire for left speakers were not long enough. I definately suggest to upgrade wire to 16 gage.
My only regret is that I didnt get the 6200, I read a CNET review that dolby pro logic IIz wasnt perfected (to upgrade to a 9.1 or 11.1) was reason that went with the 5200 but if had to do over for the few additional $$$ should have got the 6200.
Now, there are various sound type settings, I use dolby pro logic IIx as it does give all 8 channels: converts stereo & dolby 5.1 and gives the exact true theatre sound.
And finally, I want to thank Onkyo for pricing a SUPERIOR sound system that the average Joe and Jane can afford even in this age of the ObamaNation that wants us on third world status.
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 "2 broken subwoofers" | 2009-10-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1PXPIV67C3HBZ |
I ordered this surround sound system after some evaluation. The installation wasn't too complicated, except for the fact that the receiver requires you to use both an HDMI cable along with an optical to trasmit both audio and video. After all seven speakers were installed and all settings were put into place the subwoofer was plugged in and was nonfunctional. So after calling Onkyo; Amazon sent me an entire new system to replace the subwoofer. Turns out after I got the new system, subwoofer #2 was nonfunctional as well. The subwoofers are simple plug and play so there was no tricks about it.
So I promptly returned both of them to Amazon.
Speakers are great. Installation not too difficult. NONFUNCTIONING MACHINERY. I probably won't be purchasing anything ONKYO for some time. |
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| "Wow!" | 2009-10-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3PGZEPJKXSTXO |
| What a bang for the buck! Easy set up. Looks and sounds awesome! So many features and great quality for the money. |
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 "Great system for the price" | 2009-10-01 |
| - Reviewed By jospos |
| I needed multiple HDMI inputs and also something that would let me play music from my iPod while I decide on whether to add an AppleTV to the mix. I currently have a digital cable box & blue ray DVD player hooked up. Set up was a breeze. The color coded speaker wires for each speaker was a nice touch, however I ended up pulling my own wire through the house so didn't use it. A word of caution - the listening mode is very important. The default setting on mine didn't product any center channel sound (no voices on TV/movies) and it took me a while to figure that one out. On the flip side, the technical support folks at Onkyo were very helpful and patient with me. Also, be aware that the HDMI just passes through to the TV. The receiver doesn't do anything with it and you will need a seperate digital connection from the source to the receiver for the sound. I at least knew this going in. I would much prefer that it did use the sound from the HDMI conncetion, however that seems to be a more expensive option, so I certainly cannot complain given the price of this unit. |
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| "Easier than expected" | 2009-09-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3G6TWJD71R9W9 |
If you are going to drop big bucks on a nice, big screen TV, why not get a good audio system too.
Founnd the Onkyo 5200 system for $447 total.
So far, have the center and front speakers hooked up along with the sub woofer. Like the adjustable sub woofer volume knob. Have more speaker wire on the way for the side and rear speakers. Next, will begin mounting more speakers with the Sanus mount system.
The sound quality is superior for the money- like many review sources said. It will make the windows rattle. All of the wires are color coded making it very easy to hook up. It would be hard to be unable to easily get this system up and running. |
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