TX-NR7100 9.2-Channel AV Receiver - 100 Watts Per Channel, Dirac Live Out of Box, Works with Sonos Certified, THX Certified and More

I want to go on record, the Onkyo TX-Nr7100 is an awesome choice for a stereo avr. Great connectivity, a warm sound quality, and many options for your audio sound choices. But, because it's base connectivity, as it applies to Bluetooth, I do not recommend to connecting a PC to it. Due to audio and video, data separation. The Onkyo, though an excellent stereo choice, has problems playing Youtube and other types of media, with built in audio and video playback. It defaults to the miniplayer, built into the system and is impossible to get rid of in these situations. I give this product 5 stars on quality and performance, but it was not made to connect to a computer. Stll, I recommend this AVR Stereo Receiver on its aesthetic look, sound, audio and connections and quality. Very important to keep this in mind for Computer and gaming console connection to this system.

The Onkyo TX‑NR7100 has completely transformed my home theater. The sound quality is rich, detailed, and powerful, and the 9.2‑channel setup gives movies and music a level of immersion I didn’t realize I was missing. Dirac Live right out of the box is a huge win — the room correction made an immediate, noticeable improvement. Setup was smooth, the interface is clean, and everything from streaming to switching inputs feels fast and reliable. It also plays perfectly with the rest of my system, and the THX certification really shows in how cinematic everything sounds. I absolutely love this receiver. It’s one of those upgrades that makes you wonder why you didn’t do it sooner.

After researching extensively and using the TX‑NR7100 firsthand with a 5.1.4 Dolby Atmos setup, I’m thoroughly impressed by its blend of features, performance, and value. Setup & Interface The guided setup process is smooth and intuitive—Wi‑Fi setup, firmware updates, speaker configuration and HDMI mapping all work seamlessly. The on-screen menus are clean and accessible, though some deeper options may require a bit of navigation With six HDMI 2.1 inputs and two HDMI 2.1 outputs, this receiver supports 8K/60Hz and 4K/120Hz video formats, along with VRR, eARC, and ALLM. This makes it ideal for gaming consoles like PS5 and Xbox Series X—performance is solid with no reported signal dropouts on the primary HDMI ports. Audio & Sound Quality Every channel delivers up to ~100 W into 8 Ω, powering immersive content such as Dolby Atmos and DTS:X with clarity and presence. THX post-processing adds dimension and scale, especially with cinematic soundtracks. Dirac Live room correction provides musical staging, precise imaging, cleaner dialog, and deeper bass—transformative for untreated or irregular rooms. Streaming & Multi-Room Equipped with AirPlay 2, Chromecast, Bluetooth (including aptX), and Sonos/DTS Play-Fi integration, streaming is flexible and robust. Spotify, Tidal, Pandora, TuneIn, and more are all supported. It even functions as a Roon endpoint with no signal issues when streaming high-res audio over Ethernet. Build & Design The front panel features a large green display, a straightforward volume dial, and basic controls. While the remote is functional, it isn’t backlit. The control app is usable but somewhat basic, making desktop Dirac calibration a better option for fine-tuning. Pros: Cutting-edge HDMI 2.1 support for 8K/60Hz, 4K/120Hz, VRR & eARC THX Certified with immersive Atmos/DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced support Powerful and convincing Dirac Live room correction Versatile streaming ecosystem and smart assistant compatibility Excellent price-to-performance ratio compared to peers Cons: HDMI glitches possible; best addressed via firmware updates and proper setup Remote is not backlit; app UI is basic Not truly expandable to 11-channel systems; no independent sub outs or extra preamp channels Verdict: The Onkyo TX‑NR7100 strikes a remarkable balance between modern video support, superior immersive audio, and intuitive usability—all at a price point that undercuts many similarly spec’d competitors. If you want future‑proof HDMI features, strong gaming performance, Dirac‑based room tuning, and multi‑room streaming options, this AVR delivers beyond expectation. Highly recommended.

After owning this receiver i will never buy an Onkyo product again. I originally bought this product because i've owned an Onkyo in the past and liked it and figured i try it again. Coming from a DENON receiver without Atmos i toggled between this model and a DENON model and ultimately ended up going with this model because of the DIRAC support, the fact it supported 4k/120 passthrough and other various gaming features and it was on a good sale for Black Friday. Out of the box setup was pretty simple. DIRAC took some time to setup properly especially when using the hit or miss app but ultimately got it set up and it sounded amazing. However this is where the good ends. After about 1-2 months of daily use, i started noticing a crackling/static type noise ive never heard before. At first i thought it was just the show i was watching or one my klipsch speakers having issues. Its very distracting and annoying to hear every 1-2 minutes of watching anything, it happened on my gaming systems, my Roku,etc. After troubleshooting for half a day making sure speaker wires and all my connections were solid and checking settings both on my OLED and the unit itself, plugging devices into the TV directly and using eARC i couldn't find the problem. Having had no issues before with my DENON unit i started to suspect it was the Onkyo. After contacting support i received the generic response of have you turned it on and off, checked wires/etc. After explaining the situation to the rep from Onkyo the rep eventually determined that the unit was faulty and would need to be looked at, being in warranty it would be covered. However, he said i would have to ship it in to a repair center or drive to one. Well if you're located on the west coast you're out of luck completely. There is virtually only 2 repair centers that are certified to work on them. I figured out no big deal, however, the rep also said that I had to pay for the shipping of the unit under my own expense and i wouldn't be reimbursed for a manufacturer defected unit. Which to me is insane, i didn't drop the unit or cause any issue that i can think of to have had this happen. Shipping a receiver that weighs upwards of 50lbs and up IS NOT cheap. I totally understand if i have to pay for something when its my fault but not when the manufacturer has a defect. I don't know if the QC has also been bad at Onkyo and i got lucky with the first unit i owned years and years ago or what, but the quality of this unit was awful. On a side note, the remote has to be the worst remote Ive ever used for an electronic device. It has the range of about .5ft so you have to be directly aiming at it and right next to it for it even register a press. Also the menu's are pretty lackluster. If i were you i would avoid it like the plague but maybe you'll have better luck.

First, I bought my receiver new from this page but it was clearly a repack/open box. (Box had been retaped, manual pouch tape was cut, protective wrap around the receiver was cut.) That's ok given the price - this receiver was really being sold for $1,300 when it first came out, and still goes for close to $1,000 everywhere else. I just wish that had been advertised. I'd have still bought it. But caveat emptor if you buy from this page. It's still clearly new or at least mint, but the box and manuals, at least, had definitely been opened. I did not get a printed full manual at all and I'm not sure if Onkyo didn't include one or it was taken out of my box. As for the receiver, it has pretty much everything you could want including a couple "retro" inputs like component and phono. I personally have a separate stereo receiver since I also have a tape deck (which requires an audio out in addition to an audio in, and I don't know of any AV receiver that has that), but you can hook up pretty much anything an average person would have in 2024 to this receiver. It has HDMI 2.1, supports HDR 10+, Dolby Vision and HLG, VRR, ALLM, basically all the big acronyms. And it's THX certified, which is nice. I was trying to choose between the 6100 and 7100 and there are some subtle differences beyond the extra speaker support (7.2 vs. 9.2) that pushed me to the 7100 even though I only have a 5.1 system. The first is that the 7100's HDMI inputs are all high bandwidth; the 6100 only has 3 high bandwidth ports. The second is that the 7100 has a removable power cord - I wouldn't pay a huge amount extra for that but I'd pay a little. It's just more convenient, and of course you can just replace the cord if anything happens to it. And lastly, I do have some older components so having component input is a plus - the 6100 doesn't have that. But the thing that pushed me over the edge into buying the 7100 was the Dirac room correction. The 7100 has both AccuEQ and Dirac; the 6100 only has the former. Dirac is supposed to be a lot better. I tried it and it will actually show you a real measurement of your room's tone curve both before and after setup. Mine was basically a mess before setup and totally flat afterwards. Pretty much all AV receivers these days are going to perform as specified, which is why you don't ever see actual performance tests much even on big review sites anymore (I still wish they did them, though). THX certification is also supposed to guarantee a certain level of performance. So it basically comes down to features and livability. In terms of the former, this receiver basically has everything. In terms of the latter, there are a couple of little things that I remember from older Onkyo receivers I've had that are still issues. The most annoying is that there is a momentary pause in the audio basically whenever selecting *any* new piece of content. I don't just mean when switching inputs or something. I mean if you're already in YouTube and you start watching a video, the audio will start, drop out for a second, then restart. It does this *every* time. This was a thing but wasn't quite so annoying back when we were all just watching one DVD at a time on our home theater systems. Now that we're watching TV and streaming and everything else, going in and out of content on a whim, it's pretty irritating. I'm still experimenting to see if I can stop this without compromising too much; it may be possible to just lock it in to one audio format and then manually change it when necessary. But so much content uses different audio formats, it'd be nice to be able to leave it on auto. My old Denon, which I replaced with this Onkyo because the center channel on it died, would detect the audio in about half a second and then start playing it uninterrupted. I think what makes the Onkyo so irritating is that it will start playing about 2 seconds of audio, *then* drop out for a second, then come back. And it does this when playing anything. The Denon I had would stick with the last format unless it actually changed. There is an Onkyo app that you can download to control pretty much all of the receiver's functions (more than you can on the remote), even the Dirac curves. But the receiver seems to have trouble staying connected to wifi. This may just be something in my setup, but I've logged in and gotten it to work initially several times; it just doesn't seem to reconnect when turning on the receiver. It thinks it's connected but then when I run the connection test, it fails. If I manually re-log in again, then it works. Again, could be a router thing or something like that; I'm not going to blame the receiver. When the wifi works, the app on the phone actually works well. When the wifi doesn't work, well then the app doesn't either. But then you just use the remote like we all did before smartphones ever existed. One thing I will compliment Onkyo on is the on-screen menu. My Denon receiver had a really rudimentary and ugly menu. This Onkyo has a nicely designed menu with a lot of options. It also has a separate quick menu that will overlay on top of whatever you're watching and that has the most common functions. My Denon receiver's overlay never seemed to quite work right, and just wouldn't show up half the time; the Onkyo's seems to work on everything but the ARC output. If I have it set to the TV input/output, then I don't get the menus. But on all the regular HDMI inputs, it works. The 7100 is a large receiver - I upgraded from a Denon AVR-X1300W and the Onkyo is quite a bit larger. The Denon fit fine in my low profile TV stand; the Onkyo hangs out in front by just a bit (the feet are still on the platform; the front just hangs over) and I had to raise the shelf above it as well. I was disappointed to find that even in a receiver with a $1,300 list price, Onkyo still puts a plastic faceplate and knobs on their receivers. It may look like metal in their pictures, but it is 100% textured plastic. They didn't used to do that - I still have an older 5.1 receiver from them that was kind of a budget receiver at the time (it only has HDMI 1.4, which is why I replaced it long ago) and it has a metal faceplate and knobs - and it's even a curved piece of metal! Then again, that was a "real" Onkyo, before the company went bankrupt and then got bought out. This faceplate it just totally flat - it couldn't have cost them that much more to make it out of metal. It makes me wonder what other corners they're cutting internally these days, if they're willing to save just a few bucks on something so easily noticeable to the consumer. It does not feel like the Onkyo of old, which made upper mid-range components even under their main brand. This receiver feels mid mid, not upper mid. That said, for the price this is actually selling for at the moment, I still think it's worth it. It has the features and probably the real-world performance of a high-end AV receiver. It just has some annoying little issues that I feel like the original Onkyo would have fixed by now, and some cheapening out on the construction despite the high list price. (And hey, maybe that's why the price has had to drop so much - take a hint, Voxx!)

I bought this one on sale to replace my old Pioneer VSX-1120-K 7.2 ch receiver which did not support 4K video and new Atmos sound profile. I would say, it was the best deal in this category since it offered 100 watts/ch , 9.2 ch, 8k/4k supported, and nearly 50% price cut when on sale! The sound quality is amazing, especially after using Dirac live to measure and auto adjust all speakers’ sound curves, making my home theater sound in a different level. The high is very clear but not harsh while the low is soft and nice punch. I also like the Onkyo App which helps to control the receiver in many ways. I can use it together with other online music streaming services app without touching the remote controller any more, very convenient! The only a small problem it has, is that it’s BD/DVD HDMI input sometimes does not work well with Amazon fire stick. It makes the firestick restart over again and again, so I have to use the other input such as game input to work smoothly with the firestick. Update: I have had this receiver for more than a year now. I would say, I love it more and more! It not only supports 4K/8k video through HDMI, but also has so many listening sound models to choose from, and the App on smartphone is a very convenient tool. One of my favorite functions of it is the Dirac live function. I used to analyze the sound characteristics of each speaker, and fine tune the frequencies on them, making my home theater speakers up to a very high level, making every single sound frequency is in its best condition. This certainly compensates the shortcomings of certain sound frequencies in each speaker. Many times I just sat in my home theater listening to the music from Spotify without watching movie, and it was so joyful. I am changing the rate from 4 stars to five!

I may return at a future date to give a more complete review, but others that are much more knowledgeable about audio equipment than I have already done so. For me, the Onkyo (Onkyo TX-NR7100 9.2-Channel 8K/4K Network A/V Receiver) replaced a much older (2001) TX DS787 5.1 100 W Surround receiver that listed new for around $1050. I probably didn't pay quite that much but certainly something near $900. It was great for its time, perhaps even advanced with THX, Dolby, and other listening modes. But it didn't have: HDMI inputs or outputs, any BlueTooth capability, no hard wired or WiFi connectivity or basically any operating or connection modes that most all modern receivers have. This turned into a big problem with modern LED/LCD/OLED TVs, Alexa and other now common devices. I bought my new Onkyo TX-NR7100 from Amazon for $625. Other retailers (e.g.Best Buy) advertise it for up to $1200, so Amazon's price is outstanding. Set up was far more complicated (for me) than any previous receiver that I ever owned, mostly because there were a very large number of back panel input and output jacks, to and from the TV, as well as speaker outputs for 9.2 surround. Suffice it to say that once everything was connected properly (I made a few mistakes along the way), I was completely thrilled. The On Screen Display, completely accessible either from the front panel or the remote was far superior to anything I had ever seen before. Literally every operating parameter is accessible to the user. And I used most of them. It is also completely WiFi ready so my 150 Gbit home Wifi network lets it connect wirelessly and stream music error free. BlueTooth is also another way to connect almost any device to it for audio and audio/video playback if you connect the digital connections to and from a modern TV. It also speaks and listens to Alexa, although I must confess that I haven't played around with that much yet. This is already much longer than I had intended, so let it suffice to say that the Onkyo TX-NR7100 is an absolutely incredible receiver for an incredible price. I'd give it 8 stars if I could. JM TEPPER

We purchased this to replace our 15 year old Pioneer VSX-1020. After reading numerous positive reviews we chose this av receiver due to the features and a price point that wouldn’t break the bank. Our speaker system is vintage. We have the Cambridge Soundworks Surround II, KLH 32s for the floor front and a Polk 10 subwoofer. The connections were simple and sound setup with Dirac Live was simple and straightforward. We are amazed at how easy and user friendly the set is. The improvements over our old Pioneer, which we loved, are too numerous list. We enjoy how the unit automatically detects the audio format a film, TV show, and music is streamed. The remote control is simple and straightforward. To say we are pleased is an understatement. Our living room, where we use this unit, is about 30X30 in an old Victorian house. It sounds great.