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Taking the hassle out of home theater, Onkyo presents the HT-S3400 package: a full-featured A/V receiver coupled with a quality six-piece speaker set. To handle the latest Blu-ray, gaming, and cable/satellite devices, the receiver sports four new HDMI inputs. HDMI opens the way to lossless, high-definition audio from Dolby and DTS, as well as immersive new 3D video content. It also supports a convenient Audio Return Channel from a compatible HDTV back to the receiver. Handy analog audio and video inputs on the receiver’s front panel make it easy to hook up your video camera or game console. And rounding out the connection highlights is a Universal Port that lets you connect peripherals such as an optional iPod/iPhone dock. Audyssey equalization filters work to optimize your audio experience, while an overlaid on-screen display allows seamless adjustment of the system’s settings during a session. A superbly balanced 5.1-channel speaker set completes the package.
Saturday, November 19th 2011 at 3:49 pm |
5.0 out of 5 stars Woot! Woot! Hellz Yeah!, November 16, 2011
This review is from: Onkyo HT-S3400 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver/Speaker Package (Electronics)
I bought this as an upgrade to my 1000 watt Sony Bravia “surround sound” system which was a POS. This unit, however, is AWESOME! Sound quality is killer!. Options are exactly what you’d expect from a quality onkyo product. Setup took less than 30 minutes, but your mileage may vary.
I LOVE rocking out on this thing either from blueray movies, streaming music or jamming out with my electric guitar run through my Xbox with Rocksmith. I’m a Onkyo customer for life!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Everything but the most Important part worked, November 14, 2011
This review is from: Onkyo HT-S3400 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver/Speaker Package (Electronics)
I researched, researched, and researched all different kinds of home theater solutions. Everything from buying each piece separately to HTiB’s like this one. Ultimately I decided this would be the best bang for my buck and so I purchased it.
Most of the other reviews hit all the strong points so I’ll cut to the chase…
The picture constantly cut in and out. Watching blu-ray, playing games, whatever the case. About every 10 min. on a movie and every 3 on games on PS3. Also the sound cut out randomly.
I was really, really bummed out when this started happening cause everything else was great. But since the point of a receiver like this is to take video and sound and process it and this one wasn’t doing it correctly, I had to return it.
5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfied, November 12, 2011
This review is from: Onkyo HT-S3400 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver/Speaker Package (Electronics)
I ordered this item on THUR and it arrived at my home within 24 hours. This system is a steal. I spent considerable time looking in to several audio systems. I built a 15 by 22 theater room in my home. I was looking for a system to handle satellite T.V. X-Box, Ipod and DVD components. My main concern about purchasing on line was the inability to hear the system prior to buying. Well I am very pleased. It is an easy system to operate. It took me about an hour to install and another hour to create the right sound settings. I am very pleased and the price is right.
5.0 out of 5 stars Home theater system, November 3, 2011
This review is from: Onkyo HT-S3400 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver/Speaker Package (Electronics)
Very good auido system. Fairly easy to install and set up. Only wish that the speakers wire connections at the receiver were the same as those on the speakers. That way you would’nt have to slice onto the ones supplied.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for the money, October 31, 2011
This review is from: Onkyo HT-S3400 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver/Speaker Package (Electronics)
In a nutshell:
- This is an Onkyo, but a $300 one.
- The receiver has a really sturdy look and feel. Worth the money.
- The sound is what you’d expect from this price range. It is exactly what I needed. I have a main (very good) stereo system and only wanted something for the TV room.
- The speaker wires are really flimsy. I replaced them with better ones.
- Installation was quite simple and straighforward.
- Overall, a very good buy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe a little too much?, October 29, 2011
This review is from: Onkyo HT-S3400 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver/Speaker Package (Electronics)
First, kudos to Amazon on delivery: I used the super-saver (free) shipping and the item arrived less than 48 hours after I ordered it.
About the Onkyo HT-S3400 package: I was using the crappy speakers built into my Sony Bravia TV till now so probably *any* system would sound good in comparison. I have my cable box and my xbox 360 connected to the Onkyo via HDMI-in and then the Onkyo is connected to the television via HDMI-out. Three cables. When and if I get a blu-ray player, that will be one more device connected via hdmi. The hookup is pretty simple if you stay with all hdmi. The rest of this represents a brain dump of my impressions of the unit.
Connecting the 6 speakers is straight-forward enough though wireless connections to the sub-woofer and rear speakers would have reduced the jungle of cables. My living room is fairly small and so the 20′ of speaker wire included for the rear the speakers was plenty.
After fiddling a bit with the settings, the sound was very good to excellent. My front speakers sit on a tv stand below the television which really isn’t ideal…wall mounting would be better. The sub-woofer produces big bass and overpowers my room. I need to experiment with its placement but for now I have to cut back on the bass and have turned the sub-woofer off a couple of times.
The FM tuner works about like you’d expect though the instructions in the manual left me initially frustrated. AM reception with the supplied antenna is non-existent where I live in the boonies. The quality of music via the tuner (and via the free music service on Xbox Live Gold) is really excellent.
The instruction manual is 35 pages or so with a couple of quick set-up guides. The manual seems thorough but not user-friendly. Frequent references are made to other pages and you end up bouncing around from page 20 to page 32 to page 16 etc.
The remote has buttons that let you cycle through different sound options for each sound type. Press the Music button and the unit lets you choose between orchestra, unplugged, etc. Choose the movie or game buttons and you are prompted with equally appropriate choices. Very nice.
Significant complaints:
-The Onkyo menus appear on the screen but not if you switch devices. Example: press the Game button and your xbox (or whatever) is selected for display. Press audio tune and change a setting. Now, select the SAT/CBL button and the Onkyo will select your cable or satellite box for display. Select the audio setup button and it doesn’t appear on the screen. Go back to the Game button and the menu is shown there! This isn’t huge but was confusing at first.
-If you have gotten used to controlling all of your devices via a single remote, you’re in for a disappointment. The remote that comes with the Onkyo is not programmable to control other devices except other Onkyo devices (and the iPod). I was able to find the codes to support the Onkyo with my cable’s remote but there are two separate codes: one to turn the unit on and one to turn the unit off. I can control the volume via my cable remote but don’t have access to the audio tuning buttons of course.
-My biggest beef is that the unit doesn’t seem to save my audio settings between uses. I saw something in the manual about a this and I’m sure that if I study the manual hard enough, I’ll figure out what I’m not doing. Still, it seems as though if I set the different speaker volumes levels up one time, they should default to those settings the next time I use the unit.
All in all, you get a lot of bang for your dollar with the Onkyo HT-S3400. There are many options and with that flexibility comes a certain amount of complexity that may be overwhelming to some. If you get totally frustrated, invite a teenager from the neighborhood to come in and explain it all to you.