New Pioneer Elite SC-35

Fatty McButter

Hey guys,

I just purchased the Pioneer Elite SC-35 on special at Best Buy. I got a very good deal, under $850 out the door, even with the 4 year BB Warranty. Just wondering if this reciever is worth having? Seemed to be a great deal...

mole'

i just picked up 2 of them last week. im loving mine. i had a SC-07 before

cstmar01

yep it is and thats a very good deal on them

Fatty McButter

Thanks for the response. I am coming from a Yamaha 565. It sure sounds a lot different, thats for sure. I will have to let my ears adjust a little bit, but I definitely like how this beast looks!

Hopefully more people chime in. I have 30 days to return it, and I just don't know much about this stuff. If the consensus is that this is a good purchase, then I can look to build around my a5's. :biggrin:

cstmar01

well its a lot better than the Yammy thats for sure. Run the MCACC and it will help a lot as well. If your using for HT it's a big step up from the entry level AVR's and I'm sure you'll end up keeping it. I run a SC05 and wouldn't trade it for the world. I plan on getting an SC37 or whatever else come out in the mean time when I get a chance for a second HT system I run.

Fatty McButter

cstmar01 wrote: »

well its a lot better than the Yammy thats for sure. Run the MCACC and it will help a lot as well. If your using for HT it's a big step up from the entry level AVR's and I'm sure you'll end up keeping it. I run a SC05 and wouldn't trade it for the world. I plan on getting an SC37 or whatever else come out in the mean time when I get a chance for a second HT system I run.

Well that is encouraging for sure. I was looking to spend under $1000, and my previous options were the Onkyo 709, Pioneer Elite vsx 52, Marantz sr5006, and the Denon AVR 2312.

larry777

Yes,you definately picked up a very good receiver and at a killer price. Its better than the other ones you mention in your last post. The MCACC and manual will get that thing sounding Awsome.

Fatty McButter

larry777 wrote: »

Yes,you definately picked up a very good receiver and at a killer price. Its better than the other ones you mention in your last post. The MCACC and manual will get that thing sounding Awsome.

I see in your sig you have the svs pb12. Which model is it, and how do you like it? I think my next HT purchase is going to be a sub and I hear great things about svs.

mitch357mm

You should have Best Buy price match the SC35 being sold at Costco for $749. The SC35 is a real nice receiver.

larry777

Fatty McButter wrote: »

I see in your sig you have the svs pb12. Which model is it, and how do you like it? I think my next HT purchase is going to be a sub and I hear great things about svs.

My SVS Model is the PB12-NSD with the upgraded woofer that they now use. I like the Sub a lot, and excellent Bang for the Buck. Official rating is down to 18 Htz +/- 3 Db but It has a 17 Htz tune so can go even lower in an average room. Its Big and Heavy but it performs very well. I had the PSW 505 ( still do and reserved for a second room ) before I bought the SVS, and it can pick up a lot more on the bottem end, that the 505 would miss. It can shake you and your room when the output calls for it....so a nice upgrade for sure. It has a very clean sound though ( Low distortion ) so it takes a little bit of getting used too. Other subs that were distorting would seem to be putting out more of a signal at times.....and the SVS will only produce what is on the disc like most good subs. Once you get used to that,you should really like this sub.

Fatty McButter

So far I love the sc35, except I notice that voices tend to be a little hard to hear. I wonder if my center channel is underpowered compared to my fronts? CS10 center rti a5 fronts. Or maybe I should just turn the center volume higher than MCACC recommends.

Sometimes voices are fine, but lower discussions can be difficult.

jbooker82

Fatty McButter wrote: »

So far I love the sc35, except I notice that voices tend to be a little hard to hear. I wonder if my center channel is underpowered compared to my fronts? CS10 center rti a5 fronts. Or maybe I should just turn the center volume higher than MCACC recommends.

Sometimes voices are fine, but lower discussions can be difficult.

You need an RTI center. RTI's are a theater speaker and designed for detailed highs. Check out Polks Ebay store for a good price on a CSI A4 or CSI A6. Especially since the center channel carries most of the voicing in movies.

Fatty McButter

jbooker82 wrote: »

You need an RTI center. RTI's are a theater speaker and designed for detailed highs. Check out Polks Ebay store for a good price on a CSI A4 or CSI A6. Especially since the center channel carries most of the voicing in movies.

I kinda figured that might be the problem, although it was never an issue on my old yamaha 565. Just curious if it is a problem with the receiver or not.

Also, it could just be that I am in shock from the range this receiver has. Explosions and action scenes have never been so intense!

B Run

I kinda thought the same thing about dialogue hard to hear, even with my Csi5. I played with the manual eq in the advanced MCACC settings and just gave it some time for it to break in and me to get used to the sound. After dialing it in, it sounds perfect.

I also used to have the same problem with the Cs1 (same as the cs10) and after going to the Csi5 it was a night and day difference.

jbooker82

Fatty McButter wrote: »

I kinda figured that might be the problem, although it was never an issue on my old yamaha 565. Just curious if it is a problem with the receiver or not.

Also, it could just be that I am in shock from the range this receiver has. Explosions and action scenes have never been so intense!

I have herd that some older yamaha recievers were bright. That might have made up for the speaker. RTI are bright sounding wich is what a HT speaker is.

chumlie

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chumlie

jbooker82 wrote: »

You need an RTI center. RTI's are a theater speaker and designed for detailed highs. Check out Polks Ebay store for a good price on a CSI A4 or CSI A6. Especially since the center channel carries most of the voicing in movies.

what is modded by trey

jbooker82

I had Vr3MxStyler2k3 (Trey) moddify the crossovers in my RTI A7's and CSI A4. He replaced the electrolite capacitors with a better quality Clairty Caps. He also replaced the resitors with better Mills Resistors.

Here is the link to the thread.
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118120

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jbooker82

Not that there is anything wrong with the factory xo's but you know how it is. You cant leave it alone. You always have to be tinkering and modding.

mantis

Fatty McButter wrote: »

So far I love the sc35, except I notice that voices tend to be a little hard to hear. I wonder if my center channel is underpowered compared to my fronts? CS10 center rti a5 fronts. Or maybe I should just turn the center volume higher than MCACC recommends.

Sometimes voices are fine, but lower discussions can be difficult.

Turn the volume up , don't un calibrate your system. You can but then you will be out of balance.

leadfoot1

So I recently bought one of these and have a quick question. I am currently only using this in a 2ch setup for the moment. Can I run MCACC for just the two speakers? I went into the menu and "told" it I only have two speakers hooked up.

engtaz

I usually use the AVR's setup then I pull out a SPL meter to fine tune it.

Lietuvis91

quick question:

I looked through the manual, and from the best I can tell you can set the x.over for all small speakers to whatever frequency you want, but not individual channels, correct?!

One thing I like a lot about my onkyo 608 is that it allows you to set the frequency for each channel! My marantz sr7002 doesn't even do that...

mantis

Lietuvis91 wrote: »

quick question:

I looked through the manual, and from the best I can tell you can set the x.over for all small speakers to whatever frequency you want, but not individual channels, correct?!

One thing I like a lot about my onkyo 608 is that it allows you to set the frequency for each channel! My marantz sr7002 doesn't even do that...

Why would you need different frequency setting for each channel? I find that to be a waste , buy matching speakers , run them all in small 80hz and for just about every single home theater room on the planet this works best. Even with big scary floor standing speakers , more dynamics when those monsters are in small as well. Let the bad **** kick your mouth in subs do al the heavy lifting and calibrate your system correctly. This is where it's at not using a bunch of mixed matched stuff.

Lietuvis91

That's a good point mantis. I guess it was useful to set my cs2 to 100hz because dialog was clearer as opposed to 80hz that the m70s were set to. I suspect that was a function of a lack of power from my onkyo 608 and upping the frequency was a bandaid, so this shouldnt be a problem w the sc-35.

lanchile

if you can still return it..do it! and with $850 you can get a used Bryston amp.Bryston is way better.

Fatty McButter

mantis wrote: »

Turn the volume up , don't un calibrate your system. You can but then you will be out of balance.

I turned it up like you said, it just took some time getting used to the range this sc35 has. Its truly night and day compared to that old yamaha.

Now that I got used to it I can turn it up loud enough to hear voices without feeling that my ears are bleeding from grenade explosions and the like.

Theheadsn

does anyone know of any good deals on this right now? Not lookin to break the bank but totally interested

leadfoot1

Theheadsn wrote: »

does anyone know of any good deals on this right now? Not lookin to break the bank but totally interested

Not sure if they have any left but Costco had them for $750 free shipping. I ordered two. One came slightly damaged and one came perfect. Both work fine. My local Best Buy had used/open box for $799 and they would not budge on the price and it did not have all of the accessories with it.

Theheadsn

leadfoot1 wrote: »

Not sure if they have any left but Costco had them for $750 free shipping. I ordered two. One came slightly damaged and one came perfect. Both work fine. My local Best Buy had used/open box for $799 and they would not budge on the price and it did not have all of the accessories with it.

No stress. I checked costco, couldnt even find it listed... owell

then I actually hit up best buy today, and they didnt have any either, discountinued because of the newer models.

But they did have an open box for the SC-37. Got them to sell it to me with a new remote for the SC-57 (because they lost the one for the 37) for $989.18. Pretty sure I got a decent deal? haha I was gonna get it for $950, but I we got into it with eachother because he was "hooking me up" with the newer remote, but I reminded him HE lost the orginal haha Owell, we'll see how this goes

Fatty McButter

Theheadsn wrote: »

No stress. I checked costco, couldnt even find it listed... owell

then I actually hit up best buy today, and they didnt have any either, discountinued because of the newer models.

But they did have an open box for the SC-37. Got them to sell it to me with a new remote for the SC-57 (because they lost the one for the 37) for $989.18. Pretty sure I got a decent deal? haha I was gonna get it for $950, but I we got into it with eachother because he was "hooking me up" with the newer remote, but I reminded him HE lost the orginal haha Owell, we'll see how this goes

I would say that is a very good deal. Based on the performance of my SC35 over the past week, I would say you are going to be very happy. :biggrin: