The Spaniard
Prominent Member
Have one of these hopefully 'landing soon' so I thought I would start us all off!
Hope it lives up to the hype - I am expecting BIG things of it
Hope it lives up to the hype - I am expecting BIG things of it
I was told 25th of Aug....can't wait that long need it sooner
Just had a look through the 33 or so pages on the 905 on the AVS forum - about 3 actual posts on performance! God, those yanks talk some *****.
Starting to get a little worried though about the 905 and the various 'issues' including the heat generation - you can fry eggs on it, popping sounds, faulty remotes, poor bass output at set up, internet radio, hdmi connections, etc, etc..
I thought Onkyo quality control was supposedly excellent?
Need a new hobby - this one does my head in. The last thing I need is to spend another £1400 or so - the yanks spend around $1400 dollars by the way - and get a load more problems than I have at the moment.
That old Yammy A2 is definitely doing its best to stay put
By the way, your comment about our American cousins was a little uncalled for.
Isnt anyone concerned about the fact there is only 2 optical inputs? im aware hdmi carries audio and in the case of HD audio is only available over hdmi.
but doesnt sky hq require optical for proper surround? im sure i read it only carries 2.0 over hdmi (or similar)
that already limits most of us to 1 optical input
Worst case you can get something like http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/Optical-to-Coaxial-Converter.html .... Was the first entry on google so there are probably better/cheaper devices out there.
Richie.
This does not sound good! there also seems to be a few problems in the UK with some of the other amps in the range. We need the Onkyo rep (Mark) to come on and put our minds at rest with some of these issues - he hasn't been on the forum for a while now.
This issue with the heat generation with Onkyo amps has also got me worried, the 905 is/was a certain purchase as the heart of my av set-up.
Someone (Mark-Onkyo rep, please say something if you are still available on the Forum) needs to reassure potential buyers on the AV Forum that this issue will not be the Onkyo's achilles heal!
Afternoon
I have spoken to Mark about the heat aspect of the AV amps and he will hopefully be posting on the forum tonight. The Onkyo amps are designed to dissipate the heat generated due to the last amount of processing on the AV and audio. I understand this heat is well within EC regulations and is not a fault with the amps.
The thermal cut outs should not kick in as long as there is sufficient airflow over the top of the unit.
I will leave it to Mark to comment further on this.
Regards
Alastair
Thanks, that is reassuring.
Out of interest, do you know how much is 'sufficient' airflow, I'm assuming it is in the manual if anyone has seen it?
Cheers
There is a recommended amount of space recommended above the top of the amp in the product manuals but Mark from Onkyo should be able to give you the minimum amount he feels should be acceptable.
I am fitting a 905 into my home system and this will be housed in an AV cabinet with slatted shelves and an open back. I may still need to add an external fan to help draw the heat away from the unit as all my other AV kit is in the same cabinet and there may not be enough airflow. I think I'll be turning my radiators down a couple more notches this winter
Regards
Alastair
Afternoon
I have spoken to Mark about the heat aspect of the AV amps and he will hopefully be posting on the forum tonight. The Onkyo amps are designed to dissipate the heat generated due to the last amount of processing on the AV and audio. I understand this heat is well within EC regulations and is not a fault with the amps.
The thermal cut outs should not kick in as long as there is sufficient airflow over the top of the unit.
I will leave it to Mark to comment further on this.
Regards
Alastair
Isnt this a pointless thread untill someone in UK has one ? I would of thought this thread (http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=603008) would of been more appropriate ?
Yep all this thread is doing at the mo is making me worry, needlessly I hope.
As long as it does what it says on the box and doesnt crash/etc then I could care less how hot it gets really. A kettle gets hot but you dont go standing there holding it. As long as there is adequate cooling, and people dont go letting their kids/toddlers clamber over their av rack, I dont think there is much to worry about Fire guard around the av rack anyone
If there are any major heat problems I am sure Onkyo would be the first to hold them back until the issues were looked at.
Richie.