
Customers consistently note the VSX-LX805 11.4 Channel AV Receiver for its astounding sound quality and powerful performance. Many feel it's an amazing deal for the price. However, some customers have reported concerns regarding its long-term reliability, with a few experiencing issues.
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Boasting new technology and brimming with studio-grade circuitry, the VSX-LX805 has been engineered to satisfy your every AVR need. While our audio prowess stems from premium componentry and studio-level processing, our objective has always been to deliver world-class home entertainment solutions to discerning home theater enthusiasts across the globe. Cutting-edge hardware is essential, but our leadership position within the industry comes down to feedback from you, the Elite user. We’ve spared no expense in bringing the Pioneer Elite VSX-LX805 to market, enhancing our past successes and leveling-up our features for the modern age.

The Elite VSX-LX505 creates the soundscape of IMAX Enhanced and Dolby Atmos/DTS:X ideally calibrated with Advanced MCACC, and even provides similar sound effects with Dolby Atmos Height Virtualizer without additional surround speakers. Enjoy spectacles from nextgen video/gaming standards with support for HDMI 2.1*1 with 8K, VRR, ALLM, QFT pass-through, or stream songs across the house with Multi Zone Music, SONOS system, Chromecast built-in, DTS Play-Fi, and Apple AirPlay 2. Don’t forget it also features Powered Zone 2/ Zone 3 Audio, 11.2/5.6/2.8 MHz DSD playback with PCM conversion, 2 HDMI outputs and Roon Tested certification. Finally, it works withAlexa or Hey Google for voice control.

The all-new TX-RZ70 delivers remarkably pure sound, stellar visuals and new technologies to power the heart of your home entertainment system. Rest easy: With uncompromising high resolution audio/video reproduction, you'll enjoy movies, music and games exactly as the creators intended.

Start your new entertainment life in the media room, where the RZ50 passes 8K HDR video to your display via HDMIR—optimized for lag-free gameplay and feeds Dolby AtmosR or DTS:XR sound to your 5.2.4-ch speaker system with high-current power behind it. Move to another space and music follows with three-zone powered audio and the SMART AV Receiver suite controlled by voice with easy access to streaming services. The AVR fits into your Sonos system and plays to headphones over bidirectional BluetoothR wireless technology. With 75 years of hi-fi knowhow elevating our THXR Certified Select and IMAXR Enhanced certified RZ Series custom amp design, music, film scores, and game soundtracks thrill with emotion, sound perfected by Dirac LiveR Room Correction. This AVR has features others don’t, such as front-to-height stereo switching for background listening, DSP vocal/dialog enhancement, My Volume presets, and an OSD function that compares source data to output settings so playback can be optimized before entertainment kicks off.
| Pros for Pioneer Elite - VSX-LX805 11.4 Channel AV Receiver - Black | |||
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| Sound Quality, Power, Price | Sound Quality, Power, Ease of use, Bluetooth, Dirac Live | There were no pros for this product— | There were no pros for this product— |
| Cons for Pioneer Elite - VSX-LX805 11.4 Channel AV Receiver - Black | |||
| Durability | Display | There were no cons for this product— | There were no cons for this product— |