Onkyo Files For Bankruptcy
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Mister Pig
Pigamus Maximus
AK member Ds2000 owns one. Actually, he owns a handful of the best Japanese power amps from the '80s and a whole bunch of mouthwatering Japanese equipment.
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Mister Pig
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Few people seem to remember what Onkyo was capable of. This is one of their speakers that I would think is worth owning. I think few would argue that it is not a quality product, and not what deserves to be called junk. A lot of companies did not do it better than this.
Onkyo funnily enough considered itself a loudspeaker manufacturer mainly at first before they released amplifiers and source components.
Our esteemed member hadrian333 was one of their audio designers:
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...tel-marantz-onkyo-receivers.4235/#post-154477
Our esteemed member hadrian333 was one of their audio designers:
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...tel-marantz-onkyo-receivers.4235/#post-154477
As I said up threat in their day Onkyo was mentioned in the same breath as Sansui. Their integrated stereo amp were and are fantastic. So much of their stuff never made it stateside.
1tumbleweed
Kozmik Kowboy
Actually not all that unlikely. Sharp has always had for-hire expertise, similar to what Sanyo had years ago. If Sharp gets ownership of Onkyo's manufacturing expertise (not to say the factories!) then could easily pick up where Onkyo was before their recent troubles. As I've always said, with Asian factories if you ask them to make good stuff, they can do it. OTOH, if you want cheap junk they're happy to do that too. I can think of a lot worse scenarios than Sharp ending up with Onkyo.
E2
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Few exceptions. Forgot about that part? I knew they made the grand Integra. And it certainly is an Audio Unicorn for them.
And since they would have to compete with other brands making gear it made sense at least at the time to walk away. Or get pushed out of that market.
Lower mid level was their domain.
Again, they made nothing up market with few exceptions.
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E2
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Few people seem to remember what Onkyo was capable of. This is one of their speakers that I would think is worth owning. I think few would argue that it is not a quality product, and not what deserves to be called junk. A lot of companies did not do it better than this.
Trying to compete with Yamaha.
Bkphoto
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Bunch of manufacturers made that same speaker…pioneer, Mitsubishi, Yamaha, to name a fewFew people seem to remember what Onkyo was capable of. This is one of their speakers that I would think is worth owning. I think few would argue that it is not a quality product, and not what deserves to be called junk. A lot of companies did not do it better than this.
Mister Pig
Pigamus Maximus
It's called consumer electronics for a reason. All of the major companies built stuff for the low end market, mid market, and had high end pieces often reserved for their domestic market. I remember growing up in the 1980s and seeing gear we would call lower tier. Technics, Kenwood, and Pioneer, they all had it, and by this time Sansui was pretty much considered bottom of the barrel, and Aiwa was a bit higher. It was after all consumer electronics, and companies trying to serve the whole market. Companies like Luxman and Accuphase were not part of this group, and did not cater to the entry level.
Audiovox was once considered the cheapest brand you could buy. Now that they are Voxx International they own most of the old brand names now being made in China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voxx_International When it came to car stereo in the 70s, the Audiovox booster cut all corners to make a cheap box, but the Pioneer using the exact same Toshiba amplifier had a larger beautiful aluminum case. The Audiovox was rated 20 watts at 10% distortion and the Pioneer was rated 15 watts at less than 1% distortion. Did I mention they both used the exact same IC? Some websites don't even list Audiovox in their libraries. Yet they and Samsung own almost everyone we use to know. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman_International (is now Samsung).
Late Boomer
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Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever. Ah, no. I meant, audio sources come and go, but speakers and, to a lesser extent, amps last forever.
I have an Onkyo AVR I bought twenty years ago, still works just fine.
A friend of mine never had a component system, but he replaced several TV sets from a large CRT to a projection one to plasma and, now, to OLED. This is what has been huge for the last 20-25 years, not music.
His daughter was gifted an LP for her birthday. So he bought her a record player. They tried playing it through a soundbar. I suggested an AVR and a pair of speakers, he did not want to buy a huge box, where would he put it, there is no stand under his shiny flat TV hung on a wall. I suggested powered speakers, so he bought a pair of active Klipsch speakers, and he is very happy.
My point, I guess, as much as hardcore Klipsch clientele apparently hates what Klipsch is doing now, at least they are doing something to keep up with the trend. Onkyo, apparently, did not. No one buys DVD or BD players now, very few buy AVRs, and I've never seen Onkyo speakers.
(This is Klipsch's photo, not my friend's)
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Studio musicians I know that know about this stuff mostly tell me the king of active speakers is the KRK line of Studio monitors.
https://www.krkmusic.com
https://www.krkmusic.com
GearHead454
Still Lost
The first "nice" receiver I ever spent time with was an Onkyo that my freshman year roommate had. 1979-1980 Played through NLAs.
I've bought Onkyo for HT duty since then. HT receiver and HT speakers. They seemed to fill a price/quality position that provided value.
I've bought Onkyo for HT duty since then. HT receiver and HT speakers. They seemed to fill a price/quality position that provided value.
NH-MAN
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Few people seem to remember what Onkyo was capable of. This is one of their speakers that I would think is worth owning. I think few would argue that it is not a quality product, and not what deserves to be called junk. A lot of companies did not do it better than this.
In the overseas market they all did.
