Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was sent a defective product! The network is junk on this. Can not connect to Dirac Live to save the life of me. Tried multiple different devices and met with the same error message “network unavailable.” Don’t buy if you were intending on using Dirac Live.

This receiver is crap!!!! I receiver has spent more time on a repair bench than hooked up to our home theater. For what it has done, Best Buy's Service has been poor at best.

My old Onkyo TX-NR818 HDMI board died and I needed a replacement. Like everyone else, I really wanted the Onkyo TX-RZ50, but since December, I have not been able to get one. Pioneer and Onkyo are both owned by the same company now, and technically this and the RZ50 have nearly the same hardware and specs. The setup is easy, features are amazing, and for movies it's a beast! THEN, I started playing Stereo Music through full range B&W tower speakers. It is nowhere near as good as my old Onkyo TX-NR818 (sure my old Onkyo had more raw power in Stereo mode, but this unit just killed the bass and some highs on the speakers -- i tried adjusting all the settings for the speakers and did not make it any better). I seriously hate that you cannot adjust the crossover per channel (only Small\Large). I knew this before buying it, but hate the wait of the Onkyo and I was hoping people here were just exaggerating it's audio quality output (keep in mind this of course depends on the speakers you have). I do prefer the plain and symmetrical looks on the Pioner (the new Onkyo has a bunch of buttons to the right that looks hideous in my opinion) and love the orange display. But the sound quality just killed it for me. I cannot say if the TX-RZ50 will be any better (now-a-days quality in certain products is just going downhill), but the fact that you can adjust the crossover and it's $100 cheaper is a good start. The waiting to be in stock game beings. It's honestly not a terrible receiver and if you don't have demanding speakers, you want 9.1 or even 11.1 (with external amp) output, and Pioneer was the only item in stock, then it's a good unit to have. Other than that, it's worth waiting a bit more for better speaker adjustability and pricing on the Onkyo. [I honestly don't understand why this is $100 more]

This is a nice receiver, but be aware that the parent company, PAC, HAS DROPPED Pioneer Elite , and no longer makes them,because of low sales. “Pioneer Brand Dropped channelnews.com.au” Future support is questionable. Onkyo is stil made and supported, and will be going forward. So these sales are because of that. Still a nice receiver, but just be aware of this!

This Newer version of the Pioneer 504 comed with Dirac Live Calibration system and its 8K ready for gaming and it works on the Amazon Echo Dot voice control system