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Pioneer Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver with 3D-Ready HDMI Switching
$149.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

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3 stars on amazon

Amazon

lowest price elsewhere is looking like its $189....ehhh decent deal but would have to be a tad bit more than $35 off to pull the trigger, but its an average unit for what you pay for!

Finally, a receiver that can do my VHS and Beta tapes justice!

AVS Forum Discussion

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Pioneer used to make nice audio equipment. How are they ranked in today's world... compared to Yamaha and Denon?

Dang, I was looking for a receiver but I won't settle for less than 7.1 Pretty good price on the 5.1 though...

Pioneer Page

Not a bad receiver. Could anchor a bedroom system or small media center well. Wouldn't expect much more though. Still a good entry level deal if someone wanted to dive into the 5.1 pool.

i've been waiting for woot to put up a decent receiver for 4 years. a bit too late since i no longer need one...

Newegg has the 7.1 big brother on sale as well. Not sure for how much because I refuse to click through all the way to check out. At least woot tells you up front how much the price is!

so does anyone have experience with pioneer's MCACC? how does it compare to yamaha's YPAO on the new aventage?

Here's the website and info from cnet, no cnet review yet.
Hope this helps.

Regarding HDMI I/O: how come 4 IN and 1 OUT? My needs supersede the outage, and resurrecting switch boxes seems intolerable at this point in our technological advances.

I see it's HDMI and 3D-Ready but is the HDMI 1080p "pass through"? That would be a major deal killer if it wasn't cause I've seen fancy receivers like this that aren't.

I used to have one of these. I had nothing but problems with it. One after another. It introduced so much video noise into my blu-rays that they were nearly unwatchable. Then one of the HDMI ports just stopped playing sound. The picture would still show up, but the receiver wouldn't play the sound coming through that port. Not to mention my subwoofer sounded like crap when I had this. I thought it was just because I had a crappy Onkyo sub, but I found out that the problem was the receiver. With the Pioneer VSX-521 I had my subwoofer turned up to the max and you could barely hear/feel it. Now I have a Denon AVR-1312 all the video noise is gone from my Blu-Rays (with the noise filters on the TV and Player at lower levels than they used to be), all the HDMI ports work, and I have my sub at half volume and have to turn it down even more sometimes. The AVR-1312 has fewer features than this model, but the quality is worth the sacrifice.

willdogs wrote:AVS Forum

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1321970

Nice wings and arms!

crusher372 wrote:Not a bad receiver. Could anchor a bedroom system or small media center well. Wouldn't expect much more though. Still a good entry level deal if someone wanted to dive into the 5.1 pool.

I'm guessing it could also anchor a boat. But I don't have one of those. I would probably recommend it's more common usage as stated above.

No optical inputs or outputs? Pass.

I don't know about the performance, but it sure does LOOK sexy.

Really.......not enough power for a MAIN system but maybe a small living room or something like that.

reggaemyelitis wrote:Regarding HDMI I/O: how come 4 IN and 1 OUT? My needs supersede the outage, and resurrecting switch boxes seems intolerable at this point in our technological advances.

Why do you need more than 1 HDMI output? Are you outputting to more than one TV from the receiver?

I don't always buy stereo equipment, but when I do, I buy Pioneer.

For whoever made the TX comment; you'll find this to be amusing.

It's too dry to even sneeze here without blowing something up. I was going downstairs a few hours ago to throw out my trash, and it looked like it was raining. Naturally, I started to get excited. It wasn't until I started to noticed the "rain" was starting to sting, my eyes were starting to hurt, and my clothes were brown when I got inside, that I realized it was some dust storm with the moisture coming from the sprinkler across the street. fail

sixdolla wrote:I see it's HDMI and 3D-Ready but is the HDMI 1080p "pass through"? That would be a major deal killer if it wasn't cause I've seen fancy receivers like this that aren't.

their site says it has "HDMI Standy Through". wonder if that's the same?

DorXtar wrote:No optical inputs or outputs? Pass.

i think there is optical.. accordin to the pictures...

A home audio.... component?!?! On Woot?!!? Since Amazon?!?!

No all-in-one? No built-in grill?

Not a Roomba clock radio apron?

I'd hate to be one of those guys who only complains and never offers a compliment. Credit where credit is due. I've been seeing some pretty nice geek-esoteric deals recently on Woot that harken back to its glory days.

Just letting you know someone noticed. Well done.

jdevenberg wrote:I used to have one of these. I had nothing but problems with it. One after another. It introduced so much video noise into my blu-rays that they were nearly unwatchable. Then one of the HDMI ports just stopped playing sound. The picture would still show up, but the receiver wouldn't play the sound coming through that port. Not to mention my subwoofer sounded like crap when I had this. I thought it was just because I had a crappy Onkyo sub, but I found out that the problem was the receiver. With the Pioneer VSX-521 I had my subwoofer turned up to the max and you could barely hear/feel it. Now I have a Denon AVR-1312 all the video noise is gone from my Blu-Rays (with the noise filters on the TV and Player at lower levels than they used to be), all the HDMI ports work, and I have my sub at half volume and have to turn it down even more sometimes. The AVR-1312 has fewer features than this model, but the quality is worth the sacrifice.

You failed to mention what you did to resolve the aforementioned issues with today's offering. Will you please elaborate on attempts to resolve warranty issues, etc.?

carl669 wrote:so does anyone have experience with pioneer's MCACC? how does it compare to yamaha's YPAO on the new aventage?

I haven't used YPAO or Audyssey, but manual calibration of my Denon AVR-1312 using a SPL app (on my wife's iPad) sounds better than the MCACC on the Pioneer VSX-521 does.

zxinfinity wrote:Dang, I was looking for a receiver but I won't settle for less than 7.1 Pretty good price on the 5.1 though...

Nothing less than 7.1? But most blu rays aren't formatted for 7.1 yet. Aren't you really just asking to spend money on 2 more speakers and the same sound 2x over? Don't get me wrong, 7.1 is the "wave of the future" but it's just about as ubiquitous (and necessary) as a 3D television right now.

As soon as I figure out how to, you know, attach the other three speakers to get an actual "surround sound" system, I'll be interested. Left and right stereo speaker outputs but 5.1 multichannel inputs? Fail.

reggaemyelitis wrote:You failed to mention what you did to resolve the aforementioned issues with today's offering. Will you please elaborate on attempts to resolve warranty issues, etc.?

I returned it to the store and got a Denon. All my problems were in less than 30 days, and I decided to go with a brand more known for sound quality than a receiver stuffed full of features.

jdevenberg wrote:Why do you need more than 1 HDMI output? Are you outputting to more than one TV from the receiver?

Not the original poster but I too would prefer dual output from a receiver. I have two tv's next to each other so that I can play a game while the wife watches tv or the kid can watch a movie while the wife plays a game. People looks at us strangely but it allows me to be in the room with the wife while she watches crap like desperate housewives. Currently I use a monoprice 4x2 switchbox that works great but it feels like we are in the past when one of us has to go and push the button to switch the input/output. Has a remote but I'm too lazy to program the switchbox buttons on our universal remote.

does this thing upconvert component to HDMI?

jmike00 wrote:Newegg has the 7.1 big brother on sale as well. Not sure for how much because I refuse to click through all the way to check out. At least woot tells you up front how much the price is!

$799

grtgrfx wrote:As soon as I figure out how to, you know, attach the other three speakers to get an actual "surround sound" system, I'll be interested. Left and right stereo speaker outputs but 5.1 multichannel inputs? Fail.

It has 5 speaker outputs and a sub out. It also has two pre-amp out so you could expand it to a 7.1 system in the future just by adding an amp. I can't remember if you can use the other two outs as a zone 2 or not though.

I'm not an audiophile but I do have a criticism. It uses a FL display. While it's clear and bright initially, and generally more pleasing than LEDs, this type of display dims rapidly after a few years. I have a few components where the FL display is basically unusable from more than 2 feet away. Luckily most equipment, including this receiver, have On Screen Display (OSD) through the TV.

jdevenberg wrote:Why do you need more than 1 HDMI output? Are you outputting to more than one TV from the receiver?

Video and sound recording banks, coincidental a/v editing systems, and generally ANYTHING woot! shan't provide for avid MEDIATRICIANS -- remember, you heard it here FIRST!!!

equazcion wrote:Not a Roomba clock radio apron?

Very perceptive, it is definitely not a Roomba clock radio apron...which I really want now, but only if it has the built-in grill.