Pioneer VSX 918 Reviews & Tests

Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Pioneer VSX 918

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of Pioneer VSX 918 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.3/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk.

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Pioneer VSX 918

alaTest has collected and analyzed 110 user reviews of Pioneer VSX 918 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.

82% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Mark Fleischmann (hometheater.com)

Pioneer VSX-918V A/V Receiver

Budget receivers are like the cheap seats at Carnegie Hall. They don't provide best-case performance, but if you're living on a tight budget, you're just happy to be there. A budget A/V receiver can also form the basis of a starter system for the...

Aug, 2008

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Expert review by : Mark Fleischmann (soundandvision.com)

Pioneer VSX-918V A/V Receiver

Happy with what you have to be happy with. Budget receivers are like the cheap seats at Carnegie Hall. They don't provide best-case performance, but if you're living on a tight budget, you're just happy to be there.

Aug, 2008

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Pioneer VSX-918V A/V Receiver

Budget receivers are like the cheap seats at Carnegie Hall. They don't provide best-case performance, but if you're living on a tight budget, you're just happy to be there. A budget A/V receiver can also form the basis of a starter system for the...

Pioneer has two receiver lines, the higher-end Elite and a value-oriented line without any special moniker. The Pioneer VSX-918V hails from the value line where it is second from the top. At $349, it won't strain anyone's budget. Although it doesn't...

Aug, 2008

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Expert review by : Mark Fleischmann (hometheatermag.com)

Pioneer VSX-918V A/V Receiver

Budget receivers are like the cheap seats at Carnegie Hall. They don't provide best-case performance, but if you're living on a tight budget, you're just happy to be there. A budget A/V receiver can also form the basis of a starter system for the...

The Pioneer VSX-918V is one very good-sounding budget receiver. No, it won't run power-pig speakers or decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. But it will provide pleasingly clean power to speakers of appropriately high sensitivity. And it accepts...

Aug, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Pioneer 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver VSX-918V-K

I have a Sony I paid over $600 for and I got this for one of my children. I'm thinking about replaceing the Sony with this one for myself. (The Sony is 8 years old) I was inpressed with this thing for the money

none right now

Feb, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Love It

Set up was a breeze. Auto Calib. of the speakers worked fine, but I tweeked on the db levels of my rears. I absolutely love this receiver. I use 4 bose jewel speakers, a bose center, and a boston accoustic 12 sub. After shopping for a few months, I...

HDMI Video & Audio/rich full sound/easy operation/Auto calibration of the speakers/runs my xm & ipod on screen to the TV

Just cant complain about anything yet

Jan, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Speaker out shorts out

Wish I did not buy this, has short out issues from the speaker out.

Cheap

I have a issue with this receiver, since I got it it would short out and turn itself off until you wiggle the speaker wires around. More investigation found that one channel is shorting out causing the unit to just simply turn on and off. NOT HAPPY...

Jan, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Excellent Receiver

i use it with KEF floor standing IQ7 and central IQ + sub woofer from KEF.

1. Good Quality receiver ; 2. front black finish and blue lighting looks great ; 3. remote is OK ,not great and over a period you will learn to use it ; 4. once i knew how to use remote ,i can use the direct buttons to change specific settings and...

initally i did not know how to set up receiver and was not happy ; as I read thru the manual and also read a lot of discussion threads and came to know to set up Bass and other settings and now i am happy with the sound quality ; So many things you...

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good with some issues though

cant figure out how to rename the LCD screen so it says HTPC instead of DVD. Newegg service is great as usual!!

works great, sound is awesome, auto sound setup works like a charm! does PCM over HDMI so can stream HD audio from PS3.

developed audible annoying hum after a day of use. if you press on the top it would stop... newegg was good about it and DOAed it for me though, getting a replacement. Doesnt decode TrueHD.

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good Value but cheaply constructed

There are better brands of receivers than Pioneer but they have always been among the best when it came to price versus performance. I am a little concerned however with this new line as they appear to be cheaply built. Hope the guts are more robust .

Good value for the price especially considering it does HDMI audio. Good sound and lots of inputs and features

Metal body covering is very thin and may dent with minimal pressure. Speaker Connectors on the back are smaller than earlier models and look and feel cheap

Dec, 2008

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