Pioneer VSX-816-K/S User Reviews June 6th, 2006 | by Rebecca Day
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Average user rating from 6 users |
not a boombox
by Blaine on Jul 13th, 2008 at 6:43 PM:
Lacks power in the bass? It has flat frequency response and sounds as close to the way the recording is intended to, as you can get at this price point. It's not a "boom box"; it's a home theatre receiver that make a pretty good hi-fi stereo receiver too. If I want better sound, I will have to spend a lot more money.
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Good reciever.
by Brendan Whalen on May 15th, 2007 at 8:45 AM:
All in all it seems to be a great reciever. A little clunky to get used to at first. I had a previous Pinoeer Home Theatre in a box, and the Sub from that won't connect to this receiver. Nowhere for POS and NEG wires for a sub. Very dissapointing.
Decent Sound - Finally!
by Ean on Apr 15th, 2007 at 4:32 PM:
I've returned two receivers in the past 3 days because the other two were udder crap.
The Pioneer VSX-816 is finally a unit worthy of my time.
I've read the previous review and I think the author hits on the awful truth of buying a receiver these days.
Audio manufacturers have become incredibly unscrupulous when rating wattage outputs. As well, most receivers come set up with the front channels crossed over to allow only 1000Hz and above these days. Selecting anything else requires going into menus and turning off the subwoofer. Even then some units sound like they only push maybe 20 watts. I could have bought a $40 stereo if I wanted that kind of sound.
When consumers put their hard earned cash into a receiver they expect something more than a garbage unit.
This unit is not garbage, and this is where my opinion differs with the previous reviewer.
The 100W sound is as advertised and if you do not use a sub woofer it turns off the crossover.
I have fair bass response from my SONY SS-C260AV front speakers and Kenwood satellites.
My SONY front speakers are rated for twice the wattage this unit puts out and the sound effect is still warm and perfect for music or movie listening.
The dialog setting is an especially attractive feature for me. I hate it when you're listening to a movie and you can barely hear the dialog but the explosion that happens a second later shatters windows in your house.
I don't know why surround sound encodes dialog in such an obviously ludicrous way, but to each their own I suppose. Maybe the audiophiles who create this stuff actually want their house to fall down when something loud happens but for dialog to sound like a whisper. To me that's just stupidly exaggerated dynamic range.
All in all I give this unit top marks and I look forward to enjoying this unit for a significant portion of the rest of my life.
My last receiver lasted me 7 years before I wanted to upgrade to digital inputs...
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Nice when it doesn't overheat...
by Scott on Feb 4th, 2009 at 8:22 PM: