Pioneer SC-LX85

Stunning sound quality ; exceptional specification ; class-leading usability ; a supremely well-made unit

Requires a little care in system matching

Best home cinema amplifier £1500+, Awards 2011. Pioneer’s best is also its best yet: an extraordinary feat, and a true Award-winning all-rounder

Powerful, precise multichannel sound; excellent LAN music streaming; AirPlay; THX Ultra2 Plus post-processing

Clunky Wi-Fi adaptor; media support from USB not as comprehensive as across a network

Beautifully engineered and lavishly equipped, Pioneer’s SC-LX85 is a lust-worthy new member of the AV elite. I suspect niceties such as AirPlay and network streaming will have long time enthusiasts pondering an upgrade, while it’s audio performance...

Plenty of raw power ; Excellent audio performance ; Excellent video performance ; Brilliant iOS/Android control app

Rather expensive ; Disjointed control functions ; No fast list-navigation function

If it could navigate through lists of content in a reasonably effective way and provide FLAC over USB, it would also be among the best for new media.

An absolute brilliant sounding receiver with many features, terrific clarity, lots of power whilst retaining the quality of surround sound. Fully recommended..

You need to take the time to read the instructions fully and can get a little complicated first time around. Should have the optional Bluetooth as standard for such a high spec of equipment.

An absolute brilliant sounding receiver with many features, terrific clarity, lots of power whilst retaining the quality of surround sound. Fully recommended

You need to take the time to read the instructions fully and can get a little complicated first time around. Should have the optional Bluetooth as standard for such a high spec of equipment

Excellent sound and vision quality, packed full of features, solid build quality and mighty powerful! Once this receiver is set up, it is a joy to use, well worth the money I paid for it.

Instruction manual is very in depth and a little disjointed, you will need a day really to read through this in detail and go through the set up, if like me you have upgraded from a plug and play off the shelf system. Other than that, brilliant piece...

sound; image quality;

setting

Excellent sound and vision quality, packed full of features, solid build quality and mighty powerful! Once this receiver is set up, it is a joy to use, well worth the money I paid for it

Instruction manual is very in depth and a little disjointed, you will need a day really to read through this in detail and go through the set up, if like me you have upgraded from a plug and play off the shelf system ; Other than that, brilliant piece...

Love the design, all of the features, power, ease of use. Over all another fantastic pioneer product in my opion.

Would of like to have included with the item the wireless bluetooth device.