Pioneer VSX-1016TXV-K 7.1 Channel Audio/Video Receiver

by Pioneer

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 21.6 x 20.4 inches ; 37.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 38 pounds
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• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000HC0BJG
• Item model number: VSX-1016TXV-K
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,302 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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Home entertainment gets a powerful boost with this Pioneer® 7.1 channel A/V receiver. High-quality audio and video comes with ultra-convenient connectivity. The receiver’s six digital inputs includes two HDMI inputs (and one HDMI output) with 1080p compatibility for the very best in high-definition video. The all-digital HDMI interface eliminates the hassle and mess of wires, with one-cable connections and super-fast transfers of uncompressed — and uncompromised — high-res video content from source to screen. With three HD capable component video inputs, you can connect a progressive scan DVD-player/recorder, an HD gaming console, and an HD cable or satellite set-top box to your receiver and access them with the touch of a button. Add in the ability to receive content in XM-HD Surround powered by Neural Audio*, connect to an iPod® player via an optional IDK-01 dock (sold separately), and decode WMA-9 Pro files, and you can also enjoy multi-channel digital satellite radio, iPod player content and PC audio files played through your home theater system. In glorious surround sound. Pioneer's patent pending Sound Retriever technology even enhances compressed audio formats to give them more dynamic range and acoustic impact.

Sonic boom

Don't just experience your home entertainment. Immerse yourself in it, with 110 watts across up to seven speakers, THX Select2™-certified surround sound, and eight advanced concert and cinema surround modes including Dolby® Digital EX, DTS® ES, and DTS 96/24. All optimized by Pioneer's Digital Core Engine powered by dual 48-bit Freescale® DSP processing LSIs. Go ahead, and turn it up. Pioneer's ultra-efficient Advanced Direct Energy Amplifier design results in extremely low energy loss, so you can play it loud and still enjoy superior sound quality.

Fine-tune your audio performance.

Recreate the studio engineer's original intent, in your home. In any room. Instantly — thanks to the first automatic Multi-Channel AcoustiC Calibration System (MCACC). Using the supplied microphone. MCACC makes your initial set-up easy and accurate by automatically measuring your room's acoustic environment, then fine tuning the sonic performance of your system. The result is truly accurate multi-channel audio reproduction any sound engineer would admire.

Product Description

top-of-the-line VSX-1016TX dishes out intensely great home-theater performance. It's the world's first receiver to process THX Select 2, for high-impact, multi-channel audio for cinema, concerts, and gaming in rooms of up to 2,000 square feet. It also features advanced surround processing, with DTS-ES Discrete, DTS 96/24, Dolby Digital EX, and Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding. Pioneer's Digital Core Engine performs all digital signal processing with one powerful, compact circuit board, for a shorter signal path and less radiation. A double-precision, high-speed (180 MIPS) Motorola 48-bit DSP the same chip used in Dolby and DTS theater systems worldwide delivers a super-accurate PLL sound-processing clocking module, very low jitter, and virtually no audio degradation. The VSX-1016TX sends 120 watts of equal power to all seven channels. Our Advanced Direct Energy MOSFET discrete transistor amplifiers offer high-power drivability, ultra-efficient amplification, stable imaging, extremely low energy loss, and ultra linear ouput to all channels. And with Automatic MCACC, the VSX-1015TX actually measures and calibrates your audio system for sonic perfection specifically for your living room, regardless of shape or size, automatically. With Microsoft, Pioneer co-developed a Windows Media Audio 9 (WMA-9) Professional Decoder, allowing you to listen to two-channel and multi-channel WMA compressed audio files. Plus, Video Conversion up-converts S-Video and composite video into component video, for a simpler, higher-quality video connection to your TV. Audio/Video Output 2 Audio / 2 Video Digital Inputs 5 / Optical In 3 / Coaxial In 2 / Optical Digital Output 1 / Multi-Channel Input 6 Channel / Audio Preamp Output 7 Channel / Composite Video Input 5 / Composite Video Output 2 / S-Video Input 5 / S-Video Output 2 / Component Video Input 2 / Component Video Output 1 / Headphone Output / Front A/V Inputs Unit Weight 33 lb

Customer Reviews

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Receiver. Ignore first reviewer's rating on the shipping., December 18, 2006

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X. Ni (PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pioneer VSX-1016TXV-K 7.1 Channel Audio/Video Receiver (Electronics)

Awesome receiver, lots of inputs. Simple and good autoconfiguration. It is able to convert all inputs to component. Don't use the HDMI but its there. I wish it had more than 3 S/PDIF ports but I'm an overly optical kinda person. Cheap receiver with all the features of higher priced ones. Lots of controls on front for the times when you've misplaced your remote (some people find this unattractive but personally like the buttons not covered up). No audio sync feature but it's not really a problem unless your projector or HDTV is slow. You can map component, coxial, and optical ports to any of the sources despite all of them having labels.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great receiver, with one caution, February 13, 2007

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B. Lee "Stereo Fan" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pioneer VSX-1016TXV-K 7.1 Channel Audio/Video Receiver (Electronics)

This is a powerful, flexible, and easy to operate receiver, with one caution I will cover later. I purchased it to replace a still operating 5.1 receiver. Most of the receiver functions can be figured out without even referring to the well written manual. The learning remote was able operate all of my equipment with some reprogramming of its buttons after starting with the preprogrammed codes. The only thing the remote can't do is change the tone controls, but there are two tone control presets you can select remotely. My only **CAUTION** is with the remote. Make sure the remote control is asleep (The display on the remote is blank.) when you change the batteries. This takes a few seconds of inactivity. If the display is on, which means the remote is awake, the remote will forget all programming including all learned functions when you remove the battery. The remote at this point will only operate the receiver, and will have to be reprogrammed. Don't let this stop you from buying this great receiver. I would buy it again in a flash.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First impressions, March 31, 2007

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Paul J. Biermann "engineer57" (Columbia, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pioneer VSX-1016TXV-K 7.1 Channel Audio/Video Receiver (Electronics)

I have only had this for 4 weeks, so I have not tried out all of the possible combinations, but so far it meets all of my expectations and it lives up to the other reviews that I read on it before purchasing. This is my first true A/V receiver; I had an older Onkyo Amplifier that provided good service over 15 years. I also upgraded my speakers from 2 positions to 5 with front L/R, rear L/R and a center speaker. I had Fluance SV-10's with the Onkyo and added an AV-SC and two AV-BP2 speakers. The room is small enough that I do not need a subwoofer. The VSX-1016 can be configured to route the low frequencies to the two main speakers and you can choose to bi-amp those speakers if you do not want to use the 2nd Zone feature. The sound is phenomenal. I have not made the jump to a large flat screen yet, so I cannot evaluate the HDMI connections yet or any of the HD performance. CD and DVD performance is very good. After I have used it more, I will submit an update. Based on the performance for value I would recommend this to others.