Customer Ratings & Reviews

Purchased before Thanksgiving 2024. Three times paid for install, three times cancelled day before! Happening during Christmas Season I wasn’t very pleased. After the first of the year with some help I did it myself. Reciever removal and replacement connected to nine speakers, I’m 70. The set up was very straightforward, Used the Pioneer speaker set up and it sounds great. One day I will try the Pro software that also comes with it. My 7.1.2 make shift Rec Room set up sounds good enough for me. This is my fourth Pioneer, all becuse of tech upgrades. Best bang for your dollar under a grand.

The VSX-LX505 is packed with a lot of features. I can't really think of anything missing for someone that isn't a high end audiophile. The sound is what I expect, and the power is more than enough for my needs. This is probably my 5th Pioneer Elite receiver in 25 years, and I've always been happy with them. I've tried Denon and Yamaha, but keep coming back to Pioneer Elite. The only reason I keep changing receivers is for features, and I like to upgrade when the old one is still valuable on the secondary market.

Sound Awesome got my best quality sound and this is the beginning need more speakers around 100 recommend

The set up instructions were easy to follow. The receiver works very well. I have Polk Audio speakers and sub woofer attached to the receiver, the sound quality is amazing.

Excellent mid-range receiver. I have it powering a 5.1.4 setup and it sounds great. It was super easy to setup and calibrate. I would take a half star away for the puny plasticy remote if I could, but not impactful enough to give the receiver 4 stars imo. The receiver is otherwise a great value especially when on sale.

This Pioneer AV rocks the house! But don’t expect Best Buy Tech to set it up correctly. I paid $200 to have it setup. Only to have the tech just connect wires. Sound was awful until I got on YouTube and figured out the Dirac live and WOW! now it is awesome. Sadly that was $200 I can’t get back. Wish I had more confidence I could do the setup. I put too much faith into the Best Buy tech thinking he would know how but he didn’t. He was nice enough and admitted he doesn’t setup Pioneers. He mostly knew Denon and Marantz. They don’t have Dirac live. That is the difference and wow is it awesome. Dirac live setup is time consuming but the sound…oh my. Unbelievably good.

Fantastic receiver. Very great warm sound. Processes and Sends out audio in a fantastic manner. I use this as my pre amp with a 70s MCS receiver. I have many devices hooked into it. Turned out really well.

For me, this is an excellent home theater receiver. The sound from the initial calibration using the built-in MCACC was an improvement over my previous receiver. However, what really makes this stand out is the Dirac Live calibration. I'm really impressed by how good the sound is with Dirac Live. Also, the receiver has plenty of power to easily drive the speakers in my surround sound system.

I’m impressed with the performance, features, and value of the Pioneer Elite VSX-LX505. DIRAC Live Room Correction and MCACC Auto Room Tuning are easy to set-up and use. Movies and music have a very realistic sound. Highly recommend.

Is to set up, great sound, great power through al channels

I didn’t regret purchasing this receiver it’s powerful sending strong signals to the speakers and it’s also let the picture on my television looks even much better because i connect though ARC

Powerful and love it! A lot of bang for buck. No pun intended

Excellent receiver. Can’t beat it for the money powerful enough to drive my six home speakers very user-friendly.

Excellent sound and was easy to calibrate sound for my speakers. Love this receiver. Thanks Best Buy

I've been using Pioneer Elite receivers for almost thirty years, and this LX505 is by far, the single best receiver I have ever come across, it's got the right amount of bells and whistles, it interfaces with everything I have, and automatically switches inputs seamlessly. While there are several brands to choose from, this is the most user friendly, in both APP and at the the receiver, this is the best receiver I have ever had, and the spacial and speaker response is amazing. We truly have a home theater to be proud of.

This is a fantastic Pioneer Elite VSX-LX505 9.2 product. I am completely satisfied with everything.

Acquired this unit as an upgrade from a VSX-LS305. Initial unit arrived defective (front panel screen would not illuminate). Best Buy quickly swapped for another unit. All is working well, with more power for my main use, 4K Blu-ray movie sound. Have had several Pioneer units over the last 20 years and have been very satisfied.

Excellent quality great deal especially if you have a theater room and want a high level for best price!

I purchased this receiver to replace my grandfather's Integra receiver which decided to die pretty abruptly. This is one of the only receivers in the store that included multiple component video inputs, and enough inputs for all of random his devices (not just HDMIs). It took a lot of careful labelling and wire-routing, but I was able to get it set up and working. The controls were straight-forward, and my 80 year old grandpa was able to figure out how to switch between the different inputs. I love that it turns on when it detects a source turning on, so he doesn't have to fiddle with 2 remotes just to get started. The interface is intuitive and I was able to configure his surround speaker system without issue. It was worth the price tag for us, and I'm confident that the device will hold up for him.

I replaced a 10 year old version of this receiver & could not be more pleased. I was a little concerned the power is listed about 20 watts per channel less than my old one, but obviously technology has more than taken care of that. The clarity is great & music has a much more depth of sound than my old one. Set up was also a breeze.