Pioneer VSX D906S A/V Receivers
Pioneer VSX D906S A/V Receivers
USER REVIEWS
[Jun 02, 2002]
Anthony Monaco
AudioPhile
Strength:
Clear true sound, seperation & reliability.
Weakness:
No DTS or DVD-A inputs (allthough at time of manufacture no dvd's required or had these features). Puchased this unit when dvd's were still in their test marketing phase (I forget the exact year & month but divx wasn't even out yet & the yen collapsed). Built my own subs & speakers (the tweeters are 'Peerless' & woofers mids & crossovers is from a small CDN company that has been eaten up by a bigger Co 10 years ago. I matched them against JBL studio monitors at a studio I was learning at in the 80's & everyone thought they were somewhat better). I have a Yamaha A-700 Amp(again an 80's item) running the subs & it's the best I've heard (for subs) anywhere. The Pioneer is excellent no frills Dolby Digital with outstanding seperation & sonic qualities. I listen to all types of music (in a minor studio you can be recording a heavy metal band while having jazz band waiting for their turn in the lobby & a country band up after them) but I'm most comfortable 70's,80's rock which sound the best in the 'jazz'(small club) setting. Never really any problems (Rammstein ate my tweeters three ago) & EVERYONE 'freaked' from the sound I got out of that system. As the years went on I got into Dvd-Audio which sounds excellent on ac-3 tracks but not all these disks carry a Dolby Digital Track. So sadly I relegated this as my second unit and bought a new 2002 Sony with dts & dvd-a inputs. For straight unprocessed DD signals the Pioneer still sounds better, tried to run it as a sub amp but it didn't even come close to the yamaha-nothing has(the Yamaha has been on it's last legs now for 6 years & i've tried many different amps). Similar Products Used: It replaced a home built Dolby Pro Logic system that required three different amps. |
[Aug 18, 1997]
Thomas
an Audio Enthusiast
Clean Power! The Dolby Digital is just superb! I've got this baby on a Bose AM-7 (front) and Bose AM-3 (rear),along with an APS 1000 Subwoofer. Yes the price is there but so is the quality. Kudo's to you Pioneer for another fine product! |
[Jan 11, 2000]
gary
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
good surround sound
Weakness:
poor tuner section it cost me 700 ,i have had it for eight months.it sounds slightly bright in the treble sometimes.i'm using older ads two way speakers however,there probably is a better match.lots of power,clean and very revealing in surround modes.for anyone looking this is a good receiver for the price. |
[Nov 21, 1997]
Bryan Spann
an Audio Enthusiast
Before I purchased the Pioneer VSX D906S, I read quite a bit about how great a value it was, given the features included. I bought my first one in August '97, it worked for about one week, before the power supply gave up. Thinking it might just be a singular piece of defective equipment, I returned it to the store and replaced it with an identical model. This one lasted for 5 weeks before the same problem occurred. At that point, I considered that all that value for such a great price was probably to good to be true. I would not recommend this product to anyone. In any case, I never really got a good chance to make a comprehensive review of the receiver |
[Jul 12, 2001]
Christopher Wolff
Audiophile
Strength:
Excellent amplifier stage.
Weakness:
Little flexibility with built-in crossover. This review is shorter and less specific that most I write, but I just recently aquired this product and have not had enough time with it to be more concise. |
[Jan 03, 1999]
Donald E. Pensack
an Audiophile
I purchased the Vsx906 a couple of months ago in order to convert my stereo system to surround sound. In recent years movie-watching has become as big a use for my stereo system as simple music listening. The unit works fine, but....1.the owner's manual is simply the worst I've ever read. I encountered about 20 problems w/set-up that were not addressed in the manual, forcing me to call Pioneer and wait on hold forever to get the answer I needed. |
[Feb 01, 1998]
Jason Nefornous
an Audiophile
This Receiver is probably one of the Worst Receivers i have ever seen. The Receiver has a poor Power Storage Explosion Chip. (used for saving amp power for a huge power surge). the receiver had done very poorly when i was watching the rock. the Receiver had probably the worst Decoding. the Channels weren't even that discrete. the Front Channels Seamed to be getting some of the Center Channel's Information (even in Wide Mode). The Receiver probably never even sent the right information to the Surround Channels. In Dolby Digital the Sound Was Good but sounded like a Pioneer Elite Dolby Pro Logic Receiver. The Channels didn't have good seperation and the Rear Surrounds had probably the Worst Trebles. i have 2 Eosone RSF-600 Speakers For Front |
[Sep 08, 2001]
Christopher Wolff
Audiophile
Strength:
Excellent dynamics. Continous high-current amplifier stages.
Weakness:
No DTS. Ok, this is my follow up after a total of about 4 months of use. |
[Aug 20, 2001]
Nick
Casual Listener
Can't fault it! No probs setting it up, sounds great, solid build quality. Even my girlfriend makes positive comments about "All this Surround-Sound malarkey!" now! The only reason I can feel to upgrade is to get DTS, and I'm in no great hurry. |
[Dec 09, 1997]
Chris
an Audio Enthusiast
Bought the Pioneer for about $730 delivered, nothing came close to it in price!!I was thinking about the Denon 3200 and the Onkyo 838 BUT I would have to sleep with the damn thing to justify the added cost. I love music and home theater but com on, the thing is off about 98% of the time anyway. |