![]() I pulled the banana plugs off the end of one of my speaker cables and attempted to go with a bare-wire connection, just for the experience of it, and ended up saying some very salty words before giving up and re-bananafying my cable. They're also far too close to the HDMI ports above. The binding posts for speaker connections, for example, are of the old-school vertically-stacked style, and are grouped far too close together for comfort. Before getting to the point of using the remote, though, one needs to make some back-panel connections, and doing so can be a bit of a cramped experience depending on what you're connecting. The number of HDMI ports is a little limited for an AVR at this price point, with only six rear-panel inputs and two outputs and one aux HDMI input around front.Īs with all recent Pioneer receivers that I have hands-on experience with, setup of the VSX-LX504 is an absolute breeze and navigating its well-designed and utterly ergonomic remote is a pleasure. The VSX-LX504 also, of course, supports all of the AV connectivity and processing you would expect, including HDMI 2.0b with support for HDR10, Dolby Vision, and HLG, along with HDCP 2.2 copy protection. The VSX-LX504 also adds support for IMAX Enhanced, upgrades Bluetooth from 4.1 to 4.2, and supports Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization, a feature that unfortunately isn't enabled yet, but will via firmware allow you to approximate the sound of a full Atmos system without using overhead speakers or Atmos modules, not long after this review goes live. Where the VSX-LX504 mainly sets itself apart is in its number of amplified channels (nine versus seven) and the power delivered to each of those channels (120 watts per channel, with a full bandwidth signal, two channels driven into 8 ohms, with 0.08 percent THD via the same standards, the 933 max out at 80 wpc). Of course, you could say a lot of the same for the VSX-933, barring the whole powered-third-zone thing. ![]() It supports powered second and third audio zones, and boasts DTS Play-Fi and FlareConnect support. In addition to its Works with Sonos certification, the LX504 also supports Chromecast, works with Google Assistant, and features Apple AirPlay 2 functionality. Still, its impressive just how much this one black box does. Of course, at more than double the price ($999 versus $479), you'd expect the LX504 to boast a reasonably impressive feature set. As with the Pioneer VSX-933 we reviewed last year, the Pioneer Elite VSX-LX504 9.2-Channel Network AV Receiver packs a whole lot of goodies into one package.
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