Pioneer Elite VSX-01TXH 7.1-Channel Receiver

by Pioneer

Product Details

• Item Weight: 37 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 38 pounds
• ASIN: B001DF7H6Q
• Item model number: VSX-01TXH
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,655 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2005

Product Description

It may be called a receiver, but really, it's a giver. It embraces your every component without prejudice - DVD player, VCR, speakers, television, iPod® player, video game console, XM® and SIRIUS® satellite radio - and harmony results, instantaneously. The results are yours to see, hear and appreciate. You won't just be entertained - you'll be transported, your senses treated to stimuli they haven't experienced before. Control all this power at your command, often with just a single push of a button. And if this isn't impressive enough, watch in awe as Pioneer's Elite® receivers calibrate themselves to their environment automatically with Advanced MCACC, the Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration System, for the best audio experience possible. It's a performance no other receiver in the world can follow. Set your sights on the new Elite® VSX-01TXH 7.1-channel receiver and experience a home theater command center unlike anything you've ever imagined before. With unprecedented audio and video performance from this incredible multi-channel surround sound receiver, enter a new dimension of sight and sound. Brace yourself for 110 Watts x 7 of High-Power Direct Energy Amplification for big, bold beautiful sound. Awaken your senses to high-definition home-theater surround sound from Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD® Master Audio Decoders, processed with THX® Select2 Plus Processing and Certification. Discover a world designed with optimal sound tuning capabilities from Pioneer's innovative Advanced MCACC room calibration and Phase Control technology to ensure the audio arrives at your listening position in complete synchronization.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is what music is supposed to sound like!!!, June 8, 2009

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Mike Griswold (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pioneer Elite VSX-01TXH 7.1-Channel Receiver (Electronics)

With a stereo receiver, you can't go cheap. You'll find that out right off the bat after upgrading to a piece of quality equipment. I consider the Pioneer VSX-01TXH a piece of quality equipment. My dad's old Pioneer receivers power source eventually failed after like 25 years. So to replace it I bought a Sony. Well the first Sony broke after six months, so I bought a more expensive Sony with DTS capabilities. That one worked ok for movies, but I remembered the old Pioneer having a crisp, clear, encompassing 2ch sound from the vintage Klipsch Heresy IIs. The Sony couldn't deliver that, even after spending $500.

Well I'm not a Best Buy shopper anymore and I stopped drinking the Sony KoolAid, so decided it was time to upgrade but I wanted something a little better this time. I was looking for that lost sound I had with the old 80s Pioneer. I checked out online ratings and found the Pioneer brand has sort of built a great reputation lately, after making some cheaper stuff geared towards the Best Buy bargain shopper. I sold the old Sony and got the Pioneer VSX-01TXH. It was the base Elite Series model, has 7.1 capabilities, and more than adequate power for my setup.

The moment I plugged it in I put in a concert DVD and as I plugged in each additional speaker, I was more and more pleasntly surprised. With the factory default settings, this complemented my speakers perfectly. There was no muffled or drowned out echoey noise. There was no unbalanced sound where I had adjust volume levels for each speaker.

Well I found out that this is only the beginning. The receiver comes with a microphone that you can use to optimize the sound acoustics of your room. I placed the microphone where my fat head usually is positioned while watching a movie or listening to an album. The result is a perfectly set speaker system with each speaker being absolutely right. I'm not one to pay hundreds on having some professional survey my room, but I don't think they could do much better of a job than this microphone and receiver/thinking computer. The screen display from the receiver to the TV looks old but who cares. It's simple and only on there for what, the fraction of time you spend setting it up compared to listening time.

I stream music from my laptop to my XBOX. Sound is 50x better than the Sony. I thought there was a problem with my XBOX before, but now I realized I just had a inferior stereo. I'm sorry did I mention it plays directly from a USB port? Yes you can play IPODs and even Flash Drives right from the front panel. The remote control controls the songs so you don't even have to get up off your backside to change the song.

The features of this thing are abundant and it has 4 HDMI ports. It has basically everything you need. There are so many different listening modes and I've still not managed changing Bass or Treble. But I don't really feel the need to, it sounds just the way I want.

I had no idea what I was missing out on. The sound is indescribable, it's like what the songs were supposed to sound like. The only thing I can compare it to are listening to my Koss PortaPro headphones. You really hear the subtleties that don't show up on your typical equipment. You have options for direct sound with no processing, or the amazingly better procesed sound. I thought tube amps were only capable of 'warm' sound like this. If you are in the market an upgrade, or are just starting with a system, get your act together and buy this! I understand this is very subjective, and I don't spout off specs, but I know good sound when I hear it. This gets a 10/10.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frak me - It supports 3D too..., August 30, 2010

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Borat's Bad Brother "Bujoun" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pioneer Elite VSX-01TXH 7.1-Channel Receiver (Electronics)

I bought this bad boy a couple of years ago and im still happy with this receiver! Im getting everything I need out of this awesome machine.

...................SUPER IMPORTANT...................
For the first time I plugged in the microphone that comes with the receiver. You press start and the receiver runs through the calibration process. I never new my system could sound so good. The receiver automatically adjusted the sound quality comming out of my speakers and it never sounded better. I highly recommend everyone do this. It will change everything! Im sticking with this one until it burns out. PERIOD!...

UPDATE: 4-18-11
I just attempted 3D pass-through with this receiver and to my surprise it worked! Im getting 1080P, to each eye, through the receiver and on to my Mitsubishi 3Dtv. I am so frakking happy right now!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't be beat, December 30, 2009

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Daniel Powell "Superman" (Washington,DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pioneer Elite VSX-01TXH 7.1-Channel Receiver (Electronics)

Pioneer Elite VSX-01TXH - AV receiver - 7.1 channelI must start off by saying that Pioneer rules; I've tried other receivers such as the Denon 1909 Harmon Kardon 146 and this receiver by far is better sounding. My wife isn't into the whole this receiver that receiver thing, but she is now a pioneer fan. This bad boy does everything:controls ipods,supports all the latest surround sounds and has audio through the HDMI connections(the Harmon doesn't video only). I got mine from B.B (open box)for $425(this is not a miss print); don't get me wrong the other two receivers are built very nicely but they lack in the pure clear sound that pioneer gives you. Please measure the stand or rack that you will be placing this monster on; because this thing is massive. If you can find one get it; you will not be disappointed.