Hi guys,
I would like to share my first impression about Onkyo first network stereo receiver TX-8050.Also I am new to this forum so please forgive me for my maybe silly naivety.
I have just received delivery of a new Onkyo TX 8050 Network stereo receiver. After long thorough research I hoped that it will be the best chose for mainly streaming stereo music files and weekend Blue Ray movie watch.
I connected it easy to Sony BDP-S580 and to my beloved B&W 685 and B&W ASW 608. I must admit it took me a wail to connect it to home network though. I had to install WMP 11 first and then fiddle with its settings. (Streaming is base on WMP 11 & 12 platforms) In addition I had to find and download plug in for WMP to be able to play FLAC file. Also I had to find and adjust Norton antivirus settings to allow communication in and out with other devices. Finally Once it was done Onkyo picked up my Flac 24/96 , and Hi Res WAV music files and I was pleased with what I heard.
True, crisp, bass rich stereo sound flooded the room. Wide adjustment range for Treble and bass made it easy to fine tune sound for my preference. Streamed Hi res FLAC files sounded so much better than previously owned squeezebox touch pared with Denon RBD X-1000. Navigation is not that convenient compared with squeezebox though. Onkyo has no HDMI output for video so I could not connect it to my bravia. There is only component video output which becoming extinct in new smart TVs . Therefore to find your files you navigate on two row onkyo’s screen.
Played some Blue Rays and I was pleased with down mixed 2 channel PCM sound coming from Sony through coaxial input. Onkyo handled it very well and Good stereo sound was enough for me to enjoy soundtrack. To be faire, in most proper, well acted not silly movies you listen to dialogs and orchestra, therefore 2.1 channel system works just fine or even better for me. I still think that multichannel movie set up works best, but only in rooms specially built for it and speakers placed in correct places where they designed to be placed. My ordinary small british living room simply cannot accommodate 9.2, 7.1 or even 5.1 systems, so I am pleased that Onkyo took this view and produced a proper stereo receiver.
I would like to share my first impression about Onkyo first network stereo receiver TX-8050.Also I am new to this forum so please forgive me for my maybe silly naivety.
I have just received delivery of a new Onkyo TX 8050 Network stereo receiver. After long thorough research I hoped that it will be the best chose for mainly streaming stereo music files and weekend Blue Ray movie watch.
I connected it easy to Sony BDP-S580 and to my beloved B&W 685 and B&W ASW 608. I must admit it took me a wail to connect it to home network though. I had to install WMP 11 first and then fiddle with its settings. (Streaming is base on WMP 11 & 12 platforms) In addition I had to find and download plug in for WMP to be able to play FLAC file. Also I had to find and adjust Norton antivirus settings to allow communication in and out with other devices. Finally Once it was done Onkyo picked up my Flac 24/96 , and Hi Res WAV music files and I was pleased with what I heard.
True, crisp, bass rich stereo sound flooded the room. Wide adjustment range for Treble and bass made it easy to fine tune sound for my preference. Streamed Hi res FLAC files sounded so much better than previously owned squeezebox touch pared with Denon RBD X-1000. Navigation is not that convenient compared with squeezebox though. Onkyo has no HDMI output for video so I could not connect it to my bravia. There is only component video output which becoming extinct in new smart TVs . Therefore to find your files you navigate on two row onkyo’s screen.
Played some Blue Rays and I was pleased with down mixed 2 channel PCM sound coming from Sony through coaxial input. Onkyo handled it very well and Good stereo sound was enough for me to enjoy soundtrack. To be faire, in most proper, well acted not silly movies you listen to dialogs and orchestra, therefore 2.1 channel system works just fine or even better for me. I still think that multichannel movie set up works best, but only in rooms specially built for it and speakers placed in correct places where they designed to be placed. My ordinary small british living room simply cannot accommodate 9.2, 7.1 or even 5.1 systems, so I am pleased that Onkyo took this view and produced a proper stereo receiver.
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