>>> Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K 7-Channel A/V Receiver in Black Review

>> Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K 7-Channel A/V Receiver in Black Review

Key Features

• Type: Receiver
• Number of Channels: 7.1 Channels
• Stereo Mode Power: 140 Watt @ 6 ohm, 1 kHz
• Surround Mode Power: 140 Watt @ 6 ohm, 1 kHz
• Surround Sound: DTS ES® DTS Neo:6 DTS 96/24 Dolby Digital® EX Dolby Pro Logic IIx DTS-HD Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) Dolby Digital® 5.1
• Broadcast Format Supported: 1080p (1125p)

The best image and sound - from any source
The VSX-1019AH-K supports the latest video technologies such as HDMI Deep Color and xvColor so the Blu-ray Disc? movies and other HD sources will be great on your HDTV. Using advanced technology, the VSX-1019AH-K will be DVD deluxe, so when you put on your HDTV, you have a fresher, higher resolution and better image than in the past, infusing new life into your old movies .

Customer Review
I finally received my Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K 7-Channel A/V Receiver in Black last night. I ended up being too late the night before to set it up. I bought the Pioneer in 1019 after a long decision-making between the Denon 1910, Onkyo 607 and Yamaha 765. I had 4 HDMI, so the old models did not work and was limited in depth so that the stamp was 4. I went with the Pio, because I've always been a fan of the sound and quality and each of the others are one or two things wrong (not shown Denon, Onkyo quality problems (?), Input yammy vacancy). My only concern with the Pio was in amplifiers and reducing weight. Affect the sound quality and power? Based on my initial tests, NO. This Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K 7-Channel A/V Receiver in Black has a very bright sound with great detail in a low and high. I heard no hint of tension.

Design
While the device is smaller and lighter than 1018 did not seem "cheap" and more than enough even to suggest that power. It looks really good in the rack. Distance is a bit "confused" but I will not use long after the installation and the Harmony database had all relevant codes, a pleasant surprise for a recent issue.

The installation process
"It was very easy to connect all speakers and components. The manual stinks, but it had been a reasonable period of time with the manual online before and after a few can read in the landfill. It took about an hour to get all old equipment and new equipment in allocating the tickets has been relatively easy. Change the name of inputs was difficult because of the way they handle text input, but was very flexible. I had some "problems assign the optical audio signal from my Macbook, along with an HDMI input. First, he tried to assign the optical directly to an HDMI input, but it is not possible. However, I had both the HDMI and optical assign a completely different name (I chose DVR). It worked well, but I suspect he really means that I lost a video input, because I can not send anything to the original HDMI input. There is a significant problem if not using all entries, but it was pretty nasty.

I have not done yet, but I have the manual MCACC speaker and speaker setup using my old Sony AVR and entry here. It was pretty easy, even with this rudimentary setup the sound was great. Even my wife (who is happy with the TV speakers only) referred to quality improvement.

I found a number of DSP and the repercussions, but I prefer to run everything, especially for BD set, but it was nice to extensive use my iPod stereo and all speakers.

Video
I had many questions about the video scaler. I agree with most posters that you should not buy an AVR that possibility. Most TV will do better than the $ 500 AVR. My TV is a 2006 model and average was taken to place what I wanted to see how it would look. I have my Comcast DVR with HDMI and Component / Optical to calculate the difference. HDMI looks very good (and not reduction, of course), but there was no effect on the visual signal. I had the sound is not annoying. Component looks really good for high-definition signals. I could not understand the difference between HDMI and component signals to HD channels.

Then I tried some SD channels with the scaler set to 1080p. The AVR is nice, but it was better than my TV. No worse, but I've already expressed my scaler is pretty average. So, as I said, do not buy the unit for expansion, but not bad either. Proof of the source and the TV and you may or may not lead to an improvement in PQ.

The good news is that it has a very good job upscaling (switch from analog to digital), which means you can have 6 HD sources (4 HDMI and Component 2), which is nice.

The only thing that seemed strange was in the configuration of the signals for 4:3 aspect ratio. The default is 'through' which makes me think that the signal unchanged, but in reality to the elongation of the signal (and does a poor job of that). I opened the sign of "normal" and then immediately after 4:3 signal intact - a big improvement.

All other sources look great. Panny BD35 looks and sounds and I was happy to see that my Macbook was able to get a clean signal through the AVR to the TV.

Audio
So the real question is how this unit sounds. As I said, I am very satisfied with the quality and balance. Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K 7-Channel A/V Receiver has all sounds warm and detailed. I hope to further improve the regulatory MCACC. I have heard a number of units in time and this was the Pioneer sound quality you expect from them. Do not think anyone will be disappointed with the sound or the power (of course if you're willing to spend 3x $ $ you can get a better quality of the Elite series. For the price, definitely buy one of these. Try Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K 7-Channel A/V Receiver and you will love it.