Customer Ratings & Reviews

Excellent installation service. Paying the bill at the store was "questionabl" for a technology store. I'm still watching closely my account.

I purchased this unit in Jan 25. I have 8 other Elite models and have always been extremely impressed. I hooked it up a few weeks ago to find out it is absolutely amazing... except that the main right channel is obviously defective and produces a low garble at low levels and major distortion at higher volumes. After many hours of testing wires and speakers in a hope it was a component issue, I confirmed that it's likely an internal connection issue or a degraded part internally. As I paid a pretty good penny for it, and from a company that touts customer service, I decided I'd reach out and see about getting an exchange. Boy was I wrong. Best Buy just stonewalled me and is pushing me towards Manufacture warranty. I'm a little confused on how selling a defective unit becomes warranty within 90 days. I didn't purchase it from the manufacture, I purchased it through best buy, now after 90 days maybe, but i just purchased this. Needless to say I won't be making any more large purchases through best buy. I could have got this unit directly from the manufacture for the same price with a hassle free warranty. If you're looking at this unit please look at different companies to purchase from. Pioneer told me that best buy should have swapped it without hesitation.

Nice upgrade to my other avr. Love the durac. It makes set up easy and really does a nice job.

The Pioneer Elite 505 is awesome ,The features and power I need to run a 9.2 theater room. The set-up was quick and painless. The Dirac is included on the unit is a bonus. Atmos movies sound fantastic. Very happy with this purchase. I recommend this product.

Great Receiver, good front presence, good power and deep detail.

To be honest, my first choice in getting a new AV receiver was the Onkyo TX RZ50. However these are simply in very short supply and for me, completely unavailable. My research indicated that the sister company, Pioneer, has almost the exact same qualifications / specifications available in the Pioneer VSX-LX505. Retail price was slightly higher but still much better than anything else I found. I decided to go ahead with the Pioneer model which was available. I am not at all disappointed and am glad I didn't wait any longer. The performance is excellent and provides exactly what I needed for my 5.1.4 setup. I am still getting used to the difference from the Yamaha unit I replaced. My only criticism is with the Android software for Pioneer which I found somewhat lacking. If you don't need to control it by smartphone I found it to be an excellent product with a good warranty of 3 years.

It has all the whistles and bells, but when switching channels or streaming while the videos are uploaded, the audio takes about 3 seconds delay to come on. Made replacement, still encounters same audio delay issue.

Good receiver. Great sound and pictures quality. Easy to setup

loving the sound i get off this receiver match made in heaven for my klipsch speaker system. big change from my old entry level pioneer elite lx101 . day and night difference in clarity.

I have really enjoyed using this receiver. I have it setup as 7.1.2 and have been very pleased with the sound quality especially after running Dirac calibration. I would recommend this product. I have a mixture of Elac bookshelf speakers and center channel along with 2 Klipsch floor speakers and Sonance ceiling speakers. Finally SVS ported sub. Only complaint was setting up Dirac because the mic is very sensitive it would error when it heard any little noise.

great receiver,easy to set up,rock solid, pioneer quality

Great receiver powerful and has DIRAC live sounds amazing for the price

What a score to find this open box - it’s fantastic and makes my home truly in to a theatre

Great receiver from a long lasting company pioneer. But the sound was a bit lacking, no punch. Also they removed once of my favorite feature for listening to movies at night. They replaced with a different option but makes no difference. The constant going back and forth adjusting your setting just to listen to moves depending on the day is a hassel.

Finally available. I checked I think everyday for this receiver to become available. At one point I could buy it directly from Pioneer, but who wants to do that? I upgraded for my Pioneer Elite that was only a few years old so that I could run my Xbox Series X through the Elite. Make sure you set that HDMI to 8k in order for the Series X to display 4K @ 120hz. This is a nice unit. It seems to run a bit cooler than my prior SC-LX701.

Great reciever very pleased gonna get speakers for it on black Friday deal thanks

Amazing receiver for the price. Great sound and picture. Using as 7.2.4 with second amp for surround back channels. Paired with the JVC DLA NP5 projector this is an incredible hone theater.

High quality Would like more than 3 zone capability

Overall a great amp... dirac seemed to work very well.

I love it it has all that I want in an Avr reciever; good neat sound when I listen music & I watch a movie its like I am in a movie theater also also I have enough room for expand it for many years. The over all I am very happy I got this receiver