Pioneer VSX-1121 Owner's Thread - Page 72

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it isn't anywhere near a "flagship" receiver...

it is what it is...

Thanks to the cheap Ebay deal, I upgraded to this from an Onkyo 606. I am now also looking to upgrade my Quintet III's, but not sure if necessary.

Here is what I had:

Onkyo 606
HSU STF-2
Klipsch Quintet III's (5)

I am certainly going to keep the HSU - it has always been amazing. I sold the Onkyo to my friend for $150, so I will end up paying even less for the Pioneer. I can sell the Quintets to him for $200, but if I do that, do I have a better alternative without spending a ton of money? I do not even need surround sound where I am at right now, a L/R and C will be just fine - they have to be bookshelf.

Preferences: Crisp clean music (classic rock, rap, pop), movies, and PS3 games at medium volume. I am in a townhouse right now, so I cannot even crank it, but would not mind getting some speakers that have the capability to jam out when I finally move...

Any suggestions appreciated..

A couple Klipsch bookshelves and a center? Living room is medium size (don't have dimensions right now).

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Pioneer+...99165100050018

Done.

Have to be bookshelf.... Is that even an upgrade to Quintets? Or a downgrade?

Thats the what manufacturer claims, not me Go look at the text in the below link.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...neer+Receivers

Near or not, it is the top model in their non-Elite line, so no reason to not have it.

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it is what it is...

you can bitch about it, it's not gonna change it... if you needed triggers, you should have ensured that what you were buying had them...

this is a "flagship"...

Well that is what I am doing, bitching; not much I can do at this point other than to sell it cheap

When I bought it in Dec I didn't know I needed triggers. I bought an Emotiva UPA7 last week & thats when I realized I need triggers to switch on the amp when the receiver turns on.

You could just pick up a Power Conditioner that does this for you like a Belkin PF60? http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-AP41300.../ref=de_a_smtd

Protect your gear and get the functionality you need rather than selling a receiver.

sure you can...

some options...

- "smart strip" triggered outlet...
- just leave it on...
- or, heaven forbid, actually manually turn it on...

Is it possible having this reciever hooked up to tv everything cable ps3 going through the reciever to tv with arc to mess up the tv the goes out just keeps restarting and restarting does this have to with the tv in someway. I as because it happen before I had to unhook tv take back of rv off and mess with some things then hooked everything back up started working then just went out again what the receivers signals possible be causing interruptions or something

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sorry... i can't make heads or tails of what you are asking...

I ordered yesterday and can't wait for this receiver to arrive!!

I will enter URL's on next post.

This is my first receiver.

Which is the better choice:

Pioneer package from Best Buy:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Pioneer+...rd164900050018

or this Energy Package from Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16882269038

Both will cost roughly the same but I am not sure which to go with. I am also looking for a sub and have my sights set on the BIC America F12.

Thank you to all for your help.

I have a Panny 65VT30--will the VSX 1121 produce a better PQ if I used it to process the video, or does the Panny do a better job? My source is a Panny BDT210 BD player. Thanks!

Anyone?

Problem is Pioneer themselves label it their 'Flagship' receiver. But I agree with you, it's not right that they label it a Flagship product.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...neer+Receivers

Firmware updates have no standard extension name. They are not windows applications.

FEDEX just delivered my 1121. I saw it was manufatured 12/2011 so I am hoping no update needed. Definitley looks like a great piece for for the money.

Was a signature required or drop and run? I'm looking for two of them tomorrow...

Mine built in 9/11 did not require it either

Mine did. they did not drop it the first time and I ended up just picking it up from the UPS

I had to sign for it. Getting ready to hook it up!

All hooked up and working, next step is to run the calibration tomorrow after wifey is up. So far I'm pretty impressed.

Okay so I have a question for everyone....I'm a newb to this thread. I just bought a Marantz SR6004 7.1 receiver for $450 on eBay used, but then I seen that the Pioneer VSX-1121-k was on sale for $379 and I couldn't pass that up so I got that too!

Any advice on which receiver I should stick with? I want the best sounding receiver for Music and Movies. I purchased the Marantz because I actually bought one of their slimline receivers a few weeks ago to replace my Onkyo TX-SR605 and it was PHENOMENAL! It was a huge improvement in sound and it was only pushing 50w per channel. So i LOVE Marantz at the moment and the SR6004 I just bought has a USB port and bluetooth for my iPod. It also has pre outs too for when I upgrade my Front speakers and want to add a 2-channel amp.

But what drives me towards the Pioneer is the whole airplay feature built-in and the fact that is new and warrantied.

Any advice on which one you'd keep and why would be a huge help!

Here is my setup:

-Sanyo PLV-1080HD Projector
-Panasonic BD-1600p
-PS3 Slim
-Sony SCD-CE595 5-disk SACD Player
-Polk Monitor 70's for the Fronts
-Polk OWM3's for the Front Heights
-Polk CS2 Center Channel speaker
-Polk Monitor 60's for the Backs
-Energy EF-500 for the Surround Backs
-HSU Research SFT-1 Subwoofer


Thanks and sorry for long question/comment!

Hey all-
I just got my Beach Camera VSX-1121 in today. After spending a bit of time stripping the wires, getting all the speakers set up, doing MCACC, and connecting my little Sansa, I turned it on...and was treated to vomit-inducing audio. ??? Thin, overly analytic garbage. I know it's not the speakers (Pioneer BS-21s) as I had them set up with a TCA Gizmo and they sounded awesome. So, playing around, I turned on Stream Direct and shut off the awful, awful EQ (which I haven't as yet figured out how to use), and that helped matters, but something was still 'off'. Moreover, whatever bass was being output to the sub was much lower than usual; far lower than anything I ever got with my Gizmo, even after messing around with the speaker settings and individual gain on the sub channel.
Just to make sure I wasn't crazy, I dug up an 80s vintage Kenwood and began switching back and forth. Sure enough the Kenwood sounded 'normal' and the Pioneer soulless...at least at first. I'm going to try to set up a better test tomorrow - as well as redo MCACC, because that really does seem to loom large - but in the meantime, *any* advice from the avsforum wizards, for a person who's never owned an AVR before, would be most appreciated.
Meh. I'm happy that I've still got an H/K AVR 2600 on order from Amazon, but it is backordered with no ETA

wait, but should it? even for simple two channel audio? and yes, I need it to do that well, not just movies and tv. (even nba basketball sounds wrong with this though)

I just finished the MCACC with mine and the sound quality is fantastic. I would rerun the MCACC again and try some manual adjustments yourself. This unit replaces a VSX-1120K and it was very similar so I guess I had somewhat an advantage in knowing what to do. The only issues I have had with mine is connecting to the router and setting the AVR to power down when the TV was shut down ( easily fixed ). I just listened to a CD in my ELITE BDP-43FD and it was very pleasing. My unit was also up to date with the current software.

Based on my experience (several different Pioneer receivers over the years) they simply don't have the presence (low-end) of (most) other manufacturers. I can't say it's better or worse rather more a preference thing.

My only question is...does this unit have a loudness/midnight setting? Website says it does but I haven't found it.