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This is so cheap. A good tuner but browsing the radio spectrum is a push button affair. There is a button to decrease the frequency and one to increase it. A tuner in this price range should have a rotary dial that allows quick channel surfing. (For instance, see the Marantz ST7001).
OK, if you need a tuner and you don't want to be caught with your pants down, format-wise, then this is the one you want. It seems well built for the money, as all Onkyo products are, in my experience. AM, FM, RDS, Sirius, XM, and HD-Radio (which I LOVE)., this tuner can do them all. Operation has been flawless, with the added perk of remote control of pretty much every function. Sound quality is very good to my ears, but then again, I don't have a $3000 Magnum Dynalab tuner to compare it to. All in all, a very high value product.
The unit has excellent sound and makes the best of the compressed formatson XM and HD radio. After experimenting I found that my roof antenna was putting out TOO STRONG a signal and probably over loading the tuning circuits.
I had trouble with this tuner receiving both XM radio and HD radio.I actually returned one unit in exchange for another and the problem continued. I have never written a review on Amazon but I felt this needed to be delt with.
Both companies hit a new low in providing useless information. After listening to XM radio the tuner was unable to decode the HD signal.
My phone calls to both XM radio and Onkyo were unrevealing and terribly unhelpful. I added a 3dB attenuator and the problem was solved.
But beware, you antenna may actually be too good.Another quirk is that you have to press a button to find out what is being played rather than the information appearing automatically.
Unit is very nice, looks great in the stack with my other equipment (NAD Amp & PreAmp and Denon SACD player), but please read carefully. It is Sirius and XM READY, meaning it does not have a built in tuner and you will need to buy a separate unit to get either one. Somewhat disappointing for the price and not very well documented here. Other than that I have no complaints and it seems to be a nice unit, but I would not have bought it if I had known it didn't have the tuner built in.
This Onkyo Multi Platform tuner is the BEST product I have listen to in years, I am a very demanding audiophile, this tuner meet and exceed my expectations, the HD sound CD like quality will blow you away. Adding Sirious to it will make this machine one of your favorite components. Highly recommended.Awesome.
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