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Your price for this item is $949.00
The comparable value price is $1,399.00

Customer reviews

Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars with 164 reviews

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85%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers are positive about the VSX-LX505's sound quality, ease of use, and Bluetooth capabilities, with many praising its powerful performance and the inclusion of Dirac Live room correction. However, some customers reported issues with the amplifier, experiencing malfunctions and a lack of certain features. The display also received some negative feedback. Overall, the receiver is considered good value for its price.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Bought for the Earc

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This receiver does a great job! It has multiple ways to set up room correction, can power a good amount of speakers, and makes my home theater sound better. EARC works well for getting Atmos from the TV's apps to the speakers. I am happy with this purchase.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good sound experience!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Many sound options to choose from. Great for watching movies. Recommend it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Nice Home Theater Receiver.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Updated my home theater. Receiver sounds great. One complaint, there’s an issuing switching to watching blu rays, sometimes no sound.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Receiver

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very happy with my purchase, great sound system! I recommend this receiver to all.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    multi room sound

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A Very good AV receiver, But very complicated for an average person. The options and controls for set ups are kind of over whelming, the manual in the English version is over 200 pages. I used it for sending audio to 2 rooms and expandable.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A/V system

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great system, really drives the speakers in my theater room.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome receiver!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Best receiver from Pioneer I have had yet. The features are outstanding and make my Klipsch speakers sound great!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Returned due to the Sound

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I too got this instead of the Onkyo TX-RZ50. I took it back and cancelled my Onkyo pre-order. The features on paper seem great. I bout a UMIK-1 microphone and boom for the Dirac calibration and did the full 17 position tuning tuning. The sound had good timing but was way too bright. I played with Dirac curves for hours trying to improve that and never found a sound anywhere close to my old Denon x4100. The Pioneer sound was harsh on the ears and just didn’t fill the room well at all. The sound was flat rather than three dimensional. I watched movies with this and them swapped back to my Denon, and the winner was clear. I hate it because this receiver has so many features. And I thought it was a major upgrade at over 60% higher cost than my Denon. By the way I tried both the amplified connections and tried the preouts with an external amplifier, no major change in the issues I’m talking about. I was so excited to snag one of these but ultimately super disappointed. I have a couple Pioneer Elite receivers I love and am not sure what happened. The sound on this one is clean but cold and kind of shrill.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    replacement

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It performed very well and powered all of the speakers very well which the old receiver did not.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Pioneer

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Nice but, the older models, LX801, LX1553, etc have better sound.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Pretty good

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Only drawback is a lack of input buttons. Have to cycle through the input to select the one wanted.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    av receiver

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    great av receiver great service and infor from lee in the home theater department

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Definitely recommend

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Highly recommend for 7.1.2. Runs a little hot and recommend a cooling fan

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Dirac live

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    True cinema

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very impressed with the performance and the Dirac Live calibration puts you in the movie.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It delivers the goods!!

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This pioneer receiver is excellent, The sound is amazing. Movies and music sound awesome.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Won’t disappoint

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great receiver. Have my speakers more depth of sound.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a very good product very pleased with the sound.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Pioneer rules

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Exceeded my expectations my music and surround sound are amazing !!!!!!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Pioneer Baby

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Awesome sound from a great company. You won’t be disappointed.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Dirac makes this worth it

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Dirac is cool but it’s not good that it only allows universal crossover setting.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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