About The Onkyo TX-RZ70 11.2 Channel 8K AV Receiver
The TX-RZ70 delivers remarkably pure sound, stellar visuals and the latest technologies to power the heart of your home entertainment system. Rest easy: With uncompromising high resolution audio/video reproduction, you'll enjoy movies, music and games exactly as the creators intended.
Start your new entertainment life in the media room, where the RZ70 passes 8K HDR video to your display via HDMI® - optimized for lag-free gameplay - and feeds Dolby Atmos® or DTS:X® sound to your 7.2.4-ch speaker system with high-current power behind it. Move to another space and music follows with three-zone powered audio and the SMART AV Receiver™ suite controlled by voice with easy access to streaming services. The AVR fits into your Sonos system and plays to headphones over bidirectional Bluetooth® wireless technology. With 75 years of hi-fi knowhow elevating the THX® Certified Select and IMAX® Enhanced certified RZ Series custom amp design, music, film scores, and game soundtracks thrill with emotion, sound perfected by Dirac Live® Room Correction. This AVR has features others don't, such as front-to-height stereo switching for background listening, DSP vocal/dialogue enhancement, My Volume presets, and an OSD function that compares source data to output settings so playback can be optimized before entertainment kicks off.
Unleash the IMAX® Enhanced Experience: IMAX® Enhanced uses DTS:X® technology optimized for the IMAX signature experience and reproduces the full dynamic range of IMAX theatrical mixes. IMAX Mode delivers lMAX Enhanced content as the filmmakers intended. IMAX Enhanced films are available to stream or own on Ultra HD Blu-ray™.
Welcome to the 8K Ultra HD Experience: Features defined in HDMI 2.1 enable 8K/60p passthrough to a compatible display. As well as HDR10 and HLG, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision™ formats optimize brightness, contrast, and colour frame-by-frame. All HDMI terminals support HDCP 2.3, while eARC on Main Out passes multichannel audio (including Dolby Atmos® or DTS:X) from TV to AVR for decoding and amplification. QMS (Quick Media Switching) reduces screen blanking when switching HDMI sources.
11 Channels, 140 Watts: Home theatre buffs rejoice! The TX-RZ70 is Onkyo's most powerful AVR yet, giving you the power to design the ultimate entertainment space with discrete zones, multiple subwoofers, and high-performance components that won't overheat or lag.
Studio Grade Processing: Built by and for audiophiles, but intuitively built for the everyman. Utilizing the very latest audio technology including ESS Sabre DACs, THX® Certification, and eARC functionality, the Onkyo TX-RZ70 over delivers on premium home theatre performance.
Dirac Live Technologies: You deserve an AVR that adapts to your life, not the other way around. With built-in Dirac Live® Room Calibration Full Bandwidth, the Onkyo TX-RZ70 uses machine learning to perfectly adapt and calibrate your audio settings to your unique speaker system and room layout. And big bass fans will also be able to upgrade their system (firmware available June 2023) with Dirac Live Bass Control Single/Multi Subwoofer for optimal calibration of the lowest tones.
IMAX Enhanced Mode: Bring the theatre experience to your home by recreating IMAX content just as filmmakers intended. The TX-RZ70 meets the precise quality standards established by IMAX to reduce noise and grain to produce brighter, clearer pictures, plus immersive sound for the ultimate cinema experience. IMAX Enhanced Mode also provides a stretched aspect ratio for up to 26% more picture on your screen.
THX Certified: In 1993, Onkyo became the first consumer home theatre electronics brand to be THX-certified, after thousands of tests. No matter what input is used, what combination of built-in features are used, what preamplifier or amplifier, there can be absolutely nothing added, nothing taken away from the source material. And the TX-RZ70 offers four distinct THX listening modes: cinema, gaming, music, and surround EX.
DTS Play-Fi: DTS Play-Fi allows you to enjoy high-quality music from connected online services, networked media servers, and your device library over Wi-Fi® to any number of compatible products using the Onkyo Music Control App for iPad, iPhone, and Android smartphones/tablets. DTS Play-Fi can synchronize the music in every room. Each member of your family can use their own device to listen to their music in a room or group of rooms. DTS Play-Fi lets you structure a comprehensive multi-room ecosystem that satisfies virtually any need.
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-RZ70 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.
*Sonos Port required and sold separately.
Multi-Zone Streaming & Voice Control: The Onkyo TX-RZ70 11.4-Channel THX® Certified AV Receiver easily integrates into your existing Smart Home ecosystem, including Apple Airplay, Alexa, Google apps, and more. You get a highly capable and compatible network device that can stream your favourites wherever you want in your home with up to 8K60 resolution.**
Note: A third-party AI device is required for voice commands - sold separately
**8K60 only valid for Zone 1/Zone 2 will only produce 4K120 resolution when two separate HDMI sources are used
Discrete Zone 2 HDMI Switching: Set up different Ultra High-Definition entertainment options with up to 8K60 resolution* in two different rooms from this Onkyo receiver. Watch a movie in the home theatre, while the kids watch cartoons in their playroom.*
*8K60 only valid for Zone 1/Zone 2 will only produce 4K120 resolution when two separate HDMI sources are used.
Experience Lag-Free Gameplay: Transform virtual worlds with 3D sound and get a competitive edge with all-new HDMI features for gamers. VRR (Variable Refresh Rate), ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode), and QFT (Quick Frame Transport) eliminate lag, stutter, and frame-tearing for more fluid and responsive gameplay.
Bi-Directional Bluetooth Technology: 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 favourite songs just as the recording engineer intended.
SMART AV Receiver™ Multi-Room Entertainment: SMART AV Receiver is the heart of your home entertainment system. Access streaming content from Amazon Music HD*, Spotify®, TIDAL, Deezer, and TuneIn and share sound as part of a multi-room system via Works with Sonos, Chromecast built-in, AirPlay 2, and DTS Play-Fi®.
*Amazon Music HD is supported via DTS Play-Fi
Chromecast Built-In™ works with Hey Google: Stream music from your smartphone, laptop, or PC to the receiver via Chromecast built-in and control playback from Chromecast-enabled apps you know and love from your iPhone, iPad, Android™ phone or tablet, Mac or Windows® PC, or Chromebook™. Cue, play, and control audio just by using your voice.
Works with Alexa: Alexa lets you use your voice to control the A/V receiver by speaking commands through an Alexa built-in device. Whether you want to listen to music, radio stations, or podcasts, all you have to do is ask. It also supports multi-room music* played on multiple devices.
*Multi-room music may require a firmware update.
Dirac Live® Room Correction: Dirac Live analyses your audio system and listening environment by examining acoustic data measured with a setup mic. It corrects both the timing and amplitude aspects of sound coloration using a mixed-phase correction filter throughout the listening area, not just a particular zone. Correction is performed automatically using a proprietary app for smartphone or tablet*. Dirac Live improves staging, localization, clarity, voice intelligibility, and bass response.
*Mobile device must be connected to the internet and the same network as your AVR.
Klipsch Optimize Mode: Klipsch Optimize Mode allows you to easily integrate your Klipsch Reference and Reference Premiere speakers seamlessly with your Onkyo AV receiver. Klipsch and Onkyo teamed up to implement the precise crossover values for specific new Reference Premiere speakers. Now, you can simply select the model speakers you'll be using for each individual channel, and the optimized crossover setting will be automatically applied.
About Onkyo
Takeshi Godai established Onkyo in 1946 with the intention of addressing what he felt was a lack of satisfactory Japanese-made dynamic speakers. The word "onkyo" means "sound acoustics" in Japanese.
Through the years that followed Onkyo became expert at many types of AV products including a crystal cartridge, meticulously crafted speakers (including the first plastic speaker cones in Japan), desktop transistor radios and even televisions. In 1958 Onkyo was among the first to introduce separate components rather than the all-in-one furniture style systems that had been so popular up until then. Portable transistor radios followed in 1961 & medical equipment in 1963. In the 70's the Integra line of electronics was established which has been amazingly successful over the years. Turntables followed and then Onkyo released the world's first high-speed dual-recording cassette deck in 1981 followed by some of the first CD Players a couple of years later. 1992 saw the release of the world's first 6 disc carousel type CD player (just so you know who to blame) which became a big trend in the 90's. This is also the decade home theatre happened and Onkyo immediately became one of the prominent players with the world's first THX 5.1 channel AV Receiver with Dolby Digital.
Since then, Onkyo has continued to be at the forefront of Audio Visual technology, bringing high class audio and vision into thousands of homes in Australia and across the globe.
Our Take On The Onkyo TX-RZ70
Introducing the latest, greatest home theatre receiver from Onkyo, the TX-RZ70. With audio processed by built-in ESS Sabre DACs and video connections that accept 8K Ultra HD signals, this feature-packed Onkyo delivers audiophile and cinephile performance. It's a centrepiece for your whole home audio and video system, too, with three-zone wired capabilities and more wireless zones with the addition of a Sonos Port and other Sonos gear.
The TX-RZ70 can power up to 11 speakers at the same time. Use all 11 channels in a 7.2.4 Dolby Atmos or DTS:X® system. Or, go with a more conventional surround sound setup, and repurpose the extra channels for sound in up to two additional zones. At 140 watts per channel (2-channels driven), the TX-RZ70's high-powered amplifier will drive your speakers with precision and impact. If you have unused surround channel connections, you can bi-amp a pair of compatible front right and left speakers for a powerful front soundstage.
Dirac Live® is one of the finest room correction systems in the industry, and it comes standard on the 'RZ70. Use the included microphone and run the Dirac software on your laptop to take precise sound measurements in your room. If you have Klipsch Reference or Reference Premiere speakers, the 'RZ70 is made for you. Select your speakers for each channel in the setup menu, and the Klipsch Optimize Mode automatically selects the correct crossover mode for the best performance. Your Klipsch speakers have never sounded better!
Onkyo equipped the TX-RZ70 with the latest video technology. All six of its rear-panel HDMI inputs support 8K and 4K video content — perfect for high-quality sources like a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player, an Apple TV, or your next-gen gaming system. (The front-panel HDMI input supports 4K/60 video content.) Stream music with Bluetooth or play Wi-Fi networked sources like Apple AirPlay 2, Chromecast built-in, DTS Play-Fi and Spotify® Connect. Use the optical or coaxial digital inputs to connect a CD player, or break out your vinyl collection and connect your turntable to the dedicated phono input. For uncompromising sound quality, you can play high-resolution music files from a USB stick or a networked computer.
If you can think of anything important the Onkyo TX-RZ70 doesn't have, you're doing better than us. Another stellar Home Theatre Receiver from Onyko.
Main Features & Specifications
- Design: Surround Sound Home Theatre Receiver with Dolby Atmos
- 11-Channel Amplifier
- 140 watts per channel into 8 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.08% THD, with 2 channels driven
- Dolby® and DTS® surround sound decoding
- Dolby Atmos and DTS:X™ processing for use with in-ceiling or "height" speakers for more enveloping home theatre sound
- IMAX® Enhanced reproduces the full dynamic range of specially encoded IMAX soundtracks from compatible sources
- THX® Certified Select™ theatre Reference Sound
- Ensures you get the same reference volume level of a commercial theatre in rooms where the screen-to-seat distance is about 3.5 metres
- Includes a variety of THX listening modes for movies, music, and gaming
- Klipsch Optimize Mode implements the precise crossover values for specific Klipsch speakers, maximizing sound quality
- Dirac Live advanced speaker calibration system helps fine-tune your system to best match your room's acoustics (microphone included)
Digital & Streaming Options
- Plays high-resolution digital music files via USB storage device or a networked computer (up to 24-bit/192kHz resolution)
- Built-In Wi-Fi for listening to music from a networked PC, free internet radio, and music services
- Includes support for Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Amazon Music, TuneIn and more (subscription required for some services)
- Roon Tested
- Compatible with Sonos Port — receiver turns on automatically and sets the right input when selected in the app
- Apple AirPlay 2 lets you stream directly from an iPhone® or iPad® and ask Siri to play Apple Music®
- Built-In Bluetooth for wireless music listening with smartphones, tablets, and compatible computers
- Supports Bluetooth transmission for sending audio from the receiver to Bluetooth-enabled headphones
- Chromecast built-in for streaming music from the cloud with compatible mobile apps
- Works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice control assistants
HDMI
- HDMI 2.1 audio/video switching: 7 in, 2 out (including 1 front-panel input)
- 6 Rear-Panel inputs and 2 outputs support 8K/60Hz and 4K/120Hz video (HDMI 2.1)
- 1 Front-Panel input supports 4K/60Hz video (HDMI 2.0)
- HDCP 2.3 technology ensures compatibility with Ultra HD sources and TVs
- HDR-compatible for extended picture contrast and brightness with compatible TVs and HDR-encoded content
- Supports HDR10+, Dolby Vision™, and HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma)
- Supports ARC (Audio Return Channel) and eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel)
- eARC receives uncompressed surround sound signals including Dolby Atmos and DTS:X via the HDMI connection with your compatible TV
- Gaming-Optimized video processing technologies for a smooth, lag-free gaming experience
- Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), and Quick Frame Transport (QFT) reduce or eliminate lag and frame tearing
Multi-Room Audio
- Three-Room/Three-Source Output
- Zone 2 and 3 stereo preamp outputs for use with optional external amplifiers
- Amp Assign function lets you use select speaker outputs in different configurations like bi-amping the front speakers, or for use in Zone 2 or 3
- Using powered 2nd-room output allows 7.2-channel sound in main room
Other Connections
- Digital Audio Inputs: 2 Toslink Optical, 2 Coaxial
- 4 Analogue Stereo RCA line-level audio inputs
- MM (moving magnet) phono input for connecting a turntable
- 1 Component video input
- 2 Composite video inputs
- USB port for audio playback from USB flash drives (rear-panel)
- Outputs for 13 speakers (Front L/R, Centre, Surround L/R, Surround Back L/R, Height 1 L/R, Height 2 L/R, Zone 2 L/R)
- Receiver can power a maximum of 11 channels at once
- 2-channel preamp outputs, including dual mono RCA subwoofer outputs
- Full-Sized front-panel headphone jack
- RS-232C, remote IR (infrared), and 12-volt trigger connections for use with optional third-party controllers
General
- Handheld Remote Control included
- Support for IP-based third-party remote control systems
- AM/FM Tuner
- Removable Power Cable: Upgrade to an IsoTek Power Cable for better performance
- Supplied Accessories: Power Cable, Indoor FM antenna, AM loop antenna, Speaker setup microphone, Quick Start Guide, Remote Control, 2 x AAA Batteries
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 435 x 201.5 x 479.5mm
- Weight: 22kg
- Manufacturer's Warranty: 2 Years
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE.