Onkyo HT-S7800 5.1.2 Ch. Dolby Atmos Home Theater Package,Black

This Onkyo system (HT-S7800) is a very nice sounding system. Has plenty of HDMI inputs ( 7 rear + 1 front), although only the first 3 rear inputs are HDCP 2.2 compliant (High Def Content Protection -DRM). Make sure to use HDMI 2.0 compliant cables to get the most from the unit. I didn't use the supplied speaker cables, but instead bought 16 gauge speaker wire to use with the speakers. The included speaker wires are color coded to help with installation, but I wanted a heavier gauge wire to carry the sound. The front speakers are quite large. This is because the front speakers also include the top firing Dolby atmos speakers in the top of speakers as well as the regular front speakers. I mounted my front speakers on the wall using the key hole slot on back of speakers. I used metal wall anchors instead of the plastic wall anchors to make sure they would hold the weight of speakers on wall. I bought a nice set of cherry wood speaker stands for the rear surround speakers. For all the speaker connections to the receiver, I installed Banana clips on the wires. The banana clips make it a snap to connect the speaker wires to the receiver without having to worry about strands of wire touching each other and shorting out the receiver. The receiver also has a built-in AM/FM radio as well. The receiver has Wi-fi and bluetooth, when combined with Onko's remote app on phone or tablet is great for streaming. During setup, the receiver even updated my firmware to the latest version, cool. So far I am very pleased with the system.

This is a perfect system for the average Home Theater household. It's the second HTIB I've purchased. The first was a Denon about 4 years ago. Though I am pleased with the Denon, the Onkyo was easier to setup. I am sure that had to do with the technology advances.My hardest part was running the speaker wire, though my speaker arrangement may be uncommon. I had to run the speaker wire beneath our Family Room floor which is ~13'x21'. There is only a crawl space beneath the room. The speaker wire length included with the unit was inadequate, and is really too short for any sizeable room. Plan on investing in better speaker wire. I also invested the 12 bucks for banana clips to make connections to the receiver super simple.Once speaker wires were routed and speakers were connected (about 3 to 4 hours in my case), the automatic calibration was simple. I was able to listen to iHeart Radio, CD, TV, Bluetooth all within a half-hour. I like the fact that it has a Cable Set-top box HDMI input. It makes the Home Theater setup much easier than my old Technics component receiver.I'm not an audio connoisseur. However, in my average home owner's opinion, the sound out of this system is fine. The first movie we watched was Pitch Perfect (I bought the toy. My wife got to pick the first movie). It sounded great, and that's all I expected.

After the DVD player in my old DVD/Home Theater system wouldn't play DVDs any more, I replaced the old system with the Onkyo HT-S7800. I couldn't be more pleased. The sound is perfect for the room where the system is located. Set-up was straight-forward, TV and other device connections were easy due to the excellent labeling of all inputs and outputs on the back of the system. Even the wires for each speaker are color coded to make connecting the speakers easy. As for the sound, I couldn't be happier. The bass is perfectly balanced and the surround sound, including Dolby Atmos is thrilling. Old DVDs seem brand new when played through the HT-S7800 system. The physical size of the speakers is perfect for a small home theater and are beefy enough to project full-spectrum sound.The only thing that threw me is the subwoofer comes on, as indicated by the blue power light on the front of the subwoofer, only when there's a bass signal. During many TV programs, there is no bass (the programs are mostly dialog) so the subwoofer remains turned off. However, once there is a bass signal, the subwoofer turns itself on. After a period of no signal, the sub turns itself off again. So, you may notice the blue light coming on and off during a TV program.