How Hot? Several reviews state that this receiver gets very warm?
501562
It depends on if it's enclosed or not. I experience severe heat and issues when closing my cabinet door...the temp readout from the Onkyo settings says 65+. If I leave the door open it cools off considerably to around 50 or so. This is with an AV fan sitting on top of it as well. I'm debating on whether I should return it or not and whether its a bad amp or not. I haven't checked the wattage output.
86411
If you look at the other questions people have used it to cool home theatre receivers with good results. I use it for something else, but with the amount of air it moves I'd expect it to be able to cool receivers well.
109299
I returned mine, so I can't comment on the width and stuff. I don't remember it running hot. This unit is sufficient, however I didn't notice any improvement and it really ended up being a volume knob.
1449259
The Niles unit is very handy and reliable. I've had one for several years. The only problem I had was it made my stereo run hot and fail rather quickly. I picked up the same model receiver off Ebay used and I have a small fan blowing on top of the receiver anytime it's on which dropped the temp dramatically and so far the second receiver has lasted well over a year.
687215
It is open, and I noticed components that are on for a long period of time will get warm.WiFi reception is also worse .l use the upper shelf for DirecTv receiver and Xbox,no heat or WiFi issues there.
699843
Mine was hot too but if you need this the you probably have a problem with cables, I was using this until I got a competent tech that replaced some bad cables and checked signal strength to verify which cable is bad
1190117
do you have 8 ohm speakers....if not this will make the receiver run hot and could put it in protector mode
164612
Yes. The instruction manual says this receiver supports use of speakers from 6 ohms to 16 ohms. Lower resistance speakers can cause overheating, it says.
143602
I bought the 876 on Amazon in Dec 09. A couple of things. The 876 weighs about about 60 lbs they say. Also if you plan on buying one of the three onkyos you might want to consider an av cooler. My 876 doesn't run warm, it runs hot. Everybody says that is normal. But you can't even put your hand in the rear left of this receiver. I wish I knew more about 807 & 3007 Video & Sound.
801537
The guy below is correct. It's rated for 8 ohms. It is a damn good stereo receiver for the price though. Don't let the namebrand fool you. I did hook up 6 ohm speakers to it though and it never really got hot. I never tried 4 ohm speakers though.
249573
i had a 6-ohm receiver with 8-ohm speakers, center, left, and right channel speakers and the most it did was the receiver would get a little hot sometimes, just try not to use it for more than 2 hours if the ohms are mixed and you should be ok. or if you want to be safe buy a powered sub.
2174372
I like the receiver. It had no issues/problems of any sort and good price/features ratio.
594617
I had the same problem. There was some speculation that it was due to overheating. Because of this and another problem I had with this receiver, I returned it and got a Pioneer unit that I am much happier with.
1423640
This receiver has an amplifier built in actually a pretty powerful one the only other thing you will need is a pair of speakers that can handle this much power LOL
179028
I've notice that, too. Looking at buying a receiver and all of them seem to have this rate. Is it perhaps sample size? Most of them seem to have less than 100. Sometimes I wonder if the negative stories are real. But in one case I trust the person and the review is real.
737766
This is not a problem that I've had with this unit. It works fine with my new receiver.
783189
Yeah. So far it has been a great receiver. Antenna is very short and out of the way. Car runs great with it.