Onkyo TX-SR806 I am interested in upgrading my Bose home theatre system with the Onkyo 806. The Bose has a 5.1 speaker system which includes the acoustimass powered sub woofer. The speakers are the only items I want to use from the Bose system. My question is as follows: Will I be able to use the Bose speakers including the sub woofer with the Onkyo? I am a novice and if this question seems odd please mark it up to curiosity. The Bose is 4 years old and my new equipment all has HDMI and the Bose does not. This would make things easier to use. Thanks in advance for any information that would help me with this issue.Charles Onkyo TX-SR806 I am interested in upgrading my Bose home theatre system with the Onkyo 806. The Bose has a 5.1 speaker system which includes the acoustimass powered sub woofer. The speakers are... » Read More Onkyo TX-SR806 I am interested in upgrading my Bose home theatre system with the Onkyo 806. The Bose has a 5.1 speaker system which includes the acoustimass powered sub woofer. The speakers are the only items I want to use from the Bose system. My question is as follows: Will I be able to use the Bose speakers including the sub woofer with the Onkyo? I am a novice and if this question seems odd please mark it up to curiosity. The Bose is 4 years old and my new equipment all has HDMI and the Bose does not. This would make things easier to use. Thanks in advance for any information that would help me with this issue.Charles « Show Less
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Thang:Thanks for your reply. If I have understood you correctly, I would be able to use the single cube speakers that I have with my Bose system. The subwoofer special connection rules out using it with any other system except Bose. Thanks for your helpful information.Charles
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Sorry for the late response but yes, the way you just said it is correct. Due to the special connection of the Bose subwoofer, it cannot be used with any other receivers.
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I own the TX-SR806 as well as the TX-SR606 (in another room). My setup with the TX-SR606 is the setup with the BOSE double cube speakers. From what I know, you can use the speakers no problem, but you won't be able to use the subwoofer since it has it's own special connection to the main BOSE unit (CD/DVD player).
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Sorry for the late response Charles but the Bose Acoustimass speakers that I have were 6-OHM. The Onkyo TX-SR806 can handle anything from 4-OHM to 8-OHM. On my setup downstairs, I have the TX-SR606 running the 6-OHM Bose speakers with no problems.Oh yeah when setting up the speakers in the settings of your TX-SR806, make sure to set it at 6-OHM and not 4. Do not do 4!
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Thang:Again thank you for your helpful response. I will now shop for a sub, and hopefully complete my system soon. It is a more difficult task than I first thought.I have the Bose single cube speakers that I plan to use, but I am unable to determine the ohm rating of these speakers. Can you assist me with this. I have been studying the 806 manual and the speaker ohm rating is one entry that needs to be input by me. Hopefully I will be able to get things up and running soon. Thanks.Charles
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I actually contacted Onkyo about a similar thing. I want to run a 7.1.2 and use an amp with the RCA line out jacks. All I need to do is get an amp to power from the RCA jacks and I'm good to go. You should be able to run it with a rear pair and 4 atmos speakers, but something would have to be doubled up on the actually timing with the Dolby computing. It won't be a true 7.1.4...but you can run a true 7.1.2 with this system and an amp to power the additional speakers.
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I used the speakers from my previous Onkyo system, not the ones that came with the CS-355 because they looked nicer so yes, you can change the speakersI can't tell you what to look for though. I find Google search can help you with almost everything. I think the sound is good.
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I recently bought Onkyo 5300 and today noticed that S6300 has come down in price. I think spending little extra to acquire HT-S6300 is well worth it. I absolutely love Ht-5300 but the speakers are huge! I like sleeker look of Ht-s6300, plus up conversion, aux mic features are worth spending little extra money. But if you don't care about that, HT-S5300 is very good system with excellent sound.Haven't checked out Yamaha, so can't comment on it.
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I used to connect these speakers to my 5 year old Onkyo receiver TX-SR606 (90W per channel). It's more than adequate and loud enough. Last year, I upgraded my receiver to Onkyo 818 last that have pre out capability (you need Onkyo 7 series or above to connect your receiver to external amplifier) and use Emotiva XPA-5 amplifier. It's worth the upgrade. Sounds great especially with 24-bit uncompressed recording. It really makes you listen to your old collection once again.
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I am wondering about the music quality using a HTiB system, I mean, for a $100 or so more, you can get an Onkyo TX SR608 & Energy 5.1 Take Classic speakers for around $600 or so total. I'm wondering if the A/V units are worth comparing...Have any of you made the purchase and what is the outcome? Thanks
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Absolutely! That's what I upgraded from. I only had the Bose 2.1 version (no rear speakers). I was sceptical of the vizio sub because it was smaller than the Bose but it shakes the house. I had to turn it down. Lol. Plus it's a wireless sub and true 5.1 surround! I love it!
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It allows traditional speaker prewire to be adapted for use with Bose proprietary wiring. Bose has it's own way of hooking everything up. All satellite speaker wires usually run to their sub(acoustamass module or sub). This is a clean way to integrate traditional wiring with Bose.
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I have (3) 100' (2) 200' (2) sub' (2) 150' Monster Speakers/System. Connected to Onkyo TX-SR 806. It sound real awesome!!! Clear sound that can hardly be matched!!! Can't find any more out there for sell. But I've got the best for a great, great deal! Later! E. Vargas - California
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I have an Onkyo 6.1-channel 3d bluetooth soundbar w/subwoofer paired with my 55GA7900. My room is slightly smaller than yours (by 2 ft, at the most), and that sound bar FILLS the room with sound. I was a little hesitant to even purchase a sound-bar at first considering I'm so used to the traditional 5.1 set up with the actual 5 speakers, but when they say 6.1, that's no joke, truly does a fantastic job of re-creating a true 6.1 surround experience. Subwoofer kicks major bass, it's adjustable (which not all sound-bar subs are), and it's wireless, which is a major plus. I would strongly recommend that one.
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All the wires from the speakers connect to the back of the wall plate and you can use normal speaker wire. The cable goes from the wall plate to the sub. So I believe that the Sony speakers can be connected. I'm just not sure how they will sound because I don't know what the sub does. If it adjusts the frequecy curve for a particular bose speaker, then your Sony may not sound very good at all. Also, your Sony speakers are likely more or less sensitive than the bose so they may be louder or quieter than the bose. I'm pretty sure that the Sony speakers will sound much different from the Bose. About all you can do is try it and see what happens. All the wires from the speakers connect to the back of the wall plate and you can use normal speaker wire. The cable goes from the wall plate to the sub. So I believe that the Sony speakers can be connected. I'm just not sure how they will sound because I don't know what the sub does. If it adjusts the frequecy curve for a particular bose speaker, then your Sony may not sound very good at all. Also, your Sony speakers are likely more or less sensitive than the bose so they may be louder or quieter than the bose. I'm pretty sure that the Sony speakers will sound much different from the Bose.... » Read More All the wires from the speakers connect to the back of the wall plate and you can use normal speaker wire. The cable goes from the wall plate to the sub. So I believe that the Sony speakers can be connected. I'm just not sure how they will sound because I don't know what the sub does. If it adjusts the frequecy curve for a particular bose speaker, then your Sony may not sound very good at all. Also, your Sony speakers are likely more or less sensitive than the bose so they may be louder or quieter than the bose. I'm pretty sure that the Sony speakers will sound much different from the Bose. About all you can do is try it and see what happens. « Show Less
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Hi Henry,Yes, you can definitely hook it up to your Sony AV Receiver as a Center Channel. I did the same thing. I was absolutely amazed at the detail from the Bose Acoustimas. I have a decent buck invested in my AV setup and was used to larger speakers but I could not believe my ears! I've had Sony speakers now on Yamaha but my center is and will remain An Acoustimass!
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Hey Frank - My Bose Acoustimass 10 is hooked up to an Onkyo TX-NR414 - which is the A/V receiver Bose was recommending at the time I bought it. While yours is a little more capable it should work just fine. With this number of speakers you will not be able to take advantage of the 7.1 capability of your Onkyo - but rather 5.1 - which seems every bit immersive to me.Hope this helpsTom
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We have a sub woofer so I cannot say how it will sound without one. I can say the sound is great with the subwooferP.S. I just installed a new Bose Lifestyle V325 System that came with a new center channel speaker so I will be posting it for sale on Amazon soon.
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I bought my TX-SR806 on 03/16/09 for 639.00. I was watching prices for awhile and finally dropped the hammer. It seems I finally made a good decision. I am now reading the manual. That is always fun. I ran the Audyssey set up and received no error messages, so I suppose it was done correctly. I am not really happy with the bass of my system. I bought a Polk RM95 5 pack and the PSW111 subwoofer. Still studying the Polk manual on subwoofer hook up. Charles
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It sounds like you shouldn't run Audyssey with Bose speakers. Just go through the tone test and try to level out the output. Then adjust to ear. The bass module isn't a true subwoofer so there may be problems there. Also, Bose is rather...um, proprietary about their products, so it doesn't surprise me to see the speakers don't "play well with others".
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I don't really know, I asked a rep. if I could just buy a console and use my Bose speakers from my Yamaha receiver and he said no the speakers are matched to the console, so you might want to contact a Bose store and asked a rep. about your's. Hope this helped.