A musically-endowed, super-featured value AV receiver

Onkyo's budget amplifier is pared down on features, but still a crowd-pleaser

When Europe's biggest AVR brand unveils a new flagship, it's time to take your head out of the popcorn bucket and pay attention. Not only has it outsold pretty much every other brand in the UK (and Germany) since 2009, but the Japanese marque has also consistently been first to market new AV receiver technology.

Onkyo is first past the post with a 3D-capable AV receiver for the masses. Budget rivals beware

We wonder if there's anything Onkyo's TX-NR5007 AV receiver can't do

Is there anything this feature-packed 9.2-channel HD receiver from Onkyo can't do?

The TX-NR807 is a feature-packed AVR sure to find a devoted following

The world’s hottest AV receiver has had a facelift. After breathing new life into the moribund AVR market with the TX-SR605 last year, Onkyo has returned with a sequel product, the £400 TX-SR606. A cursory glance would indicate that there’s little real difference between the two models, so what’s new?

Onkyo’s last AV receiver range was an aggressively-priced tour de force that finally secured the brand’s status as an A-list AVR supplier. With an early implementation of next-gen audio codes, audiophile performance and hardcore cinephile focus, Onkyo muscled past more familiar names in the AVR world to become the hottest brand on the high-street.

The new Onkyo TX-SR505E AV receiver is a remarkably flexible home cinema model for the money. Its looks are eye-catching for all the wrong reasons, but the cheap and rather plasticky styling is the only sacrifice to keep pricing low

I often get an attack of deja-vu on the sofa, usually the result of too many days spent in a darkened room with nothing but cinema snacks for company. But I've definitely seen this Onkyo before...

Hands up how many of you bought an HD Ready TV long before there were any meaningful HD sources? Yah, me too - it's all about wanting the best and future-proofing your home cinema system

There are many things in the world that are impossible. Dividing by zero, bumblebees flying and the advertised price of sofas during the Bank Holiday sales are the usual examples. You can now add Onkyo's TX-SR605 to the list.

Onkyo is on a roll. I first realized this some time ago when visiting their HQ in Japan, and discovered for myself the scale, breadth and imagination of the company.

Sacrifices may have been made with the Onkyo's slightly bulkier design, primitive menus and a tacky, blue backlit volume knob, but it offers 90W to each of its seven amplifier channels and an astonishingly high degree of flexibility at the price.