I am buying my next piece to a home theater soon. I have read reviews on AMazon for both and they are both favorable. Any of you with first hand experience with sales, service, or ownership of any of these.
I will also purchase a Sony PS3 for Blu-Ray hence the look to Sony receivers. I have a large room to put all of this in. probably 25x18 ft. So I already have a JBL powered sub-woofer. The Onkyo 605 looks and sounds great in the store but a small room. It has only 90 watts per channel. The 705 has 100 and the Sony 120. Any feedback??
Should I even be worrying about these watts per channel numbers with my sized room?
2007-12-06 09:10:24 · 3 answers · asked by algaemaster 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
Hi. I would not be concerned by the output of the Receivers, You could hardly hear the difference between 90 watts and 120 watts (You would need a 900 watts/channel Amplifier to hear twice as loud as a 90 watts/channel Amplifier.)That is ample for your room as you won't have the volume at max.My room is 26 x15 and my Power Amp. is only 50 watts/channel and that is deafening turned fully up.Receivers in that price range are all pretty much the same.See if you can hear a difference in sound quality when playing music only not from DVD Soundtracks. The problem with all Receivers is the use of a single power supply for the Tuner section,the Pre-Amp/Processor section,and the Power amplifiers section.The needs of the Power Amp section affect the Pre.Amp. section which is the heart of the system.The result is Receivers are not as smooth ,effortless,open and full sounding as separate components.However if you watch movies more than listening to music they don't have to be that good.
2007-12-06 13:32:39 · answer #1 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Total Harmonic Distortion...the lower the number the better. Basically the difference will be in playback from a product. It will be how clear the product is that your playing, and also the delay on how long it will take to move from the product, to the receiver, to the speaker, to your ear. You would be better off with the onkyo since it is a high current receiver. High current can push more sound out, is cleaner, and sharper. Think of high current receivers vs. standard receiver in this way, you could take a 600w onkyo and it would blow away a 1000w sony at half the power. Such as a 12 volt car battery can start your car, however 8 AA batteries would never get your car started, however they would be a combined 12 volts as well...
2016-05-21 21:47:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just to give you an example i have a 60 watt per channel onkyo.my neighbor had a 120 watt pioneer.my reciever blew his away.bigger isn't always better.would highly recommend the onkyo.
2007-12-07 10:20:41 · answer #3 · answered by scott v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋