PIONEER ELITE VSX-07TX THE PIONEER WEB SITE ABANDONED THIS MODEL THE CONTRUCTION BUILT IS PLATIC LIKE A FRAGILE TOY THE SOUND COMPARED TO A SONY ES IS 45% HAS SOME POWER BUT NO THE POWER OF A SONY ES I AM AN AUDIOPHILE AND EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN PIONEER BUILT OVERALL SOUND USING NOT SO HIGH QUALITY COMPONENTS I AM USING THIS ONE AS A MUSIC SELECTOR SINCE IT COMES WITH THE TAPE 2 MONITOR WICH IS VERY HANDY FOR THE KENWOOD EQUALIZER THAT I USE ON THIS SYSTEM I OWN 12 DIFFERENT SYSTEMS SINCE IT'S 5.1 PREAM OUTPUT DOES NOT PRODUCE CLEAN SOUND I USE ONLY THE FRONT OUTPUT TO A SONY STR-DA5ES AND THIS SONY SENDS THE 5.1 PRE OUT SIGNAL TO A SONY STR-V333ES AND THIS ONE SEND THE SIGNAL TO A SONY ES 5 CHANNEL AMP AND TO THE SPEAKERS CREATING SUCH AMAZING SOUND I HAVE A HARMAN KARDON SYSTEM THAT ALSO SOUNDS CLEANER RICHER AND HIGHER QUALITY THAN PIONEER!

Design,application,layout,quality of manufacturing,complete inventory of the most popular home theater option,quality connectors,better than average amplification.PRICE!!!!!

No DTS,cheap feeling controller,sometimes sensitive to grounding...

After reviewing this former flagship Pioneer Elite receiver Im came to the conclusion as my fellow posters,even though lacking in the DTS feature the overall presentation was extremely good by todays newer standards,reception was very strong and detailed(with antenna) and stations came in clear and fresh,amplification even though using 3 year old technology was very pleasing and corhesive,nice pace and over soundstaging was abit shallow but great spread and smoothness,not the best inner detailing but better then the Onkyos and Yamahas.Plenty of inputs and outputs to create a theatical movie setting,realisum of the different setting was very accurate and simple.Buttons lay out was excellent and the cluter aspect of other receivers were pleasantly not present.Again if this unit only had DTS I will rank this in the top three of all times of the best Elite receivers Pioneer ever made but if your on a budget and the DTS feature is not a great lost then by all means audition this wonderful unit.

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Very good sound quality for a receiver, good power, phono input, solid construction, beautifully finished.

It could have a few more digital inputs...

I've been using this unit for almost 2 years and have no complaints about it, only praise. Basically I agree in every aspect with Art, but I also use it for music listening. It drives my B&W 602 very well and When the settings are in small for the speakers, the Sunfire MK2 sub works along for music too. The lack of DTS doesn't bothers me yet, sice very few DVD's uses it and me preferences are for those which has dolby digital sound and lots of extra features. I'm far from upgading it!

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I had a pro-logic Pioneer VSX-D902S.

I recently was in the market for a Dolby Digital receiver, and after carefully shopping the entire market, I choose the Pioneer ELITE VSX-07TX. This receiver provided the best overall features, performance and COMPATIBILITY to the all-round home theater package. Not to mention its THX certification makes it perfect for any enthusiast to parallel any statistics. ELITE is by far the best consumer level audio/video manufacturer around. Listen for yourself, and look.

I recently was in the market for a Dolby Digital receiver, and after carefully shopping the entire market, I choose the Pioneer ELITE VSX-07TX. This receiver provided the best overall features, performance and COMPATIBILITY to the all-round home theater package. Not to mention its THX certification makes it perfect for any enthusiast to parallel any statistics. ELITE is by far the best consumer level audio/video manufacturer around. Listen for yourself, and look.

I recently was in the market for a Dolby Digital receiver, and after carefully shopping the entire market, I choose the Pioneer ELITEVSX-07TX. This receiver provided the best overall features, performance and COMPATIBILITY to the all-round home theater package. Not to
mention its THX certification makes it perfect for any enthusiast to parallel any statistics. ELITE is by far the best consumer level audio/video
manufacturer around. Listen for yourself, and look.

I bought the VSX-07TX about two weeks ago and am quite satisfied with it's performance. It delivers VERY clean sound, has amazing Dolby Digital and Pro Logic decoding, and has all the features you could ask for. It's Pioneers second best AV receiver, 2nd only to the VSX-09TX, and the only differences between the two are cosmetic. I would highly recommend this product.

I bought the PioneerElite VSX-07TX in Dec. 1997.I wanted toget a Dolby Digital reciever,and had been looking and trying some out for sometime. I previously owned Yamaha's 1070 and was looking at the 2092. I'm glad I got the 07, because for the money it compared equally favorable to the 2092 plus THXcertification. I'm very pleased with its performance to date. Also in plain stereo mode,it is awesome.I would highly recomend this reciever to anyone who enjoys movies as well as music.

I bought the VSX-07TX about two weeks ago and am quite satisfied with it's performance. It delivers VERY clean sound, has amazing Dolby Digital and Pro Logic decoding, and has all the features you could ask for. It's Pioneers second best AV receiver, 2nd only to the VSX-09TX, and the only differences between the two are cosmetic. I would highly recommend this product.

I've owned my VSX-07THX for a few months. The amplifier section is wonderfully powerful, and surprisingly clean for a Pioneer product (but, hey what wouldyou expect with that THX plaque on the front). Surround decoding is first
rate for a receiver, tight steering and great envelopement in both Pro-logic
and AC-3. It is predominently being used for CD music, most recently connected
through the LD's digital input. Through the analog input, the midrange seemed
a bit grainy and lacked presence. Though the digital input, everything opened
up; the treble has more detail and the midrange is smoother and has more
depth.

The only major complaint I have with the unit concerns the subwoofer output
level. The way the system setup is done, you balance all 5.1 channels using
test tones (yes, the sub channel is included in the test tones) and the levels
you set are used for all of the surround modes (AC-3, Pro-logic, et al).
However, when you switch into Stereo or Direct modes, you have no control
over the relative levels of the channels and the sub's output level increases
by ~6dB relative to the 0dB setting for surround mode levels. It basically
amounts to an incredible exaggeration in the sub's output when switching from
properly balanced surround into stereo. I find myself having to get up to
adjust my Velodyne's output level accordingly (I have two marks ticked off
on the dial for just that reason) which I guess isn't that big of a deal.
I have to put in a DVD or video anyway, right?

Other than that, if you have very efficient speakers (93dB+ at 1W/1m, the exaggeration is easier to balance between the modes), or, if you
just will be using the unit for home theater, I can't think of any other
model on the market that meets the performance&feature/price ratio of
the VSX-07THX. Good ergonomics with an ugly, but effective, on-screen
display and an ugly, but effective, remote. Plenty of I/O. Clean video
switching. Before the purchase, I was looking at several models, but chose
the VSX-07THX for one reason or another.

Denon AVR-3600: very bright and gritty sounding on all but the mellowest
speakers.

Denon AVR-5600: too expensive for basically the same sound quality and
only slightly more power.

Onkyo TX-DS939THX: ditto!

Yamaha RXV2092 & 992: comparably imprecise surround decoding. Better sound
quality on analog inputs though (2092).

I'm not unhappy with the decision. Check it out.