Ditched Pioneer VSX 1016 TSV For Onkyo TSXR804S

[Tarheel_]

Robert, you made a good decision....i posted a review on this receiver a month or so ago and complained about a few things, but the most important was sound.
I think the design is flawed and sounds terrible in the 6 and 7th speakers..i mean it sounded like a scratched album.

Anyway, i sold it and bought a used Marantz SR-5600, and can say this $650 retail receiver is in another league than the 1016.
Sound, setup, tweaks, looks...everything i need without all the latest bells/whistles.

[Robert-The-Rambler]

Robert, you made a good decision....i posted a review on this receiver a month or so ago and complained about a few things, but the most important was sound.
I think the design is flawed and sounds terrible in the 6 and 7th speakers..i mean it sounded like a scratched album.

Anyway, i sold it and bought a used Marantz SR-5600, and can say this $650 retail receiver is in another league than the 1016.
Sound, setup, tweaks, looks...everything i need without all the latest bells/whistles.

I don't care as much about quality in there but I'm confident the Pioneer will do well. The Pioneer specific DSPs like Advanced Game mode are so good with Xbox that I will have a hard time letting it go altogether. It is a great receiver if it fits your needs. If you try to push it to become the everything source for a serious theater its design flaws become a real problem. As a Dolby Digital, DTS, THX solution it is good all in digital format. Analog is not too good. Anyhow, I'll listen for those problems with the rears. I wonder how much distortion the rears really put out?

Good luck with your new receiver!