Pioneer VSX-808 RDS A/V Receivers
Pioneer VSX-808 RDS A/V Receivers
USER REVIEWS
[Sep 24, 2003]
swam
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Design, features, remote, DSP
Weakness:
lack of musical sound, no Dolby Prologic II I have owned this receiver for over two years. It superceeded my previous Pioneer 409 receiver and at that time I was very happy with both sound quality and features. However, after couple of months of listening the sound (especially stereo) has revealed its "flatness" and compression. However, in HT it performed quite good, especially when I combined it with a good subwoofer (Mirage fx-12). The remote is one of best I have used, although is missing learning features. After 2 years the volume knob started to deceive on any movement while remote volume control was ok. The reason was it somehow lost contact, but after cleaning everything was up & running as before. I like the design, although front panel is plastic. Now I am about to go for NAD as I do not care so much for DSP effects but the sound quality really matters for me. Similar Products Used: Pioneer VSX 409 |
[Feb 26, 2002]
petje
AudioPhile
very good |
[Dec 14, 1999]
Andreas Palm
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Low price tag for a reciver with DD and DTS decoder
Weakness:
Low output power, not pre-out on all channels, no phono input. A good start for all home teather freaks. |
[Nov 04, 1999]
Harri
Casual Listener
Strength:
Affordable price. Dolby Digital, DTS, DPL and MPEG decoder.
Weakness:
Need for separate phono pre-amplifier. Good price with lots of features. Doesn't have phono input, needs separate pre-amplifier. |
[Jul 20, 2000]
Björn Wiberg
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Lots of inputs. 3 optical digital SPDIF inputs and 1 coaxial digital SPDIF input. Ability to choose what input (optical1/optical2/optical3/coax) that is connected to which function (DVD/TV-SAT/CD/MD etc.).
Weakness:
No bass/treble control ability on the remote control. No loudness/midnight mode switch on the remote control. No "program" button on the remote control (for controlling the CD player). A very good receiver with lots of bells and whistles at a good price (I bought mine for about $430). Similar Products Used: JVC receiver, Pioneer SX-205RDS receiver. |
[Nov 17, 2001]
Ville
Casual Listener
Strength:
Nice remote control. Price. Good for home theater beginner.
Weakness:
Bass cannot be changed from the remote control. And the function selector on the remote control is too slow. When I bought this system, I didn't know much about home theathers, only something I had read from hifi-magazines. |
[Nov 22, 2001]
Loek
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
The price, DTS-decoder
Weakness:
Remote, bass/trebble not changable from remote, speaker connection Bought this receiver impulsively, while 'hometheater knowledge' was next to zero..... Similar Products Used: none |
[Feb 08, 2001]
Joachim
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
This is a receiver made for home theater, and it does that job relatively well for the price. Both DD and DTS. Good remote.
Weakness:
This receiver doesn't sound that well when using normal Sound in stereo mode. Cheap speaker terminals for the surround and center speaker. As usual overrated power. I ended up buying this receiver in a haste when a bought a DVD player and wanted to use the DD and DTS sound. Similar Products Used: H/K AVR (only Pro-logic) |
[Nov 13, 1999]
Jim Graham
Audio Enthusiast
Great Av amp for the price, cost £299 mail order in the UK, sounds good, maybe a little under powered. |
[Nov 19, 1999]
Patrik
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Lots of features for the price. Built-in DTS and Dolby Digital decoders
Weakness:
Very bad connections for center and rear speakers. Pretty neutral sound, good remote, _very_ bad connections for rear and center speaker though. |