Top 10 Best onkyo in 2026

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• •TAKE THE ROOM OUT OF THE EQUATION: Dirac Live automatically calibrates sound in your room using either your smartphone and the included wired mic, or the Dirac Live PC or MacOS* application and a 3rd party USB mic (not included). You’ll get a more accurate measurement to position your surround sound speakers for more precise and balanced audio.
• •11.2 CHANNELS OF PROCESSING: The TX-RZ50 features up to 11.2 channels of processing power and pre-outs for 7.2.4 system layouts. Featuring HDMI 2.1 with 8K you can even setup discrete zone 2 HDMI switching: different Ultra High-Definition entertainment in two different rooms. Watch a movie in the home theater, while the kids watch cartoons in their playroom. Combine that with access to Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, TuneIn, and Pandora and the TX-RZ50 is an ideal choice for your premium home theater setup.
• •THX Certified: With literally thousands of tests, before earning the THX-certification logo: no matter what input is used, no matter what combination of the many built-in features for the AVR, preamplifier, or amplifier, there can be absolutely nothing added, nothing taken away from the source material.
• •KLIPSCH OPTIMIZE MODE: Onkyo and Klipsch have teamed up to implement the precise crossover values for new Reference and Reference Premiere speakers. Now, you can simply select the model of speakers you’ll be using for each channel, and the optimized crossover setting will be automatically applied. Easy as that.
• •DOLBY ATMOS: Dolby Atmos and DTS:X wrap the audience in the latest films and games by moving effects from effects moving from speaker to speaker. No surrounds, no problem – use the Dolby Atmos Height Virtualizer to ensure a more immersive listening experience, creating a virtual surround and height effect from traditional speaker layouts.
• •ULTIMATE 4K GAMING: 4K/120 enables ultra-fast motion UHD images to be crisp and razor-sharp; and sports, action movies, and high-performance gaming benefit significantly. The TX-RZ50 is HDMI 2.1 compatible which supports eARC. Enjoy a range of higher video resolutions and refresh rates up to 8K60.
• •WORKS WITH SONOS CERTIFIED: This Onkyo receiver can join your existing Sonos Home Sound System, or be the start of a new one, just by pairing it with a Sonos Port* This Works With Sonos Certified AVR offers a best-in-class tie-in to the Sonos ecosystem, waking, changing inputs, and playing at the volume you want using the Sonos Volume-Pass Through feature from the Sonos app*. The TX-RZ50 can work with up to three Sonos Ports—one for each of three independent zones—each playing a completely different streaming service from Sonos Radio.
• •BUILT-IN STREAMING SERVICES: This Onkyo AVR can send and receive audio via Bluetooth wireless technology. Stream from your device to the receiver using SBC or AAC codecs, or transmit audio playing through the AVR to compatible wireless headphones using SBC, aptX, or aptX HD codecs including 24-bit audio over aptX HD. The improved data transfer capabilities of the latest generation of Bluetooth ensure clear and reliable sound reproduction so you hear your favorite songs just as the recording engineer intended.