OnkyoTX-8220 2 Home Audio Channel Stereo Receiver with Bluetooth,black

Item exceeded expectations. Am extremely pleased. Thank you!!

I tiried Sony 190 first and then Onkyo. They price almost the same and have similar features and both best for simple stereo setup.I returned Sony because although Sony was perfect it has a slightly lower output on PHONO. Also Onkyo feels more "luxury" than Sony and has AM and tone controls on the body as well. Sound vise tehy are similar on CD out put - very crisp and clear. Onkyo powers well my large Polk XT 70 speakers at 8 Om. At 70 volume is insanely loud and low distortion. I will keep Onkyo

Same Onkyo quality despite new ownership. However, the receiver is lacking a knob to change the source. This has been replaced by two buttons that are difficult to operate in low light. This is a fine stereo receiver at an unbeatable price.

I have had this receiver for a couple of months now, in my backyard shed, and here are my experiences so far:-Package arrived in good shape, very well packed, no issues- I connected two sets of speakers, not the easiest since the terminals are close together and I have very large hands. But once you get them hooked up and tightened, the wires are very secure.-Device hookup: I have a turntable, CD player, and "line" (which I used to play an old ipod) hooked to the receiver, with RCA plugs. Everything plugged in easily and quickly, with no issues. All devices play normally.-Set up: The set up menu worked OK, but is not easily intuitive, at least not to me. I needed to set the SP Impedance to 4 since I was running two sets of speakers (see instruction manual page 22) It took me 4-5 tries to get it set the way I needed it.- Set up of Bluetooth. Very easy to pair with my iphone and it works fine, pairs up quickly, and plays normally-Remote: In my situation I don't use the remote all that much but it seems fine.- Receiver controls: these are all OK, except I wish the tuner buttons on the front of the unit were bigger. Otherwise no issues.-FM tuner: I have hooked up the unit to an outside FM antenna, and get good reception, no issues at all. I recommend an outdoor antenna if you listen to a lot of FM, which I do. On good days I can even get a station 125 miles away.- AM tuner: not good at all. I hooked up the included AM antenna, but some days I can't get anything. I am going to try a different antenna set up, but don't get this unit to listen to AM.- Set up of FM station pre-sets: Easy, no issues, just follow the manual.- Sound of the unit : I replaced an old JCPenney MCS unit (circa 1980) that had the right channel go bad. When I first turned the Onkyo on, it sounded tinny and the sound was thin. I thought oh no, but I just turned it on and let it play for about 36 hours and it broke in well. Now it sounds good, certainly acceptable for a shed.-So that's my review. If I haven't covered something about this unit, that means I am not using it.

We unfortunately got a defective one. We chose to exchange rather than a refund & the product was at my door step the next day. Had absolutely no issues.

Good product

Update: many are having the same problem I now see; you want to use your TV remote to turn on/off this receiver - does not work! (At least with a Samsung TV). You run through the setup, in my case a Sony Blue Ray player, a 2023 55” Samsung TV, and the Amazon fire stick. During the setup, adding connected devices to the TV, the amp does turn off, or on after you identify the Onkyo receiver as a connected home theater, but that’s it - only does it once, never again. I’ve done it many times, selecting different Onkyo receivers, it doesn’t work. You have two sort-of solutions; 1) use the 20 minute no-activity setting and the AMP will turn itself off - then use the Onkyo remote to turn the amp back on or 2) disable the Onkyo receiver auto-off feature and leave the amp on all the time - I chose this option as i don’t want to use two remotes. **** I’ll update again if i find a solution, but in researching this, many have this issue when using a Samsung TV and this Onkyo amp.My first review is below:I set up a 5.1 a few years ago. Never really liked it if you did not play a 5.1 source. I used a mic to calibrate the speakers and while, I suppose, it was OK - I was never hooked on it. Fast forward to today - new TV's have lot's of HDMI ports, USB, Wi-Fi, ... and great pictures. I though, well, let's utilize the HDMI ports - so I bought the Denon DRA-800H. It was a nice AMP and I connected the HDMI out on the AMP to the HDMI in on the TV. Then I realized I only had 2 other HDMI inputs to the AMP - one from the DVD and one from the firestick. This worked, but the 800H was overkill for me. I assessed my needs again, I stream HBO, Disney, Netflix, .... which goes through the TV. All I really need is a optical cable from the TV out to an AMP "in". And I don't want 5-6-7.1 or 2, and no need for Wi-Fi on the AMP - which the Denon had - but no direct streaming to the AMP - which was a bummer. There were a few 2.1 amps out there and I decided to try this one as I really wanted to use ONE remote to control the firestick, the TV and the AMP. The Samsung TV remote does all 3. I was worried about the 8220 driving KEF Q150 bookshelf speakers - as this is for a downstairs 'play room' - and it's doing just fine at 45 watts. I am happy with the amp. I stream music 50% of the time via Spotify, via the TV or Amazon Echo - "Alexa play ??? on Spotify" and off it goes. Or I turn on the TV, go to the Spotify app, and play from there. I also liked the Sub woofer output as I have the old 5.1 sub from the old system, and it works great with this amp. So, I'm happy with the 2.1 system, listening to music and watching TV / streaming video.