I have an Onkyo TX-NR616 that has expired loudly.

It was bought new in December, 2012, and used lightly. In early 2017
some of the audio stopped working. We found out about the DSP issue
and that Onkyo would fix it, which they did - it came back with the
DSP tagged "REPLACED".

About a month later, some of the surround dropped out, with a brief
message about an output short (there was none). I poked buttons
randomly and was rewarded with a series of bangs and flashes from
inside the unit, then silence and smoke....

Re: Onkyo TX-NR609 New DSP chip fitted

A shorted channel would make sense - it was flashing a 1/4 second bad speaker message when it started, even with nothing plugged in.

Re: Onkyo TX-NR609 New DSP chip fitted

Hi all, new member here with a question about the Onkyo's in this series and repairs by Onkyo.

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but I can't start a new thread without posting something else first, so here's basically a "me too" - TX-NR616, had the DSP replaced under warranty recently, a month later the audio stopped working then something blew up inside - flash, bang, smoke. I'm going to try asking Onkyo to fix it, but I don't hold out my hope of that. I'd appreciate any advice anyone might have when dealing with t...