Onkyo TX-8270 Stereo Receiver

I was looking for a unit to replace my old Kenwood that finally quit after many years and was unable to repair it for unavailability of parts. I was not looking for a home theater system. It seems to work reasonably well. Use it with my old Bose 601 mains with a couple of Advent bookshelf speakers.

I bought this stereo receiver to replace a surroundsound system that I installed several years ago. I simply dont tend to watch that many movies with 5.1 surround. But I want to the option to watch video through my stereo just in case.

Nice features including hi-res audio. I'm running it @ 4 ohms driving my Cerwin Vega DX-9 speakers. Around 160 watts per channel so it does okay, but doesn't really light them up.

The new ONKYO TX-8270 stereo network A/V receiver is a very good product. It is beautifully made. The sound quality is outstanding. The 100 watts per channel output is a big improvement over the TX-8160 and the discontinued TX-8050, which both featured only 80 watts per channel.

Great receiver, plenty of power. Using with Definitive Technology tower speakers. Only wanted 2 channels , this was perfect receiver for this. Also like the smart features, apple play, etc.

All in all this is a good stereo audio visual receiver. It puts out lots of very clean power to the speakers. The FM receiver is pretty sensitive. It works very well with my LG B7P TV however, it took me days to figure out the best way to set it up so I will pass on what I learned here.

So far this receiver is everything I want in a two-channel set-up. The sound is outstanding. Set-up was very easy on-screen (HDTV) with HDMI inputs and speakers - and the speaker terminals accepted banana plugs, which was nice. No problems with HDMI switching, and bluetooth and WiFi work perfectly.

Clearly a vast improvement over my much older Marantz receiver. No issues for inputs except with internet access. Updating was problematic but easily solved with a phone call to Onkyo tech support.

I am, at heart an audiophile. In my secondary system I had aPioneer Elite SX-N30 Network Stereo Receiver. Unfortunately, last October 9, 2017, my home burned to the ground during the Tubbs Wildfire in Santa Rosa, CA.

Fantastic receiver really does a great job. If you want to listen to music this is the way to go rather than hooking it up to your TV, if you just want to listen to music got 4 good speakers and a sub woofer and the music is like ear candy.