Onkyo Amps - are they reliable

My 805 is still running.  It needed a single resistor replaced to get the LCD screen running, but still think its a pretty good run for a complex piece of electronics.

Not had an issue yet with my 905 - used every day.

They seem to need plenty of ventilation, the problems seem to show well after the warranty has run out. I won't be buying another Onkyo out of principle.

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From hundreds of sales over the last six years across all Onkyo AV models from the 509 level up to the pre/power my experience is that Onkyo is a reliable brand both within and outwith warranty. Electronics fail, some more than others but IMO Onkyo is well within the limits of acceptable failure.  Funny that other brands with a less vocal customer base are deemed reliable.

I agree with Nick. 

Onkyo have sold rather a lot of AV receivers since the 05 range, so are ibviously going to have a certain percentage break down. Being honest, it was mainly the 606 and 875's that had issues, although there are a large number of users of the 05/06 receivers who've never had problems, and are very happy with their products.

Two Onkyos - heavily used - never failed.  Can't complain - especially at their price points.

The fix worked

A cheap soldering iron and some replacement capacitors (£11'ish in total) and it's working as it should

Tomorrow it'll be hooked up to our new Panny P50GT30 - woohoo

Thanks for the advice folks re- Onkyo reliability, the 609 would of been my choice of replacement

Bought a 609 just before Xmas, and it soon showed a fault with the input HDMI input circuitry.

However, Richer Sounds (Weybridge) exchanged it very quicky when I explained the problem (and took it back with a note attached to it so that no-one else would get lumbered with it!).

Replacement has been fine since.

John

805 still going strong no problems.

.....I've used an 875 on a daily basis for 5 years ...no problems ..apart from a loose/cracked bulgin female mains connector to the rear panel ....?!

I've had a 807 for just over 2 yrs and used every day,I've been having audio problems for about a month when on Thursday it finally gave up completely, I suspected it was the hdmi board (after reading many posts on forums) rang richer sounds who to said I had 3 yr warranty so I'm a happy man while my onkyo is on its way to be repaired

rob

Hi all, I have been pondering over a new amp for a while now and although I've just upgraded my sub to a Tannoy ts10 im thinking towards a Onkyo 609, however I have read alot of posts here and there about Onkyo failures!! 

I use a yamaha in my sig for 8yrs or so and it's never failed me once, I'm only thinking of upgrading to reduce so many HDMI to tv and so the new amp can decode all HD codecs rather than my BD decoding and Yammy amplifying. 

It'll be worth asking those who have had failed Onkyos how much clearance they have above the receiver, to see whether these faults are due to people not following the manual's recommendation...

how much clearance are we talking about here? top and sides? Not enough causes over heating and capicitor failures?

on a side note, for the price of the 609 which amp would you recommend for my setup in sig?

Thanks

It's worth noting that Onkyo shift the most units of all manufacturers, so logically you will here a few complaints online.  Relatively speaking they are reliable.