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Product Description: top-of-the-line VSX-1016TX dishes out intensely great home-theater performance. It's the world's first receiver to process THX Select 2, for high-impact, multi-channel audio for cinema, concerts, and gaming in rooms of up to 2,000 square feet. It also features advanced surround processing, with DTS-ES Discrete, DTS 96/24, Dolby Digital EX, and Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding. Pioneer's Digital Core Engine performs all digital signal processing with one powerful, compact circuit board, for a shorter signal path and less radiation. A double-precision, high-speed (180 MIPS) Motorola 48-bit DSP ? the same chip used in Dolby and DTS theater systems worldwide ? delivers a super-accurate PLL sound-processing clocking module, very low jitter, and virtually no audio degradation. The VSX-1016TX sends 120 watts of equal power to all seven channels. Our Advanced Direct Energy MOSFET discrete transistor amplifiers offer high-power drivability, ultra-efficient amplification, stable imaging, extremely low energy loss, and ultra linear ouput to all channels. And with Automatic MCACC, the VSX-1015TX actually measures and calibrates your audio system for sonic perfection specifically for your living room, regardless of shape or size, automatically. With Microsoft, Pioneer co-developed a Windows Media Audio 9 (WMA-9) Professional Decoder, allowing you to listen to two-channel and multi-channel WMA compressed audio files. Plus, Video Conversion up-converts S-Video and composite video into component video, for a simpler, higher-quality video connection to your TV. Audio/Video Output 2 Audio / 2 Video Digital Inputs 5 / Optical In 3 / Coaxial In 2 / Optical Digital Output 1 / Multi-Channel Input 6 Channel / Audio Preamp Output 7 Channel / Composite Video Input 5 / Composite Video Output 2 / S-Video Input 5 / S-Video Output 2 / Component Video Input 2 / Component Video Output 1 / Headphone Output / Front A/V Inputs Unit Weight 33Amazon.com: Home entertainment gets a powerful boost with this Pioneer® 7.1 channel A/V receiver. High-quality audio and video comes with ultra-convenient connectivity. The receiver’s six digital inputs includes two HDMI inputs (and one HDMI output) with 1080p compatibility for the very best in high-definition video. The all-digital HDMI interface eliminates the hassle and mess of wires, with one-cable connections and super-fast transfers of uncompressed — and uncompromised — high-res video content from source to screen. With three HD capable component video inputs, you can connect a progressive scan DVD-player/recorder, an HD gaming console, and an HD cable or satellite set-top box to your receiver and access them with the touch of a button. Add in the ability to receive content in XM-HD Surround powered by Neural Audio*, connect to an iPod® player via an optional IDK-01 dock (sold separately), and decode WMA-9 Pro files, and you can also enjoy multi-channel digital satellite radio, iPod player content and PC audio files played through your home theater system. In glorious surround sound. Pioneer's patent pending Sound Retriever technology even enhances compressed audio formats to give them more dynamic range and acoustic impact. Sonic boom Don't just experience your home entertainment. Immerse yourself in it, with 110 watts across up to seven speakers, THX Select2™-certified surround sound, and eight advanced concert and cinema surround modes including Dolby® Digital EX, DTS® ES, and DTS 96/24. All optimized by Pioneer's Digital Core Engine powered by dual 48-bit Freescale® DSP processing LSIs. Go ahead, and turn it up. Pioneer's ultra-efficient Advanced Direct Energy Amplifier design results in extremely low energy loss, so you can play it loud and still enjoy superior sound quality. Fine-tune your audio performance. Recreate the studio engineer's original intent, in your home. In any room. Instantly — thanks to the first automatic Multi-Channel AcoustiC Calibration System (MCACC). Using the supplied microphone. MCACC makes your initial set-up easy and accurate by automatically measuring your room's acoustic environment, then fine tuning the sonic performance of your system. The result is truly accurate multi-channel audio reproduction any sound engineer would admire.
Pioneer VSX-1016TXV-K 7.1 Channel Audio/Video Receiver Features:
- THX Select Processing and Certification
- Dolby Digital EX- DTS-ES- DTS 96/24
- XM-HD with Neural Surround
- 770 Watts Total System Power - 110 Watts x 7 (20Hz - 20kHz- 8 ohms)
- Dialogue Enhancement
Customer Reviews:
- Nice surround receiver: Well worth the time it took to get this receiver setup. I wouldn't call it PnP as you do have to do some thinking to get it to work with what you want to plug in to it. I've had it about 8 month now and do enjoy it. The hardest thing is remembering what you got (CD DVD Cable box exc.) plugged into which button. Then the remote is a maze of buttons to remember what they are doing.
- Great...except for HDMI connections: Overall, this is a great receiver. But it has been very frustrating dealing with the limitations of the connections, primarily that HDMI is for pass-through of video signal ONLY.
Don't get your hopes up about having just one HDMI cable to connect your various devices to/from this machine...You still need to make separate connections for audio; the HDMI connections on this unit are for video signal pass-through only. This means not only extra cables and possibly a significant drop in audio transfer quality, but also can cause your cable connections to fill up rapidly. There are 2 HDMI in ports, 1 HDMI out port, 3 digital optical in ports and 1 digital optical out. To connect 2 DVD players (say one regular and one HD), a VCR, a CD player, a plasma/LCD and a projector can overwhelm your options for connections if they are all designed for digital transfer of audio and video. I had to buy an external HDMI switcher to accommodate outbound HDMI links to plasma and projector.
Speaker setup is also less than ideal and I needed to purchase a separate switch box to allow me to control my separate speaker zones. The additional wiring was not difficult but this unit should make it easier to switch between speaker settings on-the-fly.
Overall, the sound is fantastic and there ARE many in and out ports available. Certainly a great value. I do not know of anything better in this price range. I just wish Pioneer engineers had thought it through a little more before releasing this item, allowing for more digital connections. - pioneer receiver: This is one of the best receivers for the money. It's so easy to use and has all the features one is looking for in a 7.1 receiver. All the hook-ups are in back and all you need to do is follow the instructions and play. It even adjusts the speaker volumes by itself with the speaker test mode. So let the receiver do it's job and all you have to do is enjoy.
- Pioneer VSX-1016TXV ROCKS!!!: Awesome receiver. Own the 1015, and this product is just as good, plus has the pass through HDMI connections. Used with a Pioneer 60" Plasma TV. Running Polk 5.1 surround speakers. The mcacc (I think that's it?) is priceless for calibrating the speakers. A little tweaking may be necessary, but it gets you to clear surround sound, reactivity, color, etc. Powerful enough for my purpose, and absolutely wonderful price. Hate to sound like a broken recording, but Pioneer has out done themselves again. If you would really like to spend more, check into the higher end Elite models Pioneer makes. For the money, much better and easier to use than Denon, Sony, etc.
- GREAT UNIT!!!!: I just replaced my 7year old DENON unit with this PIONEER and WOW great value. The options you get for the price are unbeatable..I am sold on the PIONEER brand. I was satisfied with my denon unit but did not want to spend another $1,000.00 and with this PIONEER it sounds just as good if not better than any high dollar unit out there.
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