Buy Pioneer VSX-517-K Home Theater Receiver (Black)Pioneer VSX-517-K Home Theater Receiver (Black) Product Description:
- 5-Channel receiver featuring Sound Retriever
- Provides equivalent high power to all five channels
- Built-in Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, Dolby Pro Logic II, and DTS 96/24 decoders
- Front Stage Surround Advance provides flexibility for speaker placement
- Stream Direct for pure and unprocessed digital sound
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Pioneer VSX-517-K Home Theater Receiver, Black
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Top shelf receiver
By R. Brouwer
Has all the "stuff" you need or want to hook up to your home theater. I set it up to my new Toshiba REGZA HDTV and have unbelievable sound for movies and cable shows. Even makes the local news anchors sound good. Takes some time to get familiar with remote and other operational instructions, but worth the investment in time.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful.An inpensive receiver
By Weeding
I bought this from Bestbuy for $109 plus tax. This is a very capable receiver for 5:1 channel systems. The speaker setup is quite easy. The FM station setup takes a while to figure out, but who cares about indoor FM music anyway. The sound is good. The electronics should be the same as those cost three three times more. As an electrical engineer, I think to spend more than $200 for a receiver is a waste of money. Today's high end DAC and amplifier costs about $1 per channel. The total cost for the ICs and other components used should not exceed $50 no matter it is 7:1 or 200W system.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A good value priced receiver
By Five 28
The Pioneer VSX-517 was purchased as a gift for my parents, who had recently bought a new 50" hi-def plasma TV. It was the perfect choice for them, since they are somewhat frugal, but yet wanted surround sound to go with their new display. The Pioneer VSX-517 was the perfect solution, with decent power, a clean look, and adequate connections. I would have preferred another optical input, but worked around this by purchasing a toslink to digi-coaxial converter. The remote is probably one of the worst I've used, with many, many tiny buttons that are hard to distinguish from one another. For the price and performance though, this Pioneer receiver does the job.
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