"If I were you I would stay away from the Onkyo, I was looking at the 601 and almost bought it till someone from ecoustics forum show me that the Onkyo stuff are way over-rated, even the higher up version 901 rated at 110w x 7 only capable of putting out about half, and the test report from Sound & Vision tested the clipping occur at 50w!!! save your money and consider Harmon Kardon or Denon.
check out the test reports: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/3401/ratevsac.htm"
Can someone explain this chart to me. Clipping at 47 watts - does that mean the 501 can ruin your speakers if you turn it up to anything more than 2/3 of the way up to it's 65 watt max?
Is there anything else important in that chart - or does it just show that onkyos are middling quality?
Thanks
