Customer Ratings & Reviews

If you love rock in Roll the Pioneer - Elite is the best, has everything you need from music to TV I replace my Denon AVR 4500 for the Pioneer - Elite best move i did I Love it

Was using a Denon x4100w before the HDMI inputs went out. Luckily I had Best Buy's protection plan as it allowed me to upgrade to this beast. I tried out a Pioneer before this item, but was completely underwhelmed by all aspects of sound and customization. This Yamaha though, has exceeded my expectations. Thought I would miss Denon's xt32 sound adjustment, but Yamaha's is pretty good too. This Yamaha receiver feels really well built too. Sounds great for movies and music. Highly recommend!

I bought this to upgrade my existing Pioneer Elite. Before I did. I did purchase a Marantz. The Marantz does not come close to the power this Pioneer Elite it puts out. I feel the Marantz is at least 5db lower then the Pioneer Elite when set to the same Db on both brands. Also I feel the picture and sound quality comes out a lot clearer and crisper on the Pioneer Elite Vs the Marantz in its class. Also, I you can't beat the Class D Amplifier by Pioneer Elite. OMG! All around a solid receiver with Dolby Atmos to boot but that's if you have Dolby Atmos Speakers and movies to experience that true theatre sound like I do. Dolby Atmos is AWESOME! Pioneer Elite you never fail to amaze me. You had me at, Hello!

Delivers enough power and clarity to immerse a 15 x 20 room full of clean sound as a 5.1 system. Haven't had the opportunity to test the Dolby Atmos since I don't have true Dolby Atmos speakers yet so cannot comment on that. Setup is fairly straight forward and simple if you wish to use the MCACC or you can also easily set up the audio profile to your liking if you're an audiophile. I chose to use the MCACC and then tweaked it a little afterwards. A slew of connectivity options means you will won't run out of input ports. Like any AV receiver, the unit does get extremely warm so make sure to allow enough airspace for natural convection to occur, or you can purchase a cooler / blower to extract the heat.

I waited for a few months to verify that my initial happiness would continue. I am running 9.2 full atmos in my media room with the top of the line Epson projector. The sound is fantastic and easily adjustable. I have 3 cons: 1. I have found is if you are using wireless connection to the Epson projector you are not able to use the onscreen display to configure the sound on the receiver. 2. The app is garbage. You would think for 1000.00 that you would be able to connect to the receiver and configure. NOPE 3. You can not easily add the 2nd sub. It is not intuitive and the receiver once you have it enable does use it but it still reports 7.1 sound.

I have owned several Pioneer Elite receivers. All have been great performers and this one is no exception. Easy to setup and operate and the fact that it sounds fantastic is icing on the cake!

First let me start by saying, over the years we have had receivers of all brands. We had a Pioneer many years ago and for whatever reason we went with other brands after. Boy am I glad to be back with Pioneer! This particular receiver is one of the best we have had. It's not only easy to use and learn but very efficient in how it works. The display is very nice and the option to have multiple zones of sound is a nice bonus. We have very high ceilings and this receiver has done well in eliminating the echo. I would highly recommend this receiver to anyone I met. I know the price might be a little on the high side but it is absolutely worth it.

This receiver has tons of power for my Bower and Wilkins speakers to say the least. I was amazed of how easy the set up was and to download the pioneer app and make adjustments was simple. Great product.

Easy to set up. Easy to learn. Easy to use. Great sound

It has lots of power sounds fantastic I'm glad I made the purchase impressive should last a long time

Crazy powerful. Awesome audiosettings. Easy setup.

The sound is prestine and quality is unmatched. Don't cheapened out on anything less

Bought this unit replace a an aging unit. You will need to hook up hdmi to do initial setup. Sound is very robust, way better than my old unit. Played some dsd music through usb, sounded great. Bluetooth works really well, quick to pick up my phone. Airplay is a little slow. Haven't setup atmos so I can't review atmos features. Overall, I'm loving this unit.

This model was available on closeout from 2017(!). It's nearly identical to the newer SC-LX704 once firmware updates are applied, with Play-Fi, AirPlay 2, Chromecast, and Works with Sonos, among its supported wireless streaming ecosystems. It has 9 channels expandable to 11, with MCACC Pro room correction. Maybe it can't match up to Audyssey XT32, but it has manual correction, so you can take your own measurements and tweak them. A nice feature of a higher-end AVR. Heat is not an issue with the Class D amps, and it plays louder than other AVRs I've tried, not that I want to shake the house. About the only thing missing is eARC, which I don't need, since I use the receiver as the hub.

I have an SC-55 which is a predecessor to this one. I think I overheated it at one point and loss the Pandora option to play through the app. (I now have 5 temperature controlled fans on it) I had it installed in a simple 5.1 set up with 2 zones outside (two speakers each). At some point I began having issues with the sound in the house. Fought it for a year and decided to get a replacement. Bought the new unit and it seemed a little better (wishful thinking). Long story short, my Definitive Tech center channel wasn't working. I decided to keep the new one and love it. They've added bluetooth which allows the easy connection of Amazon Alexa and they have a new app which gives you a lot more control. You can now run any input on any zone now. All controlled with the app. I haven't figured out how to get more volume out of the 2nd and 3rd zone but it's not a big deal.

Great sounds, awesome look. Open box is always a hit and miss at bestbuy. You have been warned, no remote, broken front plate, missing all accessories!

This receiver has it all. Dolby Atmos and DTS-X decoding, ample HDMI inputs, plus the auto MCACC channel and volume setup is a breeze. Remote has far fewer buttons than previous models, but can be learned easily. Great high end receiver

Awesome sound out of this unit. Easy to use UI to set it up. Boots up very quickly.

Really nice receiver. Clean layout. Connections for everything. HDMI 4K capable looks amazing. Sound is very clean and powers my Klipsch speakers towers with room filling sound!

This product was easy to ubderstand and use with a very competitive pricing.