Customer Reviews

Onkyo TX-SR307 5.1-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver (Black)

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The advantage to this receiver (as well as the 507) is the depth fits most standard cabinets. This was my primary reason for looking at this receiver. I believe Onkyo is a good brand, and this receiver is better than my last, but it suffers in the high end features.

The HDMI passthrough is bunk. It does not look at the audio through the HDMI, which I specifically asked about and was misinformed. NO AUDIO THROUGH HDMI! You must attach a seperate audio in cable, which is not a big deal but for two reasons. 1) this receiver only has two optical inputs and one coaxial audio inputs (so only three surround audio inputs, and no popular product right now using optical, so you really only have two surround inputs) and 2) The inputs are not assignable to the HDMI, so you actually only have one optical input that will work while your HDMI pass through is working. Essentially, if you use HDMI through this unit, you are restricted to one optical audio input and the other is dedicated to "CD" so you can run a separate HDMI cable to your TV, but this defeats the entire purpose of HDMI on the receiver. Not a big deal to me, but may be a deal breaker for you. So, to repeat, and summarize, HDMI INPUTS ON RECEIVER ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL ENOUGH FOR YOU TO EFFECTIVELY USE THEM.

The price is great. $240 for a receiver with two optical audio inputs and an onkyo name? Works for me. This guy will NOT be future proof, and I will have to replace it if I want to have more than two surround sound sources, but that will be years from now, and I am now wise enough to know that IF YOU WANT TO HAVE TRULY GREAT VIDEO/AUDIO, YOU NEED TO BUILD A DEDICATED CLOSET IN YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE NO TELEVISION CABINET FITS MASSIVE HIGH END COMPONENTS, ONLY CONSUMER VERSIONS WITHOUT THE HIGH END FEATURES. I have my television floating on the wall with a tube running in the wall hiding the wires, and I have a beautiful setup, but I can't find components that will fit! I should have had a built-in placed during construction (NEED LOTS OF DEPTH!) or I should have ran the wires to the closet and dedicated it, but then you have the problem of IR-signals...

Also, don't buy this unit for the microphone. It doesn't work at all. Perhaps this is because the instructions ask you to place all the speakers on the floor for calibration, and mine are installed flush in the ceiling and are not coming out. Basically the microphone won't work for high end users. Too bad.

I'd return it, but I can't get anything better for this price, and if I spend more money ALL of the receivers have a larger depth which will NOT fit into any television stand (and believe me... I looked for over a year!)

Great beginning receiver, works well, powers speakers to a reasonably loud volume, high end features are bunk, and you can't use more than two surround sources with this guy. Hope this helps!

It's my own fault. I didn't fully understand all the technical terms.
The unit has pass through HDMI connections which require additional audio connections to the component inputs from the TV to the receiver. Splitters are required because there is only one audio output from the TV and three component devices supported. I wanted to avoid the extra audio cables. Should have purchased a different (more expensive) model.

can't complain about the purchase. easy setup...good features. the only downside is that it doesn't convert component to hdmi so you have to run a component cable as well as hdmi to your tv. for me this won't be a problem as soon as i upgrade my dvd player to one with hdmi out. the person that complained about buying extra cables...well it's pretty simple. if you wan't digital surround sound you need some sort of digital input. technically yes this signal could be sent through the hdmi cable but i prefer keeping my audio and video on separate cables. it makes it a lot easier to diagnose a problem if one arises. i found two dynex fiber optic cables on ebay for 2.99 a piece and used an old, yet high quality, shielded stereo rca audio cable...split it into two and used one length for the digital coaxial input and the other for my subwoofer. the sound is great...i just wish you could edit the names of the inputs so it would say "xbox" on the receiver when i'm gaming but if that's my biggest concern then you can imagine the quality of this product.

It had all the features I wanted. I didn't care for the fact that it doesn't receive HDMI audio (HDMI Passthrough). It probably has enough inputs for most people, but I have a ton of game systems and I found myself running out of places to plug them in fast. Surround sounds good with Polk monitor speakers (70s 30s cs2 and the sub). I'm not much of an audiophile so I can't comment on quality, but I can say it sounds great. I do know that I'll be buying Onkyo again in the future. It'll be the first brand I look for when shopping for a receiver.

i'm a fan of onkyo quality/price ratio. i wish i had done more research to know that this receiver does not pass HDMI sound though. otherwise, it's an awesome receiver for the price.

Overall good quality however it has a few quirks and intermittent problems where it will stop sending signals to various speakers. This is NOT due to loose wiring. However, for the price it is a great product.

I bought this item to connect my PS3, cable and WD device to my tv, without having to select audio and video separately every time I change between them.
Everything works fine until I connect my PS3 (The ony 1080p device I have), my tv displays "Invalid Format". I tried changing cables, changing inputs, but nothing changed. I wrote to Onkyo and of course they say that they have this "Pass through" technology and they don't touch the video signal.
Well, the fact is that if I connect my PS3 directly to my TV, everything works OK, but if I connect it to the Onkyo receiver, it don't work.
It seems I lost my money.

This product is excellent, expecially for the price. It was easy to install and the instructions were clear. My surround system is an amalgam of parts from older systems. I have wall mounted Lansing surround speakers. The main speakers are Harmon Kardon and the sub-bass is a powered unit by Energy. My living room is very large and when the volume is turned up, we get theatre quality sound. I suppose a true audiophile would find fault, but the sound is full and the subtle details are clear. My only minor complaint is that the TV won't work unless the reciever is turned on. Sometimes I like to listen to the TV using the built in speakers without turning on the surround system. It can be done, but only if the surround is on and muted. I have not used the automatic sound balancing system. I hooked up the system and have been using the reciever with the built in default values and everybody is happy. One of these days I'll try the microphone and do the recommended balancing, but it's really pretty good without it. GOOD value.

I bought this item as a second receiver and I am happy with my purchase because it gave me the flexibility I needed for hooking up all my components. I like the quick connects on the front for Ipod or other purposes. I would recommend it to others.

This reciever was easy to setup, don't forget to use the setup microphone it balances the sound for the room size. Bought subwoofer and speakers mounted in the ceiling from monoprice.