Onkyo's TX-SA706X 7.1 receiver is beastly, Mr. T approved

It's too early to tell if gold-colored components really are making a comeback, but you better believe Onkyo's at the forefront of the gilded parade. Shortly after pumping out the TX-SA606X in Japan (and the TX-SA606 in America), the TX-SA706X has arrived to take things one step further. This 7.1-channel receiver delivers a potent 200-watts of juice to each channel and includes five HDMI 1.3 inputs (alongside one output), a frequency response of 5Hz to 100,000Hz, Audyssey Dynamic EQ processing and built-in decoding for Dolby TrueHD / DTS-HD Master Audio formats. Granted, such a monster of an AVR won't become your very own with putting a nice size dent in your wallet, but those in Japan can treat themselves on July 19th when it lands for ¥189,000 ($1,781).

[Via HDTV Space]

Onkyo's TX-SA706X 7.1 receiver is beastly, Mr. T approved

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2008 1:07PM]

Champagne finished components never went out of fashion in Japan. Marantz, Accuphase, Conrad Johnson, etc all have been making champagne finishes since day one and haven't stopped since. This finish will probably never make it stateside, just as years to get silver finished Onkyo products stateside.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2008 1:14PM]

One HDMI output?? This many features and they skimp on a 20 cent part!

[simbadogg Posted Jul 1st 2008 1:32AM]

1 hdmi OUT...isn't enuff for you? are you running two HDTVs side by side? shiet if you want more go w/ a 5805 mkii or something. 1 is plenty

[EriX Posted Jul 1st 2008 3:26AM]

@Simbadogg

Quite often people need 2 HDMI out, one for their HDTV and one for a projector.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2008 1:15PM]

Of course I just ordered a TX-SA606 this morning. Isn't that always the way? ;-)

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2008 3:02PM]

Seems a big priuce jump between a 606 and this model. What's between them?

[h0mi Posted Jun 30th 2008 5:46PM]

can someone explain something to me about this and the 606 receiver?

So the 606 has 4 hdmi inputs and 2 component. This has 5 HDMI and probably 2 component. So does that mean I can connect 6 (for the 606) or 7 (for the 706) HD devices and switch between them, or are some of the hdmi/component inputs shared?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2008 11:20PM]

Not a bad receiver. My current Pioneer came in champagne even though I wanted black or maybe silver, but it's quite nice actually :)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 2nd 2008 12:55AM]

When does the Onkyo SR-876 hit stores?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 7th 2008 1:32PM]

If this new receiver put out 200w per channel, it must be 4 or 6 ohms. 200w per channel into 8 ohms would definitely get a THX ultra2 certification instead of select2. It also seams odd that the great but midpriced 705 would jump 800+ dollars in price and double the output. I guess we will have to see the "Real McCoy" when it gets stateside.