Comments on Profile Post by CEE TEE

  1. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    That's really sad. I never owned any, but it always looked to me like a goto for multi-function boxes. Prepacked sound. Room friendly, etc, if not audiophile. On the expensive side though.

    Worse news is that the company seems to include Pioneer :(
    May 18, 2022
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  2. Cryptowolf
    Cryptowolf
    Oh no, I started my 2 channel journey with their gear 27 years ago.
    May 18, 2022
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  3. fraggler
    fraggler
    Pioneer and Onkyo branded AV components will continue to be made by Sharp apparently.
    May 18, 2022
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  4. jnak00
    jnak00
    I bought an Onkyo receiver last year because it was one of the few lower-priced ones to offer DIRAC. It's quite good so it's sad to hear this news.
    May 18, 2022
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  5. netforce
    netforce
    May 18, 2022
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  6. CEE TEE
    CEE TEE
    Thanks @netforce for the link! I have had 2 Onkyo products and I am glad if they are not going away...
    May 18, 2022
  7. Azimuth
    Azimuth
    I blame Henry Juszkiewicz, former Gibson CEO, who oversaw purchase of Onkyo in 2015. Was sold off in 2018 due to Gibson bankruptcy and Onkyo never recovered.
    May 19, 2022
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  8. netforce
    netforce
    100% agree, Gibson bought a ton of companies, had zero plans for them, took on tons of debt, cut corners on their core business and ran everything into the ground.
    May 19, 2022
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  9. Azimuth
    Azimuth
    I worked there @netforce. I saw it first hand. You are 100% correct. Henry thought he knew better than anyone else. It was awful.
    May 19, 2022
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  10. netforce
    netforce
    I randomly took a look at the Glassdoor for them back in the day and saw the same complaints as well. Funny and sad how this isn't the first time I heard about a situation like that, big company buys smaller one and runs them into the ground.
    May 20, 2022
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  11. Azimuth
    Azimuth
    Henry also tried to flood Glassdoor with his own “reviews”. Thankfully the board voted him out and the new CEO seems to be doing okay. I almost wished I worked there now. Although pay is still pretty low.
    May 21, 2022
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