I've had this for about a year now and it is working flawlessly. Lots of good reviews here read them all. I'll simply repeat to emphasize a few details. Best HTIB on the market period. Automatic speaker calibration with included microphone. Fantastic sound.
Yes speakers are big and heavy. Which I believe goes hand in hand with fantastic sound. The Bose acoustimass cube speakers sound amazing for no bigger than they are but are not fantastic sounding through out the tonal range. They simply do not have the audio range and punch on the mid to lower end due to their small size. I mention this because I believe people incorrectly extrapolate amazing performance with small size because of the cubes into truly fantastic sound of a full sized speaker. Don't confuse amazing with fantastic. For fantastic tonal range and punch you need driver surface area, proper enclosure materials, and proper enclosure size for tonal resonance. I also have omnisats and nansats from Mirage. Amazing speakers but the omnis being larger have better tonal range than the nanos. Great speakers but not for surround imaging, they're for a totally different application. And yes there are better sounding separate speakers like yamaha studios (not sure they even make these anymore), but this is an HTIB. And for that these speakers are the best sounding of the HTIBs. Included speaker wire is a joke. No need to run double ought, 12-14 gauge suffices depending on length. No network update or streaming ability like the 5.1 LG LHB953 but sounds infinitely better. 5 stars would be perfect. I take off one star for those deficiencies, other than that, not much to complain about.
Unit produces a lot of heat, primarily from the power supply side, which is typical for a full power receiver. On first power-on a year ago, I had this in a console with open front and back and with 8 inches of clearance to top and 6 inches on the sides but it was not enough. During the course of a movie the rear surrounds started distorting. I Immediately shut the unit down, noticed the heat, let it cool off and positioned it on a free standing table so it was not confined in any way and has worked flawlessly ever since. which speaks volumes for the final circuit design. I was afraid I had blown the finals but not the case. Don't run this without proper ventilation. You may think there is enough air flow but trust me there isn't. Did I mention it produces a LOT of heat? LOLGet more detail about Onkyo HT-S9100THX 7.1 Channel Receiver and Speaker Package.
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