Pioneer Elite VSX-53TX vs Yamaha RXV1400

[AMITS]

Hi All,

I am planning to buy a receiver and would like to know which one would be better one. I am getting Pioneer for $605 and Yamaha $650.

Please feel free to suggest any good receiver that feel is better than the above two.

My budget is around $600-$650.

I am not too concered about the watts.

Regards,
Amit

 

[mediafrk]

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You could also consider the RX V2400. Check the internet you can find it for $750 with S&H. Sorry, I infrequently answer the question.

 

[rgriffin25]

I own the Pioneer that you are asking about. When shopping for my receiver, I narrowed it down to the Yamaha 2400 and the 53TX. I bought the Pioneer and I am very satisfied with its performance. It does everything that I need and then some. I do believe that it has more power than either of the Yamaha receivers (I am talking about actual power consumption (not the spec ratings per channel). It is heaver and is built like a tank. IMO the Pioneer is much prettier to the eye and on top of that, it is one of the easiest receivers to set-up and use. With the MCACC you can customize 2 seperate eq settings w/o losing the auto calibration. The pioneer has a Hi-bit audio scaler that converts audio sources to 96/24 resolution.

I am not saying the Yamaha is bad. These were some of the determining factors that helped me make my purchase.

I hope this helps!

 

[Unregistered]

The 2 Recievers are very similar quality and power wise. The main difference is going to be the sound. The Yamaha will have a brighter, more defined and crisp sound. The Pioneer will be warmer and full sounding. Both have auto Calibration systems. The Yamaha is going to have bigger selection of sound fields. Both are quality products. I bought the Yamaha because because I have a good friend who is an engineer with Pioneer, told me the Yamaha would be his choice. His main reason was reliability. He said, as a dedicated piece of HT equipment, the Yamaha would be more durable to the hours and use it would be put under. If I was going to use it for music only, he recomended the Pioneer, mostly because he likes the House sound of Pioneer. Go figure. I could have picked up eighter reciever for under 400 through him. I like both, but prefer the sound of the Yamaha. I did not get into the specifics of what makes the Yamaha more reliable, but I listen to this guy since one of his resonsibilities is to evaluate competitor equipment for the designers at Pioneer to have benchmarks to work against. He has had the whole Yamaha line apart and evaluated piece by piece personally. He also recomended the Dennon 2000 series AVR recievers, and I might have went that way, but did not have the access to the pricing he could get me on the others. I hope this helps.