Pioneer VSX-918V 5.1-Channel AV Receiver

by Pioneer

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0016LEB84
• Item model number: VSX-918V-K
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,005 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Home-Theater surround is an entirely new, wondrous world meshing TV, Video, and Sound. Enter a world of pristine sound and flawless technology. Enjoy a world with more connectivity options. It's a realm of engineering beyond anything previously imagined. Where Advanced Sound Retriever brings near CD quality to your compressed music files. It's a world where you listen with your eyes. See with your hands and hear with your heart. It's a world designed to connect to your iPod® player. An out of this world destination, where XM HD Surround Sound and SIRIUS Satellite Radio have been elevated to a whole new level of acoustic enlightenment. It's a universe of things never seen or heard before. Where abundant HDMI connectivity, 1080p compatibility, 120 watts of audio and 5.1 surround all come together to ensure the highest quality home audio experience possible. It's a world so completely intelligent, so absolutely brilliant, an auto MCACC room calibration system with 5-band EQ now makes it possible for you to create the ultimate listening environment at the touch of a switch in any environment you choose. Connecting to this world is easy with Pioneer VSX-918V A/V receiver. 5 A/V (4 in/1 out), 6 audio (5 in/ 1 out), 1 headphone out connections 12+2 Advanced Surround Modes, including Virtual Surround Back Luminous preset remote control for use in any light condition - SR (Smart Remote) terminal output SIRIUS Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio ready (XM-HD With Neural Sound) with OSD (subscription and antenna required) Front A/V in/iPod Direct in Sound Retriever for enhanced portable audio playback Dialogue Enhancement AM/FM radio tuner with 30 random station presets Bass Management System Large Banana Speaker Terminals Display Dimmer control Unit Dimensions - 16.56 W x 6.25 H x 13.88 D; Weight - 17.9 lbs

Customer Reviews

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28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected, August 9, 2008

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Stephen L. Cotton (Omaha, Ne. United States) - See all my reviews
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I guess I went into the purchase of this receiver with expectations set far too high.I have owned Pioneer receivers for years and was saddened by the death of my Pioneer vsx-608D.I really liked that unit alot.It came out in 1999.It did have Dolby Digital 5.1 sound with DTS.When I got this new 918 hooked up I was very happy with the sound of Dolby Digital and DTS movies.They sounded fabulous.I do however like to listen to music alot.When I switched to the cd input I thought my powered subwoofer had stopped working.I tried everything I could think of to get the bass level up.I made sure the Plus setting was turned on.This setting makes sure that bass signals sent to the large front left and right speakers are also sent to the subwoofer.I ran the auto set-up where you hook a microphone up to the system and it goes through a series of test tones to determine the best set-up for your room.Well,after going through this, all I heard was a trace of bass.I turned on the midnight setting and noticed a positive result.I tried the loud setting and it too made a more noticeable difference in the output of my subwoofer.The midnight setting however was better to my ears.It sounded like the subwoofer was putting out very little bass.I finally called Pioneer customer support and they ran me through a bunch of settings trying to get to an answer to my problem.Nobody was able to tell me anything that could explain the cd input's lack of bass.Finally I was told to take the unit back and exchange it because I had probably gotten a defective unit.After getting my new 918,I was saddened to find out that I was stuck with the exact same problem.I again called tech support and this time was told that the 918 was not designed to play cd's with stereo sound.I was told that it just wasn't capable of outputting a good bass signal to the subwoofer.I couldn't beieve my ears!!He said that this model is designed as a home theater receiver to decode 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS.It is "not designed for 2 channel music".I just don't understand why this unit can't do both.Why did they bother to even put a cd input on the amp?I ended up taking the 918 back and trying a Yamaha model RX-V463.What a difference.I can hear my 5.1 and DTS movies with plenty of bass but more importantly,the Yamaha puts out great bass to the subwoofer for great sounding music cds recorded in stereo.I'm through with Pioneer although in all honesty it had fantastic Dolby Digital and DTS sound.This one issue over music cds ruined the Pioneer experience for me.Pioneer 120 Watts X 5 Hybrid Receiver

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Reciever for the Price, February 12, 2009

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Floyd Clark (Adrian, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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I'd have given it five stars but for the difficulty I had attaching my speaker wires. Very little room to work and I had to back the screws almost all the way out before I could get the wires inserted. Other than that I love it. It sounds good and the controls are very user friendly. The remote actually looks like it was designed for normal human beings.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great receiver at a great price!, July 27, 2008

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B. Tran (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I've never had a receiver before so this is my first purchase of something like this. The price was right ($270 at time of purchase and then amazon adjusted it down to like around $260) and it's this year's model. There are nice blue lights and the receiver is very easy to set up. I connected the speakers to it and followed the instructions in the manual to go through setting up the auto calibration. It went through and tested all 5 channels for me in just a few minutes. Connecting the HDMI cable, digital coaxial, optical cable, etc was easy. It's been a month and I'm very satisfied with the receiver!