Just received my new Pioneer VSX-1020 receiver (pre-ordered direct from Pioneer)
Here are a few pics of the exterior:
After spending an hour or so with the unit, I've noticed the following:
Positives
Negatives
Although it isn't fair to compare the sound of the Denon AVR-1909 and this unit yet as I spent a TON of time calibrating and adjusting the Denon and have only played with this unit an hour, I did notice a few things after the initial auto calibration:
After going through the manual, I now see there's an Advanced MCACC (Manual) mode that has a TON of adjustments. More importantly, there seem to be some incredible tools at your disposal. I'll be playing with this soon and will post some images/results.
Here are a few pics of the exterior:
After spending an hour or so with the unit, I've noticed the following:
Positives
- Gorgeous GUI for main menu (After Denon AVR1909, this is appreciated!)
- Very detailed auto-calibration using multiple patterns
- Very granular adjustments (overall)
Negatives
- Awful remote
- Input switching takes longer than Denon it replaced
- (So far) Don't see any way to control crossover for individual channels
Although it isn't fair to compare the sound of the Denon AVR-1909 and this unit yet as I spent a TON of time calibrating and adjusting the Denon and have only played with this unit an hour, I did notice a few things after the initial auto calibration:
- MCACC has odd distances for my wall-mounted rear surrounds. They're about 2ft away, but MCACC sees as ~6ft
- MCACC dials the sub level much lower than Denon's Audyssey
- A filter of some sort is being applied to LFE channel as the Rythmik F12 sounds very different (lacking detail) than when I used the Denon. This is 110% a setting someplace I just haven't seen.
After going through the manual, I now see there's an Advanced MCACC (Manual) mode that has a TON of adjustments. More importantly, there seem to be some incredible tools at your disposal. I'll be playing with this soon and will post some images/results.