Customer Ratings & Reviews

I purchased the Pioneer Elite VSX-LX305 for my medium sized home theatre (~1500 cubic feet). It generally had some thump but, despite advertising it is "IMAX Enhanced and Dolby Vision compatible" it never was able to detect IMAX Enhanced content nor did it play content in Dolby Vision when video signals were routed to the receiver. The Dolby Vision may be a problem particular to my Apple TV streaming box, which would not play 4K Dolby Vision through the receiver, but would through my Sony 85" full array TV. Obtaining tech support for Pioneer products is challenging if you can get someone on the phone, and even then they did not have a definitive solve for the IMAX Enhanced issue. No backlit remote in home theatre also quite disadvantageous. The crossover frequency cannot be adjusted for individual speakers, there is only one setting for all of them. The receiver also did not do well porting sound out to my surround speakers - they always sounded too low despite room correction using MCACC or Dirac Live.

First time jumping to a 9 channel system and worth every penny The sound is so clear and precise This system is amazing

Pioneer vsx lx 305 display model works good but I though it came with remote. Was told by salesman couldnt find it. I ask at least put in box so he found a generic box. Not very impressive. When I got home opened box receiver didn't even have an electrical cord. Stars taken for service.

This unit is easy to set up and operate works great with my home theater

Setting up basement for surround sound and this product a key component of achieving this success. Thank you.

An amazing audio and video receiver with all the latest technology that you need. Ease of operation of the Pioneer Elite unit in support of TV, tuner, Blue Rey CD/DVD, Bluetooth, Vinyl record turntable, or any accessory is superb.

Awesome amp receiver Easy setup great sound setup

My speakers came alive! Great sounding receiver. Set up was difficult - especially getting the 3 zones to work. No manual provided in the box. Still not sure I have tamed this beast. I replaced a 100w per channel Yamaha amplifier with an Adcom preamp tuner with this Pioneer tuner.

I never had the book to gide me threw tge set up becoust i bought fhis open box

Excellent, I got first the vsx 935 and returned since the back surround channel was almost dead; so, I got this one and wow. After the calibration using the included Dirac live the sound is even better!! 100% recommend

Replaced an aging Harmon Cardon receiver with this, and I am very happy. Haven’t really had a chance to play with all the tuning features yet as we are redoing our living room right now and upgrading a bunch of equipment. So far everything has worked quickly and easily, my wife doesn’t find it complicated to use which is a big plus, and I am happy with the sound. A little spendy but worth it in my opinion.

Bought an “Open Box” with a substantial savings. What a bargain. Works great

The Pioneer 305 like the Onkyo 7100, which I returned, have major HDMI switching issues that need to be addressed before I can recommend either. When switching from one HDMI function, say DVD, to another, say cable/sat, both receivers hang, go blank, go silent, turn screen white, blonk on and off or just freeze. This is a SERIOUS issue with HDMI reliability. My system is not complicated: Sony TV, OPPO DVD played, Comcast cable box. That's it! I still have the Pioneer VSX LX305 and will keep it since I found a work-around that involved me disconnect my Comcast cable box from HDMI 1 and plugging it into my TVs HDMI 1 input. For $1,300.00 I should be able to use every Pioneer/Onkyo input. I never had this issue with my Marantz NR1710, which I have as a back-up, as it is a 7.1, 50W per channel, as opposed to my newer 9.1, 100 watt Pioneer. Bottom lone: the Onkyo and Pioneer, both from the same parent company need a serious and IMPORTANT furmway HDMI update. Untill then, look fir another brand.

Great receiver , easy to set up , perfect for my home theater

This was my very first receiver to buy as i usually stuck with soundbars and i gotta say this machine blew my mind when i turned this baby on and thought oh no more soundbars for me. Easy to use Im still in Process of figuring out my sound out points so im testing all types of movies that have lot of action

Money well spent, the pioneer elite is an elegant peace of equipment. The different modes you can choose are awesome. Nothing can beat the Pioneer Elite…. Some much power.

being a life time favorite of Pioneer products, pleased as allways, I'm going to get in touch with Geek sqad for some technical settings on this receiver. Still being old school I'm using my bose AM-7 Series that I purchased in 1994 which still sounds like they were bought yesterday.

First receiver I have used. Seems to work just fine. Easy to setup even with zero prior experience.

Pioneer Elite is always reliable but this one seems a little pricey. Mainly purchased for the power and zones.

Great product. I got it for Dolby Atmos and it is awesome. The best way to test it out is the race scene in ready player one. It will blow your mind