Onkyo TX-LR552 6.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver Review

Product description

Perhaps you want to maximize space in your entertainment room. Or perhaps you don’t yet feel the need for the dizzying array of inputs and outputs available on our top-end receivers. Either way, the TX-LR552 6.1-channel digital A/V receiver for home-theater may be just what you’re looking for. Behind its elegant, user-friendly faceplate lurks a wealth of Onkyo know-how. Incorporating our latest digital amplification technology, the TX-LR552 generates full-bodied, discrete 6.1-channel surround sound with 65 W/Ch for all channels. Add the latest multi-channel decoders from Dolby and DTS, upconversion to component video for all video sources, and the convenience of automatic speaker detection, and the TX-LR552 has virtually all your home theater needs well and truly covered. Team it up with the DVD player and speakers of your choice, and you have the heart and soul of a great home theater. Sleep timer A/V remote control Two year warranty

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Onkyo’s full-featured TX-LR552 audio/video surround receiver boasts a high-power, 6-channel digital amplifier, the latest 5.1- and 6.1-channel surround processing, and a comprehensive array of inputs and outputs–all housed in an attractive chassis standing less than 4-inches high. Onkyo’s exclusive digital amplifier technology makes it possible for each of the receiver’s 6 speaker outputs to deliver 65 watts of power into a 6-ohm speaker (at 1 kHz), or 40 watts x 2 dynamic power into standard 8-ohm speakers.

For high-quality audio reproduction all the way around, the TX-LR552 uses linear PCM 96 kHz/24-bit digital-to-analog converters for all channels, plus powerful and accurate 24-bit DSP processing for Onkyo’s own Digital Soundfield processing modes (of which there are 4 to choose from). The receiver’s multichannel audio processing abilities cover Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, DTS Neo:6, and DTS 96/24. It also includes the new Dolby Pro Logic IIx processing, which is capable of generating 6.1-channel surround sound from any source of 2 or more channels.

The TX-LR552 also features HDTV-capable component video switching (50 MHz bandwidth) with 2 component video inputs and one output. Additionally, the receiver helps you maximize video resolution while conserving inputs on your television by upconverting composite-video inputs to S-video or upconverting all composite- and S-video signals to component-video, letting you use just a single component-video output to your compatible television, even if some of your connected video gear is composite-video only. There are 3 each composite- and S-video inputs.

Additionally, the receiver offers 2 optical and 1 coaxial digital audio inputs, as well as a 5.1-channel analog input intended for use with high-resolution DVD-Audio and SACD players.

The TX-LR552’s color-coded speaker terminals simplify speaker hookup, and it also offers A/B front speaker switching in case, for instance, you want to run a secondary pair of speakers to the kitchen. Assisting you in speaker setup, automatic speaker detection makes it easy to determine what speakers are connected. Use the included pre-programmed remote control to calibrate the relative volume for each speaker. The subwoofer output features an adjustable crossover setting to help you optimize subwoofer/satellite integration, even if (and especially if) your subwoofer does not have a built-in variable crossover.

What’s in the Box
Receiver, a remote control, remote batteries, AM and FM antennas, speaker-cable labels, a user’s manual, and warranty information.