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Pioneer VSX-817-S Home Theater Receiver (Silver) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Pioneer
Category: CE
List Price: $365.00
Buy New: $241.77
You Save: $123.23 (34%)
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 9806
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 40.6
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: VSX-817-S
Model: VSX-817-S
UPC: 012562849782
EAN: 4977729849790
ASIN: B000OWO1J0
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | XM Satellite ready and SIRIUS Satellite ready 7-channel AV receiver | | • | Equal high power for all seven channels (110 Watts x 7, 1 kHz, 1.0 % THD, 8 ohms) | | • | Built-in DTS-ES™/DTS 96/24/DTS NEO:6/Dolby Digital EX/Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoders | | • | Dialogue Enhancement, Auto and Advanced Surround features | | • | Stream Direct for pure and unprocessed digital sound |
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Product Description
The VSX-817-S includes Pioneer's unique MCACC system, which stands for Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration. At the touch of a button, the MCACC will optimally tune the amplifier to the size of your living room space and speaker placement. The result sounds like a professional recording engineer has fine-tuned your system.By simply placing your speakers directly beside your TV screen and activating the unique Front Stage Surround Advance feature, you can experience a virtual surround sound environment. The benefit here is that you don't have to worry about routing speaker cables around your room; your speakers can be placed up front.The VSX-817-S includes a USB host on the front, which means you can access compressed audio files. And with Pioneer's unique Sound Retriever technology (which up-converts compressed audio to CD-quality audio), you are guaranteed high-quality sound.
Amazon.com Product Description
The world of digital satellite radio entertainment charges into the home theater with this Pioneer VSX817 XM and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ready 7-channel A/V Receiver. It comes loaded with Pioneer exclusives, like Phase Control for bass management, Sound Retriever for near CD-quality audio from compressed music files, and Auto MCACC with 5-band EQ and microphone--a calibration feature that fine-tunes each speaker to best suit your particular listening room. Enjoy the vast array of satellite radio's digital music and entertainment options in the comfort of your home theater with direct connectivity to the XM Connect & Play antenna and the SiriusConnect SC-H1 Tuner (both sold separately; monthly subscription required). Best of all, you can access your favorite satellite radio programming using the receiver's convenient on-screen display and the preprogrammed remote control. XM subscribers will even enjoy select music channels in 5.1 surround with XM HD Surround powered by Neural Audio. This high-powered receiver earns a well-deserved spotlight in any home theater.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent! January 2, 2009
Just recieved this item from Amazon. Product exceeded expectations. Hooked the reciever up within minutes and the sound quality is excellent. Very easy setup dispite mixed reviews. Great price on Amazon as well.
 No USB Host! ! ! December 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Amazon Product Description clearly indicates the presence of a USB
Host on the front panel of this receiver. The product I received has none. This was a deal breaker for me. I did some research & as far as I can determine, the European model DOES have this feature but the U.S./Canada version does not. Also, the price has dropped twice in the week since my purchase but Amazon apparently will no longer price match themselves.
Frustratingly Difficult to Setup and Operate June 16, 2008
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
Receiver needed to be hooked up to tv to set it up. Did that, but receiver remote needed a good two hours before it could be synchronized with tv to be able to choose setup menu options. It also needed a very long time before it could capture signal from cd and dvd player. This equipment is not user friendly and frustrating to operate. If it weren't a pain to return, it would have been on its way back to Amazon already. I'll give it a few more days to decide. I might just do that. It's just not worth it. I wonder if main reasons for steep discount from MSRP are customer complaints.
Awesome June 5, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Suprising clarity of sound. Simple to operate. Excellent quality.
Shipping was so fast I was amazed.
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