Pros: This is a replacement unit for the one I was having issues with (see earlier review). Newegg shipped the replacement unit right away after they received my RMA and the total turn-around time was 1 week - which is excellent. This unit performs *much* better than the last one and doesn't suffer from the severe hum on the subwoofer output that I had before. New firmware version seems to add album art to Pandora.

Cons: To be very picky there is still a very slight interference from the analog video and analog audio input processing sections that causes a slight hum on the subwooder output whenever you connect a device that has both analog video and audio connections. However it is nothing as bad as before and can only be heard with the volume cranked up very high and no audio present. I can live with it.

Overall Review: I placed this in a cabinet to muffle the annoying mechanical relay click sounds. Onkyo really needs to work on this aspect of the design - especially since it clicks with each new track when playing internet audio such as Pandora.

Pros: Getting fewer and fewer......

Cons: I've had this unit for a few weeks now and I'm really regretting this purchase. I just changed my DirectTV HD receiver settings to output DolbyDigital on HDMI. It sounds fantastic once you start watching a movie. However...... each time the audio source changes from DolbyDigital mode into another mode, there is a loud relay click and the sound disappears for about 3/4 second. You may not think this is an issue until you watch a TV show. As soon as commercials start, the receiver clicks and you miss the first part of the audio. Each time you skip forward, backward, pause etc. it clicks. Then when the show starts again after commercials... CLICK! If one of the commercials has DD audio.... CLICK! The click is much louder than those when changing other audio modes. As an example of the audio that gets cut out with each mode change, the Apple iPhone commercial that starts off with "The new iPhone..... " gets cut to "phone.....".

Overall Review: Seriously, what was Onkyo thinking when they designed this? What is the point of 100+db S/N ratios, 0.05% THD, THX certifications, etc. etc. when you have LOUD mechanical relays ruining the experience and cutting out parts of the audio with each mode change. Didn't their engineers ever test this in a real world situation? Yes I could change the DirectTV receiver back to regular stereo output, but what is the point? I got this receiver to finally enjoy 5.1 DD sound. I'm really surprised at the other 5 star reviews given by others. Either they must have the unit behind a solid oak cabinet or they haven't tried using it with a source with mixed DD/regular audio.

Pros: Tons of audio processing options (a bit overwhelming). Lots of inputs that can be reassigned. OSD menu is better looking than depicted in the Users Guide. Second HDMI output (haven't tried using it yet) Learning remote that can be programmed from the receiver is cool.

Cons: This is FULL of mechanical relays that click whenever you change inputs, adjust the EQ, change bitrates (eg. when playing different media on an MCE PC via HDMI) on a digital input, open the OSD menu, in-between songs when streaming etc. You really need to put this in a separate cabinet. Stingy 2 year warranty. Runs HOT! The huge problem I have with my unit is noise on the subwoofer output which appears as hum on in all audio modes except for "direct". I've spent hours tracking this down and concluded it is noise in the internal signal processing. It appears even on digital inputs as soon as the bitstream is present. Hopefully this is just a bad unit and not a design issue but I'm amazed this got by. With my Polk subwoofer the hum is plain as day. Can improve slightly by turning input level on subwoofer down but still far from perfect. The vacuum fluorescent display color (faded green) looks kinda dated by today's standards. No optical/coax digital audio out (to record t

Overall Review: For a $1500 receiver I must say I'm kinda disappointed in the design. I'm going to call Onkyo and see what solution they can offer for the hum issue with the subwoofer output. If they can't provide a solution I'm going to return it. I really want to keep this as it is otherwise a good piece of equipment. Any engineer will tell you that mechanical relays will be the first thing to cause problems down the road. For a very "high end" device this is an unreliable and noisy solution. Maybe the expected reliability is reflected in the lousy 2 year warranty.