Recently I purchased two LX 505 pioneer.. 625 per receiver bought two of them delivered to my house directly from pioneer these renew in the box not be stock not used not refurbished.. and that price lasted for all of 2 weeks and I was lucky enough to gain it. OMG guys .. if you can get this receiver in your hands for less than 800 bucks it's a steal very nice. No I do question the 120 w at 8 ohms per channel across the board.
I need a new AV Receiver, since my 14 yo Yamaha doesn't even have ARC 😅 so my new OLED TV doesn't like it... I'm really interested in this Pioneer or Onkyo RZ50, as they both have also Dirac Live license for free. The problem is... it's basically impossible to find them for less than 1,000€ 2nd hand! Eventually I will be forced to go for a Yamaha Aventage RX-A2A, which is cheaper... Lucky you, to find that absolute bargain!
@delpinsky play del Penske you would be better served by buying the pioneer LX 505 a powerful 120 watts over 9 channels each pre-outs for all nine channels to add additional external amplifiers if you require it.. full d i r a c license to use.. it's a sweetheart Urban DVR and if you are patient and look for the best possible price you'll find it for as low of around $700 mm do yourself a favor and never pay more than that.. I've got two of them and they should last 10 years easy the LX 505 has everything you would ever need to plug into it me.. so that you can use any device flat screen then you want to choose is falling complete
Fully agree on the screen: It's a shame that neither Marantz/Denon, nor Pioneer/Onkyo or even Yamaha is capable of using a "real" screen which shows cover art at least. Even in the €3000+ range they are using these Dot matrix displays straight from the 80s. Only option with a real screen is the NAD T778, but it's lacking HDMI 2.1.
There was an old Pioneer model, stereo receiver + CD player, with LCD screen showing covers. I bought an Android TV Box (Homatics 4K R Plus) and with an HDMI switcher, I connected a 7" display for Raspberry Pi. It works perfectly for music, using apps like USB Player Pro, PowerAmp, HiBy Music and so on. It shows the covers and it's also touch screen! I paid it around 40€. I connected it to my old 7.1 Yamaha AV Receiver via RCA cables.
Interesting translations. Too bad they don't make the knobs and remote out of metal so that when you interact with it the feeling that you get is not of cheap plastics.
I once purchased a Pioneer VSX-1121K that failed nearly after 1 year (i.e. not too long after warranty was over) and this forced me to never buy any Pioneer home theater receiver again. I took that Pioneer to a Pioneer Certified Service that told me my receiver needed a whole motherboard replacement. Is this brand still having these low quality issues?
I have had the exact same issues with Pioneer ARV's. Really low quality in the more modern part of the electronics. HDMI's failed etc etc. I will probably not touch a Pioneer either.
Weird that the main PS caps are so much smaller (10000 uF) than the US variant. In the US version, the main caps are Nichicon KS, 75V, 15000 uF. Even the lx305 has 12000 uF caps.
The door on the front of this receiver is absolutely useless it's taped connection to the receiver all it does is hide buttons what else would it be for?? So take off the front panel door put it away and forget about it until you need to resell the receiver to someone else after you've used it for a while
Recently I purchased two LX 505 pioneer..
625 per receiver bought two of them delivered to my house directly from pioneer these renew in the box not be stock not used not refurbished.. and that price lasted for all of 2 weeks and I was lucky enough to gain it.
OMG guys .. if you can get this receiver in your hands for less than 800 bucks it's a steal very nice. No I do question the 120 w at 8 ohms per channel across the board.
I need a new AV Receiver, since my 14 yo Yamaha doesn't even have ARC 😅 so my new OLED TV doesn't like it... I'm really interested in this Pioneer or Onkyo RZ50, as they both have also Dirac Live license for free. The problem is... it's basically impossible to find them for less than 1,000€ 2nd hand! Eventually I will be forced to go for a Yamaha Aventage RX-A2A, which is cheaper... Lucky you, to find that absolute bargain!
@delpinsky play del Penske you would be better served by buying the pioneer LX 505 a powerful 120 watts over 9 channels each pre-outs for all nine channels to add additional external amplifiers if you require it.. full d i r a c license to use.. it's a sweetheart Urban DVR and if you are patient and look for the best possible price you'll find it for as low of around $700 mm do yourself a favor and never pay more than that.. I've got two of them and they should last 10 years easy the LX 505 has everything you would ever need to plug into it me.. so that you can use any device flat screen then you want to choose is falling complete
Im definitely buying this one. I had a Denon X2700H but I need something more robust like this pioneer
Liked this review. Informative, entertaining and funny. Refreshingly different from the norm.
Glad you enjoyed it!
One issue is you cannot change the crossovers correct?
Fully agree on the screen: It's a shame that neither Marantz/Denon, nor Pioneer/Onkyo or even Yamaha is capable of using a "real" screen which shows cover art at least. Even in the €3000+ range they are using these Dot matrix displays straight from the 80s.
Only option with a real screen is the NAD T778, but it's lacking HDMI 2.1.
There was an old Pioneer model, stereo receiver + CD player, with LCD screen showing covers. I bought an Android TV Box (Homatics 4K R Plus) and with an HDMI switcher, I connected a 7" display for Raspberry Pi. It works perfectly for music, using apps like USB Player Pro, PowerAmp, HiBy Music and so on. It shows the covers and it's also touch screen! I paid it around 40€. I connected it to my old 7.1 Yamaha AV Receiver via RCA cables.
I have the top of the range (2016) SCLX 901 with class D amplification. Runs really cool, better for longevity I hope. I wonder why this isnt class d?
Great commentary.
Interesting translations. Too bad they don't make the knobs and remote out of metal so that when you interact with it the feeling that you get is not of cheap plastics.
Unfortunately that’s the way they’re all going. I have a marantz that also has plastic knobs
howard stern
My Friend. The 505 is the middle model higher than the 305 and lower than the 805.
I can't believe you threatened to chop that pioneer with a knife before you even plugged it in!
I once purchased a Pioneer VSX-1121K that failed nearly after 1 year (i.e. not too long after warranty was over) and this forced me to never buy any Pioneer home theater receiver again. I took that Pioneer to a Pioneer Certified Service that told me my receiver needed a whole motherboard replacement. Is this brand still having these low quality issues?
I have had the exact same issues with Pioneer ARV's. Really low quality in the more modern part of the electronics. HDMI's failed etc etc.
I will probably not touch a Pioneer either.
Should I exchange my lx505 for the lx805 only for dlbc? I have 2 subs.
Weird that the main PS caps are so much smaller (10000 uF) than the US variant. In the US version, the main caps are Nichicon KS, 75V, 15000 uF. Even the lx305 has 12000 uF caps.
Nice, but still if it doesn't output 4 ohms, it's not really what you need...Pioneer VSX-505RDS, old and much cheaper, manages to output 4 ...
The door on the front of this receiver is absolutely useless it's taped connection to the receiver all it does is hide buttons what else would it be for??
So take off the front panel door put it away and forget about it until you need to resell the receiver to someone else after you've used it for a while