Buzzillions.com - Accurian 6.1 SIRIUS-Ready A/V Surround Receiver Reviews www.buzzillions.com

Somewhere between Very good and Great

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT

Somewhere between Very good and Great

solarbeachbum from Far West

Semi Professional Receiver for a budget price. Decodes all audio formats described in the manual. Dolby Digital, all. DTS-ES, DTS-Neo6, DTS 96/24, etc. It actually does all of this ... but the digital source MUST be present at the coaxial or optical input. Make sure you have DTS compliant DVD player and that it is enabled DTS. Sixth channel on Accurian must be enabled with setup button in order to see all formats. Compares with Receivers costing up to ten times as much. There's got to be something wrong with that! Cons: Needs another coax input. VCR input and output should changed in future product upgrade to a DVD recorder input and output ... perhaps. Read more

Poor quality components

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT

Poor quality components

Poor Steve from Port St Lucie, Florida

I use the product only because I needed a cheap way to use Fiber optic outputs from a digital audio recorder. The volume Pot is made from plastic and and needs replacing because it strips the pot shaft and has to be glue on. Plan on replacing the pot if purchased. Read more

Sounds good, Looks good, Is Good

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT

Sounds good, Looks good, Is Good

capt_stevo from Oahu, Hawaii

I bought this Receiver not expecting a semi-professional receiver. But that's what I got! I really like this thing! 'Have been collecting audio and video equipment for a long time so I am amazed that the Accurian will deal decisively with whatever DVD audio format I throw at it. All DTS formats and Dolby described in the manual work perfectly. Make sure you have a DTS compliant DVD player with DTS enabled!!Be sure also to enable the sixth speaker on Accurian to see all of the formats come to life ... "DTS-ES" and "DTS-Discrete" ... etc. In analog mode and in 2 channel Dolby mode, the receiver simulates these formats and three effects ... Hall, Theater, and Stadium. WHEN Dolby 5.1 or DTS is actually present, receiver locks in on the Dolby or DTS format present ... only.Receiver has more than enough power. Makes small [$] speaker pair sound bigger than they are even with sub-woofer off. Sound is clean, impressive.Very nice Appearance. Price is unbeatable. I am very satisfied. … Read more

better than expected!

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:01 GMT

better than expected!

BasicAudio from Bozeman, MT

At first I was looking at receivers that could decode HD Audio. There are several that can do that, most notably ONKYO 605. However, I realized that my Blu-ray player can't send HD audio. Thus, I acted rationally and started looking for a basic a/v receiver that could produce surround sound. I thought 9 other reviewers can't be wrong. I'm glad I bought this receiver. This receiver performs way better than I thought. FM reception with the antenna is superb. I use the receiver with SONY surround SA-FT1H speakers (5 speakers including center, front, left, surround left, surround right) and a powered sub woofer. Frankly, unless you have a ton of money to spend and you can really discern the difference between a $400 and a $1400 receiver (there are only 1 in 100 who can do that), you won't regret buying this receiver. The power is sufficient, it decodes most dolby and dts formats, and am/fm reception is great. Set-up is not difficult, it is aesthetically pleasing, and the remote blends righ … Read more

I absolutely love it!!

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:01 GMT

I absolutely love it!!

Kiffers from Kanab, Ut

I love this receiver so far. I have only owned it for two weeks and I had to use the smaller speakers that came with a cheaper home theater unit but even with that, they sound wonderful!. I worried that the unit might overpower the speakers but it hasn't seemed to so far. It doesn't seem to power my powered subwoofer as much as I would like but it does do enough for a nice job. When I run my HD media player through the HD ports and then to my HD 42" monitor, it doesn't seem to be quite as clear as just connecting the HD player to my monitor directly. I may change that connection in the future but I'm going to leave it for now because I like being able to have the receiver switch back and forth between the DVD player and the media player with a click of a button on the remote. So far, it's great!!!! Read more