steve fortune

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.43 of 5, 7.00 votes

Price Paid:  $4000.00 from Aurora video audeo B

Summary:
This is the best av receiver that I could find . This receiver blew away all the Denon,sony,yamaha,harmon kardon receivers that I could find in their top models. To compare I used lord of the rings 1 and Dare devil for movies and bass mekanic audeo demo disks with my klipsch RF-7 fronts RC-7 center and two pair of RF-5 forsurrounds. I never hert any of the receivers but after an hour at about 95% volume they all had isues except the 49 txi the only one that would keep up at all for claritey was the Harmon Kardon 7300. It only held clean up to about 75% of the volume. The TXI 49 was clean up to plus 2 on the volume from minus 80 and it actuley ran cooler at higher volumes then at lower the compotition all ran way hoter then I was comfertabol with. I realy enjoy the way this receiver up converts all of the video to component. So you do not have to fidle with each home theater piece. The front panel diming option is nice as well. there are plenty of hook up options for many home theater components. The remote is completely un mached by any of the compotition you can create your own butons and label them. This unit also gets realy good radio reception. For more info go to ultimate av for a profesinal review.

Strengths:
Un mached power and clairitey. Beautiful piece of equipment. Easy to use for those technologicley impaired people. Best construction of a receiver. Still Black.

Weaknesses:
Heavy

Similar Products Used:
Technics 910 Yamaha rx-v750,Sony str-da-9000,denonavr-5800 and harmon kardon 7300

Price Paid:  $2600.00 from Sound Advice

Summary:
THE BEST!!!! If you want the best, stop your search now.

Strengths:
Sound quality, build quality, ease of use, beautiful design & finish, great remote, made in Japan, copper plated chassis, great D/A converters & amps, MCACC setup, excellent manual, built like a brick you know what, great value at $2600.

Weaknesses:
When unit is turned off, red standby LED is too bright at night. That's the ONLY weakness this unit has!

Similar Products Used:
Nothing else comes close to this Pioneer.

Price Paid:  $2600.00 from www.acousticsounddes

Summary:
This is Pioneer's top of the line receiver. This has been a big stepup from my previous Sony receiver. Sound is just awesome for both HT and music, very natural indeed. And the MCACC feature definitely makes a difference in sound. Turning this feature on make the speakers blend very nicely (I'm temporarily using JBL surrounds with Klipsch Reference mains/center). The video up-conversion is very practical, as only 1 connection is needed between the receiver and TV. The control is also pretty good, it can pretty much control all your HT gear. Pioneer VSX-49TX Klipsch RF-5s Klipsch RC-7 JBL surrounds (upgrading soon) SVS 20-39 PC+

Strengths:
Build quality, remote, MCACC, video upconversion

Weaknesses:
none

Price Paid:  $2800.00 from Reliableaudiovideo.c

Summary:
This is for the new VSX-49TXi I have had this receiver for a couple weeks and can say it is the best reciever I have ever owned! The sound is awesome, setup is very easy and has all the fetures one could ask for. 99% of it's use in my setup is for watching movies and for this perpass it absolutely excells in everyway and in my opinion the remote is awesome also. I have a Pronto that I have not touched since getting this remote, it easely works everything in my home theater and the screen is a little easier on the eye's. Read the reviews you wont be disappointed.

Strengths:
Sound, Build quality, desing, Easy to use, MACAA, i-link, remote, lots of fetures, Must I go on?

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
None

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Very clean warm sounding. This unit brought out the musical sound track on DVDs so much better than my low end Costco special. lol I went into this knowing the sound would be a bit better, but never imagined a nice receiver could bring out sounds not only better, but also some I have never heard before. The background music sounds like a live orchestra Vs an AM transistor radio on my old unit. Stereo is also better as it is warm, cleaner and has more authority, but the biggest improvement was 5.1 quality for me. I have had the opportunity to see how ea. Piece of a high-end HT setup makes a difference. My first upgrade was a Wide screen Elite 53" TV(RPTV). This is what made me raise my audio standards...If you haven't seen one, picture Sony making a 53" picture tube and that's how nice it looks... I then purchased Def Techs BP2000 towers, then a CLR3000 center, now a 49TX. Soon my BPXs will be here, and I will have little need to go to a theater again....lol How often does a Star Wars type(must see theater)movie really come out? I found my self watching tons of HBO as I now can run my sat dish into the rec for sound...Wow, many of these movies have great music sound tracks on them and enlighten the viewing experience so much that I want to watch them again. This puppy is pure quality....even the microphone compares to the high quality of my Shure SM58 professional mic(both very heavy) Watching HD Discovery with this quality sound is amazing!!! Speakers make the most difference, but a nice receiver will bring out the full potential of your DVD content like it was intended for. I can See(I mean HEAR) why THX certified this puppy! My System: Elite 520HD Elite 49TX Elite 37A BP2000 CLR3000 BPXs 6000 HD dish box

Strengths:
Sound quality

Weaknesses:
My Bass Boat isn't getting any use