Pioneer refreshes, lowers prices on its Elite receivers

by Steven Kim posted Jul 1st 2009 at 5:09PM

If you love the good stuff -- and who doesn't -- then the four new receivers Pioneer has dropped into its Elite lineup might be your cup of tea. Slotted in at the high end of the range are the SC-27 (pictured) and SC-25; and the prices of $2,000 and $1,700 respectively even manage to shave a few dollars off the outgoing SC-07 and SC-05. The SC-25 and SC-27 both hold up the ICEPower tradition, and the SC-27 wears a THX Ultra2 Plus badge -- the first class D amplifier to earn the distinction. Add in the Burr-Brown ~~DACs~~ADCs and Wolfson DACs on these two and you've got the makings of top-end gear. Lower on the totem pole but continuing the trend of shaving a few bucks off the older models (VSX-01TXH and VSX-03TXH) are the VSX-21TXH ($700) and VSX-23TXH ($900). As you'd expect, all the Elites get loaded up with a heap of Pioneer's best wizardry, including MCACC room correction, network connectivity and (of course) compatibility with iPods and iPhones. There's plenty of other good info in the press release, so hit the link for the full details.

Filed under: Receivers, Pioneer

Tags: elite, pioneer, pioneer sc-25, pioneer sc-27, pioneer vsx-21txh, pioneer vsx-23txh, PioneerSc-25, PioneerSc-27, PioneerVsx-21txh, PioneerVsx-23txh, receivers, sc-25, sc-27, vsx-21txh, vsx-23txh

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DarthRaul @ Jul 1st 2009 10:42PM

Burr-browns are not the DAC but the ADC and SRC only. For DACs all models use Wolfson Electronics DACs and for the SC25 and SC27 use the models similar to the ones used in Cambridge Audio DAC Magic.

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Steven Kim @ Jul 1st 2009 11:02PM

Corrected, thanks!

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fhlh @ Jul 2nd 2009 12:11AM

They still sound like pioneers... i.e. like crap.... IMHO, of course

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Bill @ Jul 2nd 2009 5:39PM

what do you consider sounding good, of course, you will be basically telling most, if not all, audio/video journalists that their reviews are all wrong about this line of Pioneer receivers.

but please, tell us what receivers sounded good to you? compared to the Pioneers.

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boe @ Jul 2nd 2009 12:08AM

I'm going to guess Pioneer is going to regret killing the Kuro line as I'm willing to bet a reasonable percentage of people who bought Kuros said - what the hell - I'll get a Pioneer receiver and BR player to go with my new plasma. I buy many different brands but I'm a HT fanatic. I work for lots of clients with tons of money who don't really want to look around they just want to buy it and have someone set it up.

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Ken @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:25AM

You would bet correctly. They would grab an Elite receiver and BD player without even thinking about the price.

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johnc @ Jul 2nd 2009 7:12AM

I may be a little slow, but what is the main difference between the sc-07 and the sc-27? I recently saw the sc-07 price cuts at best buy, which peaked my interest. It it just an old vs new model thing or are there real significant differences? Thanks

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Steve @ Aug 31st 2009 8:01PM

Actually it piqued your interest, not peaked your interest.

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aggiebrad @ Jul 2nd 2009 12:19PM

Cool! The VSX-23TXH ($900) is the cheapest receiver I've seen with dual HDMI out. A welcome feature for all of us who split out time between a flat panel and a front projector in the same room. Here's hoping that this eventually filters down to the $500 models.

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