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hi I'm ty Pendlebury and today I'm looking at the onkyo TX NR 646 receiver while some Evancho's competitors have gone for music streaming features this year the NR 646 sticks to its home cinema centric formula at the center of this is support for the two newest surround formats Dolby Atmos and des ex which require the addition of height speakers which can mean speakers which have an up firing speaker built into them the 646 looks similar to other on Kiyo's of the past with a very stern look and the familiar green LED readout while most competitors have gone with input selection knobs the onkyo has kept its more user friendly source buttons the remote control is also the same as previous years and has the look of a scientific calculator not the most user-friendly design but it's okay once you get used to it also not very friendly is the on-screen display which harks backs to the 1990s the receiver now offers more inputs than last year and extra HDMI bringing it to seven and more analog ports as well plus it adds Apple AirPlay for streaming from iOS devices and Spotify Connect as a home theater amp the focuses on movies and compared head-to-head against one of its biggest competitors the Sony SDR DN 10 60d Onkyo has a bigger more dynamic sound the addition of a front high channel for the few movies that do support it is also fun but don't expect it to change your life as a music hub the onkyo isn't as strong as a Sony even though they do sound similar but the addition of a turntable phono input might sway some people at around $600 the onkyo offers a lot of features and dolby atmos is intriguing but the reason to buy this is that it can do home cinema really really well this has been tied Pendlebury for cnet.com you