craigblitz;1176828; said:
Hi Matz2 -
I recently just purchased the Onkyo 605 and I think the only difference between that and the 705 is the extra HDMI port and I think the 705 might have some more Watts going out to each channel.
Having said that, I love this receiver. Simple to setup, tons of connections, easy to use and fits my needs perfectly.
Some things you might want to look into is that when passing video through HDMI it will only pass what the source is, no upconverting. So take some time to read AVS on the up/down converting to 1080p and 1080i etc. To me it is not a huge issue since my TV is 720.
Thanks guys- I was originally looking at the 605/606 (which seems to be a great value as well), but found a pretty good deal on the 705. After doing some research, this seems to be the difference between the 605 & 705:
General
- THX Select 2 Certification (605 has no THX)
- additional 10 watts per channel
- onboard fans for cooling
- Blue backlighting around the volume knob!!
- Advanced remote control - fully backlit with learning/programming abilities
Audio Processing
- 3 DSPs and more listening modes
- Audyssey MultiEQ vs 2EQ on the 605. MultiEQ is more advanced and supports 8 listening positions rather than 2
- 7 band equaliser vs 5 band
- expanded range of crossover frequencies (70Hz and 90Hz)
- ability to post process 5.1 channel PCM signals (ie from internally decoding BD/HDDVD players) to 6.1 or 7.1 (605 apparently cant do this on 5.1ch PCM)
- accepts DSD format (from SACDs) over multi channel inputs
- 605 cant apply Audyssey when processing TrueHD/DTS-MA bitstreams over HDMI 1.3 due to less processing power
Inputs/Outputs
- +1 HDMI input
- +1 digital coax audio input
- +1 optical audio output
- 7.1 channel RCA pre-outs
- Phono input
- 12V trigger out
- IR in (for infrared repeater systems)
- RS232 COM port
- zone 2 speaker connections have proper binding posts
As far as the upconversion, you are correct. The 705 does not upconvert to 1080P. However, the 705 passes signals from the same source input type to the same source output type at whatever resolution it was when it began. So if you passing a 1080P HDMI or component signal through the receiver, it will remain 1080P. On the other hand, if you are passing a 1080P component signal through the HDMI, it will come through as 720P.