Pioneer Elite 79 avi vs ?

disneyjoe7
disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
edited July 2007 in Electronics
How does this player stack up to others in play back of DVD, and SACD?

Speakers
Carver Amazing Fronts
CS400i Center
RT800i's Rears
Sub Paradigm Servo 15

Electronics
Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A23
Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
Pioneer 79Avi DVD
Sony CX400 CD changer
Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,064
    edited July 2007
    I have the 59 and love it,thats all I can add my friend from Mickey Mouse land.:)
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2007
    Thanks I take that its a great player coming from my future doctor friend in Chicago land. :)

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,236
    edited July 2007
    I perfer the Pioneer Elite players over everything else on the market. the 79 is a very good player. It's built well, has excellent picture quality, not the very best sounding SACD player(compared to Sony ES) but DVD AUDIO is top notch and regular cd's sound better then most other dvd players I have listened to.
    If you can pick one up for a good price, get it. It's a good one. Hell I still after all these years have a Pioneer Elite DV47a that I got the day it came. It's been on the chopping block for a few years now but it performs so well.

    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2007
    Thanks guys, I own one I brought used I don't use it much as I don't have the room to set it up right. But every time I use it (watching a movie HDMI to TV optical to AVR) I'm very impressed by the picture and sound but the picture breaks up during a movie at times. So I wondered if it was just dirty or what, or even if it was worth fixing.

    From the sounds of it, its a great player.

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,236
    edited July 2007
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Thanks guys, I own one I brought used I don't use it much as I don't have the room to set it up right. But every time I use it (watching a movie HDMI to TV optical to AVR) I'm very impressed by the picture and sound but the picture breaks up during a movie at times. So I wondered if it was just dirty or what, or even if it was worth fixing.

    From the sounds of it, its a great player.
    Whats funny about Pioneer Elite is the fact they have the lowest Shop time. Compared to all other brands Pioneer Elites spend the least amount of time in our repair shops or going back to Pioneer for warranty.

    Well worth getting it fixed. You could always send it to me and I'll glady fix and use it. LOL

    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,064
    edited July 2007
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Thanks I take that its a great player coming from my future doctor friend in Chicago land. :)

    LOL!!
    I believe your thinking of Joey...Ha Ha....
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2007
    Oops but hell maybe I gave you the best compliment of you life. ;)

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,064
    edited July 2007
    .......or the worst....LOL!!!!!
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2007
    Ok LOL :) Sorry to both you and Joey. Well you more since Joey hasn't picked up on it yet...

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR