The "Official" Pioneer Elite VSX-82TSX Owner's Thread - Page 5

Originally Posted by PTDOCTOR

Hey Guys,

Finally got my 82 all hooked up this past weekend and everything seems to be fine. One question I have is what volume are you at for listening to different sources? I have the Orb audio Peoples Choice system hooked up to it and I seem to be listening to movies at around -30 to -15db. This volume seems plenty loud for someone who is not a loud movie or tv viewer. I usually have to tell others in the household that they dent need to listen to things too loud. But seeing how the volume goes from -80db to +12db, I am surprised that I am towards the top end of the volume for just normal use. From -80db to -50db I don't hardly hear anything at all. I have done the MACC, and thought that a big receiver like this would power things with ease. I think someone else on this thread has a similar setup. Just wondering what you guys are experiencing and whether this is normal or what?

Thanks

Originally Posted by pier0188

I checked out BBY last night, the only openbox/clearance stuff they have is a 71 series, which lacks many of the things I am looking for. They said that the 82 and 84 were new and not clearance/discontinued like other have said.

How do you bargain down an 82 series? I have a 12% off coupon, but he was pretty adamant that he wouldn't just come down in price, I even mentioned that I bought my 52" Toshiba dlp there and he didn't budge.

Also, one thing that sucks was that BBY apparently has changed it's open box policy, they are now giving out gift certs with OB purchases. This is pretty disappointing, considering the 71 series was missing the mic, remote, manual, and ipod connector. I am missing all of that and the best you can do is a $120 gift card? No thanks.

Anyway, I need some advice on how to get this thing below 1200, my wife's cut-off is 1000.

Originally Posted by Rockokma

Got mine for 800 from a best buy w/ magnolia store...

they price matched this... I told them they had a store near by, they didnt bother to check at all... i probably got lucky though.

Originally Posted by Rockokma

Hooked it up to the HD-A1 through HDMI, sound is working but it is missing bass...

Is bass peak level the only kind of bass management there is ???

Going through forums but too much mixed info about settings...

Anyone have any advice for setting this reciever up w/ the HD-DVD player... reciever settings and HD-A1 settings???

Also I am getting Vertical lines running from the bottom of the screen to the top when converting from and component to the HDMI out. Anyone have this problem?

Also how do you turn the scaler off, and do you think this reciever is worth the price at 800 if I turn off all the scaling and converting?

Originally Posted by DreamCatcher

The lack of bass issue you're experiencing seems to be normal.
A couple of fixes you can try,
Go into the Toshiba setup and lower all speaker levels except SUB.
Start with -7 for all speakers, but leave SUB at 0.
Or you can setup a separate MCACC setting for the Toshiba and boost the LFE
as much as needed.
Turn the scaler off using the Parameter button on the remote

dc

Originally Posted by Mach1Man

In the Audioholics review of the 82 in the Conclusion section is the statement "Video conversion is a problem so until Pioneer works that out, you may have to limit yourself to using the same input for all your components."

What exactly does that mean???

I plan to use HDMI both in and out of the 82 for DVD and have the player do the upscaleing to 720P and plan to use component both in and out of the 82 for TV (D* H10 STB) and have the Pio do the upscaling of SD to 720P.

Is this not the best way to go???

Originally Posted by ftlee

Does this receiver introduce artifacts if it is set to "pure" and only is used for switching purposes?

Thanks,

Frank T. Lee

Originally Posted by pbmpharmacist

Not that I have seen

Originally Posted by TrevorS

Hi all,

I just finished grinding my way through this 84TXSi thread and the 82TXS thread. I had previously spent a pile of time trying to learn about the Yamaha, Harmon-Kardon, and Denon offerings, and was pretty much settled on the Denon 3806 or 2807, when I bumped into the Pioneer Elite discussions.

1) My number one is sound quality (care a lot about the sound) and I'm looking for something that leans towards neutral, but with clean and reasonably open highs. My general impression is Denon favors a somewhat warm and closed sound. I'm wondering how you folks would characterize the 82/84 (I'm presuming their sonics are the same).

2) Main reason for purchase is HDMI audio for my HD-DVD player. The receiver has to do a good sounding job with HDMI 5.1 and deliver a good video signal (no black or white damage) to my 2002 DVI-D XBR CRT display (1080i native). I curently have this display running very reliably off a Gefen splitter with HD-DVD (blacks and whites are good).

3) Also important is the performance of the 7.1 analog inputs, since they will be handling SACD and DVD-A from my modded Denon 2900.

4) My other sources are all 480i S-Video and component. Those sources will normally be delivering 4:3 material (including plenty of letterbox), so I'm wondering what video transcoding or scaling will really do for me.

(Reason I wonder is 720p/1080i are inherently HD formatted (16:9) and so I suspect upscaling will just distort my 4:3 images. Would the receiver zoom function (vertical stretch?) solve this problem for my 4:3 CRT display?)

5) How does 480i S-Video/component really look when transcoded/upscaled to 1080i HDMI? Is it best to leave it at 480? Any recommendations?

6) Also, I'm looking at HPDirect.com -- do I really need a service contract for Pioneer Elite? (Basically a reliabililty question.)

Thanks a bunch for any and all help

PS. I also posted this on the 84TXSi thread, but lack of any response suggests I also try here. I'm actually looking at purchasing the 82TXS.