I splurged on the weekend (actually, 'splurged' isn't the operative word given that it was a cheap amp on sale, but anyway...) and bought a new Pioneer VSX-520K for my very modest 5.1 setup at home.

The VSX-835 is the more premium of the two, supporting either 7.2 or 5.2.2 arrangements (the VSX-535 supports 3.2 or 3.2.2 setups). It has IMAX Enhanced Certification, and supports DTS Virtual:X and 4 ...

Pioneer's flagship AV receiver (we're not counting the delayed-but-impending SC-09TX which debuted at the 2007 CEDIA) is simply beautiful. The receiver has a piano gloss finish and, unlike the ...

Surround Power: 100 watts x 7 (1kHz; 1% THD @ 8-ohms) 700 Watts total system power Stereo Power: 100 watts x 2 (20Hz-20kHz; 0.7% THD @ 8-ohms) 200 Watts total system power Digital Decoding & ...