Great Receiver

suits mid size spaces, not bigger than 50-60 square meters (aroung 500 squre foot I think). if you have a bigger living room, buy a stronger receiver and bigger speakers.

I got this receiver having replaced my prior 3 ones - Yamaha, Marantz and Kenwood because i was not happy with their musical performance. The prioneer 1014 is definitly a step up, great sound quality and integrity almost to the top of the DB's, I guess my speakers couldn't handle at that point. cut clear sound, depth and very low harmonic distortion even at high level delivering an almost top class amplification. I read alot of comments on the remote control, well, I found it extremely well designed, I think they did a great job on making it a real multi device remote. for example, they put the TV on/off button as an always available button, no matter which state the remote is in, something i found very annoying in other similar remotes. there are many other well thought features to this remote , which I appreciated, as they influence the usability of the remote and living with it comfortably, replacing all the remotes in the living room. Receiver design is great, right size and presence for this device. Pioneer packed alot of technology into this device, including the automatic tuning using microphone feedback, worked great. By the way, I have the Wharfedale mid size modus speakers, wharfdale 10 inch sub and wharfedale diamond series center , all of which appear to be a great match for the receiver. to summarize, with it's low price tag of 350$, First class receiver for every employee!

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Power when running all channels and features

None at this price

For the money this is a great receiver! I bought this for a medium sized bedroom. I compared it to a number of receivers but finally got down to two, this and the Yamaha RX-V750 which is about a $100-$150 more. Both are excellent and I had a Yamaha 2 channle receiver years ago that I really enjoyed. However this time I found when driving 5 channels hard the Yamaha was wanting for power and even clipped, the Pioneer did not. Both have a great feature set. I really like the MACC on the Pioneer. It does an excellent job of the initial setup then you can fine tune afterwards for your particular tastes. I also like the video up conversion ... keeps wiring to a minimum going up to the TV. This is a slightly warm sounding receiver and perhaps lacks a bit of sharpness the Yamaha had (brightness perhaps) so anyone comparing should listen as that is the real deciding factor... your ears. Overall I am very satisfied with this receiver. BTW I have since run across a German Magazine review of this receiver and they think it is the best thing since sliced bread and a true giant killer. They were also impressed with it's ability to put out full rated power through all 5 channels driven simultaneously.

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Kenwood VR????8070 I think and the Yamaha RX-V750

Entry level a/v receiver with THX for the budgeted consumer.

Does not meet my expectations for a unit claiming the power and technology thrown into it.

Great value for THX and 7.1. Good product for the entry level home theater user. Has all the features of much more expensive a/v receivers. Decent power and functionality. My opinion is solely based on the comparison between the Pioneer 1014tx and the Yamaha rx-v450. Hands down, the Yamaha out performs the Pioneer in sound management and clarity. The Yamaha picked apart the sounds and placed them better in surround modes than the Pioneer. Also, I question the Pioneers power ratings. The power rating of the Yamaha is lower, 110 w vs. 85 w per channel. The clarity of sound at lower levels from the Yamaha is much better than the Pioneer. The Pioneer does have the weight of a expensive unit and enough inputs to compete with higher priced models. The Yamaha has a second zone on top of the 6.1. The Pioneer loses 7.1 to 5.1 in order for the second zone to function. Both remotes are busy and instruction manuals can be confusing at times. The pioneer does have the auto set up feature. I find that the auto feature cannot replace the manual set up. After all, everyone has a different response to sound. Technology standards is not always the best for you.

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Yamaha rx-v450

The feature set for the money is an incredible buy

1-The sound in stereo 2- the remote is a step back in time 3- Reliabilty. The video went out in 17 days.

Sold my HK AVR7200 becasue I wanted macc speaker equlization and video conversion. Was going to buy the HK AVR635 when the salesman suggested this Pioneer model. Same features at half the price. I thought I would give it a try. Yikes! Double yikes!! Triple Yikes.!!! The sound in stero is ok but just that. After to listening to HKs and then this pioneer, well its like moving from Aretha to Beyonce. Both can sing but one can really sing. Second yike was the remote was a major step down from the HK remote. Nor is it backlit. HK really did their home work with their recent remotes. This pioneer remote was a step back in time. Button to close and without logic. Third yike and the biggest one of all was, the video output blew after 17 days. I didnt do anything funny, u know I was just watching a movie, the Seven Sumarai by Akira Kurosawa and the screen blanked out. I said to myself, "What the heck." So I had to run through every connection in my system to find the problem. For some reason the pioneer would no longer upconvert regular video or output any video at all, through any output. Regular or s-video. I called pioneer and they said, "Did I try to reset the unit!" I was aghast at the thought of having to reset a unit with only 17 days of use on it. What happens after a few months down the road? Will I need to reset it often? Whats the problem? Why did it go out in the first place? The tech support person gave me all of the prescribed answers all of which were really lame corporate BS. Needless to say I returned the unit the next day to J and R. They were really good about it since they have a 14 day exchange or money back warranty and this was now the 18th day. Well I came home with the HK AVR 635. $400 more but hopefully less yikes. I was using the pioneer receiver with a Panasonic DVD S-27 DVD player, a older sony es cd player, a jvc 27 inch stereo TV and Athene speakers all the way around. AF2s in the front. My rating speaks for its self. I dont care if one of my components is a $1000 or $100 I want it to work and not break down for any non-discernable reason. If I could give this unit a zero I would. I checked and this unit was made in Malaysia. Since when did they start making receivers in Malaysia???

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Power, clarity, bass reproduction, video up conversion to component.

eq functions are disabled, for 6 channel analog inputs. At this price, who cares!!

I can't beleive the quality of this amplifier, for the price at retail. The bass is amazingly tight, and the highs are absolutely beautiful.

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technics dx950, yamaha 5790

Power! Fidelity! THX for $300+. Video up convertion. Easy of control. Auto MCACC!

None at this price level.

Finally, I finished seting up my 1014. It sounds so good that I can not believe it is only $385. Using the Momitsu v880 DVD player and Whafadale Modules.six speakers, it sounds like a $10000 set up in stereo CD audio (without any EQ). To me, many receivers can give you good HT DD 5.1 audio, but very few under $400 can give you good Stereo CD music. My entire set up is less than $1000 ! When I choose a HT receiver, I only listen to its stereo sound with my test CD. The DPLIIx is also out of the world ! It is almost as good as DD 5.1. It really makes my VCD and VCR audio alive. The bass is so good that I do not need to turn on my 1000watt sub. With the THX processing, I really got the best of both stereo and HT audio now. I am so happy to sell my Denon 3803 for this 1014 player. :D

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Great sound - easy setup MACC - up-conversion on all video inputs

None

Easy setup. The automatic setup does in minutes what formerly took me hours to do. It also sets the speaker size and I chose to define my own speaker size for the fronts -small vs. large - because I didn't want to run my mains full range with the sub. I listen to both HT and music. In stereo, this is a great unit - clear, clean, reproduces incredible detail with the right speakers and is sensitive to nuances that were inaudible before. Music and HT are as good as I've ever heard. Well built, easy to set up, good FM tuner, unlike many other receivers I've had. Great feature - up-conversion to component video (or S-video) on all video inputs. This means that my HDTV and DVD player can be on component output. But also my TIVO and VCR can be likewise. All of which means one less switch to do at the TV input. The picture is also better with the up-converson. It has subwoofer crossovers at 50, 80, 100, 150, 200hz and is THX certified. I'm currently trying the 200hz crossover to avoid exciting room effects below 200hz by anything but the subwoofer. This seems to be working very nicely. The unit also provides for using the second room amplifier section as a second amplifier for bi-amping. A nice feature. Although this is a brand new unit, I don't find it listed on Pioneer's page anymore. It looks like the Elite unit priced at $1000. It's a steal at $380 I've been using this unit for 3 1/2 months - no problems - I'm still very pleased with it.

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Music !!! Under $400 !!! True 120Watt for 7 channels. Easy to use remote.

None at this price level !!

I got mine from sun shine dot com. Compared to my previous Denon 3803, this unit is at least 15% bigger and it is less attractive from outside. Since I was busy today, I quickly hooked it up to make sure it work. Connected my Momitsu DVD player using RCA cables, turned both on and slowly adjusting the volume to -12db. My first impression is Oh Boy !! The bass is tight, powerful and deep. The high is clear and accurate. The singer voice is warm and very detail. Even in high volume, it is still very musical. I ended up spending more than 1 hour listening to different CD using my Wharfedale Module.six speaker. My speakers seem to be alive compare to the Denon 3803. I have never spent more than 20 minutes on music with my Denon 3803. All of these are without auto calibration yet I wonder how much it can get after auto calibration. If the 56txi and 59txi is 20 to 30% better than this, I really do not mind to pay more. For now I am very happy with this receiver and I can't wait to test the HT performance with my 120" screen!

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component upconversion price power

no multi-room

My sony receiver died last month so i began looking for a 7.1 receiver. It soon became clear which 2 receivers soon out the most for under $500. It was either the yamaha htr-5790 (same as rx-v1400) or the pioneer vsx-1014tx. Even though the yamaha had some extra features like multi-room, i felt the extra $100 premium was not worth it and that the pioneer was more powerful. Anyways, the pioneer came last week and so far I have been in music heaven. Everything sounds so clean and crisp and the power is incredible. Highly recommeneded. PS: S&V recently reviewed the 52tx (which is basically a pioneer 1014 with some extra features) and it found that it can deliver 115wpc at 8ohms with all drives driven. Just for comparison, thats twice the amount that the yamaha delivers.

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