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Pioneer 550W 51-Ch Home Theater Receiver

#39

★★★★★
4.6

based on 17 reviews  

 

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★★★★☆
4.3

$189.98 - $209.99

from 3 stores

Pros

  • Accurate controls (3)
  • Clean sound (3)
  • Good power (3)
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Cons

  • Could use a cooling fan (1)
  • Difficult to set up (1)

Best Uses

  • Home theater (3)
  • Basic systems (1)
  • Larger rooms (1)
  • Smaller rooms (1)
 
 
 

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Pioneer 550W 51-Ch Home Theater Receiver

BizRate Rating Outstanding 9.3

$189.98

 

$199.00

 

$209.99

 

Product Reviews

Last update: Oct 30, 2009

Pioneer 550W 51-Ch Home Theater Receiver Reviews

 
 
 

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[0 of 2 customers found this review helpful]

 
★★★★★
5.0
awesome features plus a great price!!

"I have been designing and building my own audiophile stereo speakers for 20+ years now. This receiver replaced a VERY high end seperate processor/preamp and seperate amps for front and surround channels. This unit does take some time to burn in (break in) but after that happens it's a teriffic sounding unit. Plenty of power and a lot of fantastic features. I love that I can use the HDMI for video and it includes..." Read Full Review »

Oct 30, 2009 by baman

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★☆☆☆☆
1.0
Don't Waste Your Time or Money

"Pioneer vsx519v specs says this receiver has on screen display and the instruction booklet that came with it stated that on screen display cannot be set up with just HDMI cable but must be connect to TV with component cable in order to set up the receiver with all the functions that it provides. The receiver was set up properly according to the tech but the tech informed me that the receiver was defective and I ..." Read Full Review »

Aug 21, 2009 by lb2216

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Pioneer 550W 51-Ch Home Theater Receiver Review

Simple Elegant and a Steal

★★★★★
5.0

"When I wanted to replace a fairly expensive 7.1 Marantz ZR6001, mostly to gain HDMI's, I first made the mistake of getting a Yamaha RX-v365. What a mistake. It was hard to use, sounded worse than the Marantz and worst of all, needed extra audio cables in addition to the HDMI's. It was in every respe …"  Read Full Review »

Oct 17 2009
RCpublic
Obamagone OR
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Price: $209.99
 
 

Pioneer 550W 51-Ch Home Theater Receiver Review

Awesome Receiver

★★★★★
5.0

"This Pioneer receiver is by far the best A/V receiver I have had in my lifetime. My dad was even impressed by its total power and its surround sound capabilities.



I have two Yamaha NS-325 speakers from 1979 as my fronts and my Center and Rear's are BIC Venturi 52 bookshelf speakers and with their m …"  Read Full Review »

Jul 10 2009
TechGuru2010
Lubbock, TX
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Price: $209.99
 
 

Pioneer 550W 51-Ch Home Theater Receiver Review

No other receiver at this ...

★★★★★
5.0

"No other receiver at this price point can offer you this sound quality and features. Period. The Phase Control offers a Bass management you can actually feel working, and the clear crystal sound of this receiver, thanks to the Advance AUREUS Processor by Texas Instrument at the amazing rate of 110 w …"  Read Full Review »

Aug 11 2009
Alex09
Miami
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Price: $209.99
 
 

Pioneer 550W 51-Ch Home Theater Receiver Review

My old Sony 5.1 receiver ...

★★★★★
5.0

"My old Sony 5.1 receiver died. I have been building my own home theatres for about 20 years now. I was ready for a new receiver because all of my components, Samsung 42" plasma, Direct-Tv HD/DVR, Upscaled DVD player, had HDMI connection options and my receiver could not facillitate that. I wanted to …"  Read Full Review »

Aug 15 2009
deaconblue5
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Price: $209.99
 
 

Pioneer 550W 51-Ch Home Theater Receiver Review

very nice

★★★★★
5.0

"I was able to get this recieiver for $170 open box buy and a 5.1 polk audio speaker kit for $150 OBB.

I wanted a small eazy to use home theater system with built in blu-ray. I like technology and my wife needs somthing simple to use.

I wanted a powerd subwoofer. you just cant get the bass out of a n …"  Read Full Review »

Jul 15 2009
smithkustoms
lexington,nc
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Price: $209.99
 
 
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$209.99

 

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