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4.5 stars
"This A/V receiver is so good, I bought two - one for my A/V set-up, and one for my sterio set-up."
Pros: Loaded with features and connections offering nearly total flexibility/enhancements. The build quality is excellent. The sound is audiophile quality, and video upscaling , IMO, is exceptional.
Cons: It takes time to learn all of the features, but once you do, you'll be glad they are there. No dedicated LFE output.
Summary: One of the few receivers with 1.2 HDMI, and enables my Panasonic Blu-Ray player to pass incredible, nearly breathtaking video and audio through this receiver to my Sony KDL-46XBR3 1080p in my A/V set-up. I replaced my high end component equipment with this receiver, and I will never look back. The speakers in this room include A/D/S vintage reference 910 fronts, (4) A/D/S satelites, a B&W HTM2D center channel, and a Velodyne DD-12 sub. My second Pioneer Elite 82TXS is dedicated for sterio in another house, and is hooked up to B&W 703s and a B&W 750 sub. I bi-amped the 703s through the receiver's feature. The sound is incredible, and I would compare to any receiver costing at least 3 times the cost of this one. The Pioneer Elite 82TXS is a terrific bargain, and one of the few pieces of electronics that I have bought over the years, that I am completely satisfied with.
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I've read several other reviews complaining about video artifacts on the screen when viewing 1080p via HDMI. Have you seen this at all? How is the linear uncompressed audio via HDMI? Does it sound that much better than optical SPDIF? I'm very curious.
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I've read several other reviews complaining about video artifacts on the screen when viewing 1080p via HDMI. Have you seen this at all? How is the linear uncompressed audio via HDMI? Does it sound that much better than optical SPDIF? I'm very curious.
