Customer Ratings & Reviews

Easy setup. Everything looks and sounds great running through system

This is by far the best receiver in the price range. I have tested similar receivers from Denon, Sony and Yamaha, and eventually settled with this one. The Dirac Live settings ensures that sweet spot.

Not used for music just as AVR in family room. Works well for its price build quality is good as well. Onscreen menu very easy to setup.

Short and to the point. Audio is like food and everyone has different tastes. This unit after two days of fiddling with Dirac Live was not capable of even remotely getting close to my old Denon X1600H. I did the Dirac multiple times. Edit filters to cut it off at 500HZ per online audio nerds recommendations. Did the usual setting changes reversing speakers from Large to Small so that the subwoofer gets more lively. So on and so on. What made me finally give up and throw in the towel was the wife, someone that over our 16 years of marriage never noticed any differences in my guitar amps, my studio monitors, previous speakers and avr units. While cooking dinner as I am listening to various music videos on the unit asks me while it sounds weird. At this point she is used to me listening to some music videos in the evenings using our living room speakers so for her to notice a drastic difference without me asking her if she did told me all i needed to know. I don't know what is going on but this unit combined with my speakers sounds soulless. Dry. Flat. Just now before finally putting it in a box to go return it I pulled the Denon unit from the bedroom and hooked it up and did a A/B test with the two units and the Denon just blows this piece out of the water. Music and Movies just sounds so much more musical. Alive. Instead of very loud tv speakers they sound like real speakers when using the Denon. So yeah returning this and waiting for one of the Denon X series models to go on sale.

Great receiver with all the bells and whistles you need. The sound quality was noticeably better than my previous Denon and Std. Pioneer (never buy below the elite line.) But the real reason to buy this one over others is Dirac Live. This is absolutely the best room equalization software and this receiver is the best bang for your buck with Dirac. I dropped a star for the quality only because I started having sound issues after a bit. I believe this to be due more to this being an open box / display unit than an actual defect.

Excellent sound and setup was not hard. The advance setup took a little getting used to it but eventually was nice. Paired with Klipsch speakers and the sound is amazing. Passthrough for 4k 120hz works great. Highly recommend using the free Pioneer/Onkyo App. Makes controlling the receiver super easy.

A great receiver with Dirac Liv built in. No extra cost for a licensing key. After calibration the unit sounds incredible and it capable of passing 4K 120 from a gaming console, no problem.

I really love this A/V receiver. It replaced my Pioneer Elite vsx 90. I get more power and with a easier set up to my whole entertainment experience.

I purchased this in 2022, primarily because it comes with Dirac room correction system embedded. This is a game changer for anyone who wants to experience sound. It plays 2 channel music very well too, which is how i mostly use it for. Supports all the major codecs and streaming music portals. The phono input was not satisfactory, so i connected my turntable via a separate phono preamp. Its well worth the price. I didnt have any issues with this in my 2 years of heavy use. Hope you find this useful

I love my new receiver. Sounds great, already get all my living room new items and make more and more doing better

I had a Yamaha for 4 years and it quit working. I returned it and it was repaired by the Best Buy wannanty . I tried a Sony and it wasn't any better. It was very glitchy and kept losing its settings. Returned it got a Pioneer VSX-LX 305 and it was dead out of the box. Returned it , got a VSX-LX 505 and It is by far the best so far . Great sound at half volume, rocks the house. I purchased the 4 year extended warranty , just in case.

Works great bang for your buck! Sounds great in our TV room!

Movie theater class experience unmatched with 7.2.2 set up. Easy to navigate set up out of the box.

Set up was pretty easy just had one question that pioneer customer service was answered and solved in less then 5 minutes. Easy to use and sounds good.

Excellent receiver, has great sound has Dirac live

I had a 10 year old Pioneer Receiver that went out on me. So I upgraded to this one thinking it would sound exactly like my old receiver. Once installed, The sound was amazing, even with the same surround speakers I already had. I noticed much better sound and noticed things in movies I couldn't normally hear. A great receiver, I would definitely recommend.

Set up was easy, a huge upgrade for my entertainment system.

Great receiver I'm using to power Epson projector in home theater. Replaces 2008 vintage receiver and projector. Awesome picture and sound. Straightforward setup.

Finally, a Receiver that made me retire my 40 year old Marantz driving Bose speakers. I purchased the Elite Pioneer and then slowly replaced my speakers with Klipsch. Not sure about Dolby Atmos working as designed. Grandson said pops, stop all that adjusting and just put some Teddy Swims on, I said who? Now, I love my Grandson music and he loves, mine, What a wonderful world. Problem is son and grandson are spending too much time at my house.

I upgraded my old Pioneer Elite receiver to the new VSX-LX305 and the difference is spectacular. Sound just jumps out with clarity and depth I didn’t know my speakers could produce. Connected to my 8k Samsung TV the picture produced takes full advantage of the TV’s capability for enhanced definition. This new receiver really delivers.