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hey I'm Matthew moscovia Katsina and today we're going to take a look at the onkyo TX and our six one six this is a mid-range AV receiver from Akio and it's currently selling for four hundred and ten dollars and that makes it one of the best AV receiver values on the market now the design is nothing special on the Akio this is a big bulky AV receiver and the front panel doesn't look quite as refined as models from say Denon or Marantz the included remote is decent although the buttons are pretty small and it's a little more cluttered than it needs to be around back you'll see why this receiver is such a good value including the front panel input there are eight total HDMI inputs which is two more than any other receiver at this price the only catch is that there's not enough input buttons to access all of the inputs directly from the remote so you'll need to navigate the on-screen interface to get at that eighth input the front panel HDMI input is also MHL compatible so it'll work with phones that support that new connection type there's also an Ethernet port on the back and that gives you access to all of ACOs built-in streaming audio services there's Spotify Pandora Rhapsody slacker Last FM internet radio and DLNA streaming which is a better selection that you'll get on most competitors you'll notice that there's no built-in airplay support although with the onkyo is low price you can easily add an Apple TV which is going to give you a lot more functionality than just airplay and if you don't have a thern ette in your living room Anki offers a small Wi-Fi dongle for around 25 bucks which is a lot less than other receivers wireless solutions these are interface for all these services is decent compared to other receivers but it looks a little out-of-date compared to something like an Apple TV or an Xbox 360 luckily you can skip the on-screen interface and use on Kiyo's smart phone app instead which actually works pretty well although it can be a little buggy at times we had seen its resident golden ear steve guttenberg take a listen to the onkyo sound quality it wasn't quite up to the level of last year's den on AVR 1912 but it was still a solid performer overall Blu ray concert disk sounded great as well as blu-ray movies although the Denon is slightly better especially with movies really the only thing that gives us pause about the onkyo are some early complaints about firmware we didn't run into any major problems with our review sample with the latest firmware loaded up but some buyers have definitely had issues but that doesn't hold us back from thinking lianca was still a tremendous value overall with tons of HDMI inputs a cheap Wi-Fi adapter and lots of streaming media services if you're looking to buy an AV receiver this model or one of octave step-down models that should be on your shortlist I'm Matthew Muscovy ak and this is the onkyo TX and our six one six