Pros: Bought this receiver from NE a month ago to replace my HDMI Denon that got smoked by a lightning strike. -Fantastic receiver for the price. Everything works as advertised. Sounds GREAT. -The iPod iControlAV2 app works great and MUCH more user friendly than the unit’s remote - my wife can even use this receiver (with iControlAV2) and that is really saying something. -MCCAC setup was a breeze, very thorough, however I did have to manually raise the sub-woofer volume from the setting it calibrated. -To me its best features are the vtuner for free internet radio and Apple Airplay streaming from an iPod. -The user interface isn’t great, but acceptable - especially having previously owned a Denon - which is absurd and unusable for common users. -Video looks great, no loss whatsoever when compared with directly connecting a computer or FIOS into my HD TV. -Custom labeling of inputs is nice. -Song names displayed on the front is also nice. -Headphone sound is quite good.

Cons: Not necessarily cons - rather additional notes: -To the poster that complained it doesn’t support Airplay video – it’s not supposed to – only Apple TVs do -To the poster saying it takes 2~3 seconds to connect to Airplay - totally normal for any receiver to do this – has to connect \ stream from your iPod device -The process of setting up the vtuner wasn’t documented very well, but I figured it out. -Not a fault of Pioneer, but the vtuner’s website search feature (to search for internet radio stations) is non-existent – you have to scroll through pages of stations sometimes to find what you want -The manual could have been written a bit more clearly (understandable), but was actually better than some I’ve seen. -Volume fades up slowly when you raise it, then increases in speed - takes a few times to get used to it

Overall Review: I recommend this receiver for anyone looking for a well priced mid-range reciever with a ton of features.

Pros: Great receiver for the money. The iPod controls work very well in my opinion. The Airstream, which is laggy when you first start streaming (hey it's wireless, what do you expect), works phenomenally. My wife loves it too. Easy to set up. Use the included Mic to let it automatically set your speakers for you. Had no problems when I did this, everything came out well balanced. A lot of HDMI Inputs: Tons of HDMI inputs, which is great, as we have an xbox360, PS3, and Dishnetwork receiver hooked to it. Still have room for a few more items! Make sure you give adequate ventilation along the top grill. Read the instructions, as it says I believe a minimum of 7" along the top. All receivers get hot, but frrom what I could see on the interior, this does not have any heat traps.

Cons: The volume control is very fine tuning, as someone else mentioned in their review. Can be good, but can be really annoying waiting for the volume to increase or decrease. Getting the unit set up on your internet can be a chore sometimes, took me a while before the DHCP would work.

Overall Review: Great receiver for the price. Pioneer really is pushing hard for the middle range consumer electronics area with this unit. Well worth the money, IMO. I bought this to replace a 2.5 year old Onkyo unit that had the heat trapping issue. Unfortunately, it went on the fritz just after the warranty period, and everything I read said a new controller card cost as much as a new unit. Opted to get the pioneer instead, and am very happy I did. May still install active cooling myself, just to be safe.

Pros: 110 watt amplification per channel at 8ohms, which is fairly beefy. I typically shy away from upscaling in favor of native, but the integrated Anchor Bay hardware upscaler works surprisingly well. And the audio quality in my experience, unlike how others may have categorized it, sounds amazing. Let me qualify that by saying my hearing tests in the top 1% and I tested with lossless FLAC samples through fairly decent speakers. There are also some advanced audio calibration features that make a major impact on perceived sound quality, such as phase control (making sure that both high and low frequency sound hits your ear at the same time from each of your speakers simultaneously) and PQLS (for high-resolution jitter correction during DA conversion, thus eliminating distortion). One of the most compelling features is full remote control without the need for the stock remote via iControl2. This works on iPhones, iPads, most recent iPod Touches and Android. You'll never touch the IR remote.

Cons: Doesn't ship with a few option modules, like Wifi (does however ship with built-in Ethernet, so you can still use it on the network).

Overall Review: Bought to replace my Onkyo SR-607 with the typical burnt-out HDMI board problem. For the relatively low price I wasn't expecting much in terms of sound quality, but I was pleasantly surprised by exactly how good it does sound. The Pioneer VSX-1021k makes my old receiver sound like junk in comparison, and I actually had a lot of compliments on how good the last one sounded. The built-in hardware upscaler does a great job of upscaling sub-1080p video, but I'd advise you to leave it off on full-time native 1080p devices like Bluray players or media set-tops. Passing through native 1080p content seems to wash out the chroma scale a bit. Also, you don't need the wifi module to use the iControl2 app from wireless; just make sure the wireless clients in question can reach it on your Ethernet. For advanced users with a firewall between network segments, you'll need to forward TCP ports 80, 8080 and 8102 to your receiver. I couldn't find it documented anywhere, so ended up sniffing traffic.

Pros: - Easy setup - Audio is good for the price - Video is good - Newegg is always great to purchase from.

Cons: - HDMI standby pass through is only for HDMI CEC devices. - Remote buttons are very small - The wireless adapter separate for another $150. - No Front HDMI

Overall Review: It seems most set-top devices (dish network receivers, etc) do not support HDMI CEC, so you can't use standby through on this receiver. Other AV Receivers seem to offer non CEC pass through. Seeing that standard TV is the most common thing I would not want in surround, I am very disappointed this isn't made clear in the specs. If I had known, I would not have purchased this unit.

Pros: Airplay lets you play audio from itunes, pandora, ipad, ipod touch, iphone, etc.. and automatically turns on receiver or changes selection Ipad app both useful Menus to setup, automatic level adjustment with included mic Upconversion to HDMI Excellent sound through airplay. Amp drives speakers and crossover for sub-out jack. Latest Dolby codecs support Netflix 5.1 with AppleTV or PS3 7.1, 5.1 with high and low front speakers, or 5.1 with Zone 2 options

Cons: No built-in wireless networking (extra cost) Poorly designed remote- circa 1995 HDMI won't work with optical or RCA audio No legacy ports - HDMI, Composite, RCA, optical only Poor documentation, setup is insufficiently granular Cheap plastic construction for front panel 1 yr Warranty

Overall Review: I replaced a 6 year old Onkyo which included legacy ports, but only a few HDMI ports. I tried airplay through an airport express but wasn't happy with the sound. This unit offers most of the features of more expensive Denon and Marantz units for much less.

Pros: Anyone that claims a high tec level and has problems setting this receiver up has a problem. Everything was straight forward and my wife was using it the same day without problems. The PC setup was a breeze and teh instructions are simple. The sound quality is superb coming from my old Sony receiver that couldn't play high bit rate Dolby Digital. It also comes with a mic to automatically adjust the configuration. Online radio and media sharing is a plus.

Cons: I can't get HDMI pss through working with my HDTV that I bought back in 2008. No big deal though since I have no use for it.

Overall Review: The receiver is great. Setup is so easy that a caveman could do it.

Pros: Airplay is fantastic, setup was easy, the iPad and iPhone apps are easy to use and convenient, being able to rename the inputs is nice, and of course the sound is incredible

Cons: As many stated the remote it comes with is pretty awful, but if you have an iphone, ipad, or a third party learning remote you'll forget all about it. Not sure how its size compares to other receivers but it is quite large, had to unscrew the legs of the receiver to get it to fit into my console. A pretty negligible con but the fact that the legs screw off is a pro in my mind! When we first unboxed it and tried to use the ipad apps, the apps were losing connection after about 30 seconds to a minute. Turns out the receiver was still in demo mode and that needs to be turned off for the app to really work. This wasn't entirely clear since the manual isn't great. I've also had a rare few blips when using airplay from an iphone but I'm pretty sure it's caused by walking around the house with the phone and it hopping from one wireless access point to another. Other than these minor issues this receivers awesome!

Pros: Quality, AirPlay, HDMI switching, Upscaling, Internet Radio, Network standby

Cons: iPod control is kludgy, storing internet radio channels is kludgy

Overall Review: My favorite feature is AirPlay. Like many, we have a number of iOS devices and Wi-Fi already. If you don't know, AirPlay allows you to control your iTunes library using Apples 'Remote' app via Wi-Fi. You can control your computer's audio with it, or other AirPlay devices, like this Pioneer unit. Since the receive doesn't have Wi-Fi, I used a Trendnet TEW-650AP as a wireless client for connectivity. If you enable the network standby mode of the receiver, you can make the receiver wake up and start playing songs from your iTunes library all from your iOS devices! For the internet radio, you can use a web browser on radio-pioneer.com to manage your favorites, otherwise there is an overwhelming number of stations (~20,000) and podcasts (10,000+). Unfortunately, many of the stations causing the receiver to show a format error (non-playable). The reciver has plenty of power for my smallish room (18'x13'). Polk PSW10, Monitor 40, CS1, plus a pair of in-wall surrounds (5.1 surround).