Any thoughts on Pioneer Elite VSX-45TX?

hamzahsh
hamzahsh Posts: 439
edited May 2003 in Electronics
Lot of people compared Pioneer Elite 45TX to Denon AVR-3803 and went with either.

Good things about Pioneer Elite VSX-45TX are:

i. Built-in MCACC Speaker calibration feature.

ii. Built quality is tough, front panel and knobs are made of alluminum. Its Made In Malaysia.

iii. Dual Motorola 48bit DSP Engines.

iv. Remote is user friendly and easy to use and does the job very well.

Denon AVR-3803 doesn't have the Auto calibration for speakers, you've to enter the feet or metres manually. Why? I think you get what you pay for!

Denon's built quality is quite good. Denon is Made in Japan. It has 16 Burr-Brown 24/192khz DACs. Remote is not really good. Lot people replaced the remote once they configured the receiver.

Things I want to know about Pioneer 45TX receiver are the value for bass management. Denon has 40, 60, 80, 100, 120. How about Pioneer?

I don't know what DACs Pioneer has
24/192khz Crystal or Burr-Brown?

I'm tied between these 2 receivers, need a great help from someone to make the right decision. Thank You.:)
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Yamaha RX-V1400 (Pre/Pro)
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  • weavercr
    weavercr Posts: 289
    edited May 2003
    Hoosier21 has the Denon 3803 for sale in the flee market for 675.00 shipped. great deal!
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited May 2003
    I prefer calibrating my own speakers, one at a time, with manual test tones, very very deliberately. The Denon allows this. The feet vs. meters is a nice touch if you are used to the metric system.

    The on-screen menu is fabulous - big, clear, very easy to use, and intuitive with graphics where needed.

    The MCACC Pioneer system is very nice, and people like it. I'm not sure if I personally would like it, because I'm a hands on type of calibrator.

    As for the remote, I use maybe five buttons on it regularly, and I know where they all are. All remotes are way too complicated for my taste, but it's nice to know you can do anything with it if needed.

    The 3803 has the SHARC floating point DSP and the Burr Brown DACS.

    You need to step up to the 47 for the SHARC, and to the 49 to get the Burr Browns.

    I would give Denon the edge in the pre-pro section, and the Pioneer the edge in the amp section since it can run a 4 ohm load per Mantis' experience.

    Overall, they are comparable in features and decoding capabilities and are both very well regarded AVRs. Can't go wrong with either.

    If I could get hoosier's 3803 for $675 shipped I'd jump all over it. That is an awesome price.

    Doc
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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