What Hi Fi Sound and Vision 31 AUG 2009

Pioneer VSX-LX52

£ 950 4
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A good option, especially if you're a fan of Pioneers. However, it can just be bettered in the performance-per-pound stakes

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Channels/power(w)

 7x150

Pro-Logic II

 Yes

Pro-Logic IIx

 Yes

Dolby Digital EX

 Yes

DTS Neo:6

 Yes

DTS-ES

 Yes

DTS 96/24

 Yes

Dolby Digital Plus

 Yes

DTS HD

 Yes

Dolby TrueHD

 Yes

DTS Master Audio

 Yes

THX

 Select 2

Tuner Presets

 63

DAB

 No

FM

 Yes

MW

 Yes

LW

 Yes

SW

 No

Internet

 No

Auto set-up

 Yes

Room EQ

 Yes

Video upconversion

 Yes

Video scaling

 1080p

HDMI 1.3a

 Yes

HD audio via HDMI

 Yes

Learning remote

 No

Multiroom

 3 Zone

Network capable

 No

HDMI Audio in

 5

Coaxial digital in

 2

Optical digital in

 3

FireWire in

 0

USB Audio in

 1

Analogue audio in

 6

Phono in

 No

Multichannel analogue in

 6ch

Ethernet audio

 0

HDMI Video in

 5

Component in

 2

S-Video in

4

Composite in

4

USB Video

 0

Ethernet video

 0

HDMI Audio out

 2

Coaxial digital out

 0

Optical digital out

 1

Analogue audio out

 0

Preouts

 8

HDMI Video out

 2

Component out

 1

S-Video out

 0

Composite out

 1

Dimensions (hwd, cm)

 17x42x43

Weight (kg)

 13.5

PublishTo

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