Driving Big Speakers with Boundless Energy

Match your TX-8260 with stereo loudspeakers and add genuine hi-fi sound to all your entertainment sources. Discrete high-current amplifiers, massive transformer, and custom-made capacitors assure effortless driving power with very low distortion. High current grips the speaker cones for more accurate control, restoring vitality and detail to music. Non-phase-shift circuitry, meanwhile, clearly focuses the audio image and reproduces a wide frequency bandwidth for best performance with Hi-Res Audio and vinyl sources.

Stream Instantly with Chromecast built-in

Stream any music from your smartphone, laptop, or PC with ease. Control playback with popular Chromecast-enabled apps you know and love from your iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet, Mac or Windows laptop, or Chromebook.

Ready for DTS Play-Fi* Multi-room Audio

DTS Play-Fi technology lets you stream from linked online services, media server, or device library over Wi-Fi to any number of compatible products via Onkyo Music Control App for iPad, iPhone, and Android phone/tablet. DTS Play-Fi connects systems for synchronized music in every room, and can also stream different music to different rooms from the same device.

* Requires a future firmware update.

Onkyo Controller App for Smartphones and Tablets

Onkyo Controller supports receiver and multi-room control; the selection and distribution of on-demand streaming services; radio station selection; USB disk browsing and more from one easy interface on Apple iOS and Android devices.

FM/AM Tuner with 40 Memory Presets

Scan and save 40 FM/AM radio stations for easy one-touch recall anytime. Bring a huge variety of programming to your listening space, from news and sport to music and talk radio.

FireConnect Wireless Multi-room Audio

FireConnect mirrors network audio and external analog sources connected to a master component on FireConnect- compatible speakers in other rooms. Music selection, speaker grouping, and playback management across the home are built into Onkyo Controller app for iOS and Android devices.

Note: FireConnect is enabled with a firmware update. Multi-room audio enabled by this technology requires an optional Onkyo wireless speaker. Onkyo cannot guarantee the compatibility of its A/V receivers with other devices featuring FireConnect. Sharing audio from external inputs depends on the model and is enabled via firmware update. Sampling rates of 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz are supported. FireConnect is a technology developed by Blackfire Research Corp., USA. Please consult the Onkyo website for further announcements regarding these technologies.

Connects Turntables, CD Players, and Everything in Between

Crafted for music and film lovers seeking authentic hi-fi sound, the TX-8260 is extensively equipped with inputs to connect wide range of players. Use Hi-Res Audio-ready digital audio inputs to route TV or PC audio through to the speakers, line-level inputs for a good-quality CD player or DAC, and the MM phono input for your turntable. Enjoy room-filling reproduction of these as well as FM/AM radio, USB Audio, Network, and Bluetooth sources with ease.

Quality Digital-to-Analog Processing

An AK4452VN digital-to-analog converter from AKM features unique low-distortion filtering technologies ideally suited to the extended frequency response of Hi-Res Audio files. Excellent S/N and low-noise performance assures clear analog conversion of any digital source.