I will be doing the review of this AVR in parts over time.
I received my unit a couple of days back and I have been to listening to streaming Music on it using just the Pioneer two SP FS52 speakers.
Note: I still haven't connected the receiver and done the initial setup, as I'm waiting for my TV still.
Review 1: Streaming Music via Bluetooth, Mode: Pure Direct
Two FS52 speakers connected with bandridge 12 gauge copper wire. No speaker calibration done.
Genre 1: Pop Music - Played many songs from various Artists like Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran etc, the vocals were crystal clear, bass was punchy; sometimes very rarely the mids and lows separation was not that good (only on few songs). But I could immediately tell that this AVR is definitely a beast on Music too.
Genre 2: Indian (Bollywood and South) - I listened to Rahman songs from Dilse, Bombay, Rang De basanti, Rockstar etc. Chaiye Chiaye: I could feel the tracks below my feet (don't know if the clarity was because of FS52 or the AVR but AVR has to process it for the speaker to sound good) and many times I felt as though I was hearing it on my Sony MX1000 m3 because of the details the speaker could pick. Muqabla song (instrument arrangement of this songs is still one of the best), especially the bass (lows) and highs in this song are well separated and I could clearly hear it coming out from the speakers. I listened to few tamil sound tracks of his too from a maniratnam movie - songs Hayati and Bhoomi, this song has some great guitar riffs that sounded great.
Genre 3: EDM and Trance: Avicii, Swedish house mafia, Tiesto, Infected Mushrooms etc, right from the trippy punchy bass tracks to deep bass of Mushrooms this avr did not have a problem handling it.
Genre 4: Rock and Guitar heavy songs: This AVR can really those highs and mids.
Never listened to Aventage series, but my guess this powerful yet clear Avr can match to them.
I received my unit a couple of days back and I have been to listening to streaming Music on it using just the Pioneer two SP FS52 speakers.
Note: I still haven't connected the receiver and done the initial setup, as I'm waiting for my TV still.
Review 1: Streaming Music via Bluetooth, Mode: Pure Direct
Two FS52 speakers connected with bandridge 12 gauge copper wire. No speaker calibration done.
Genre 1: Pop Music - Played many songs from various Artists like Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran etc, the vocals were crystal clear, bass was punchy; sometimes very rarely the mids and lows separation was not that good (only on few songs). But I could immediately tell that this AVR is definitely a beast on Music too.
Genre 2: Indian (Bollywood and South) - I listened to Rahman songs from Dilse, Bombay, Rang De basanti, Rockstar etc. Chaiye Chiaye: I could feel the tracks below my feet (don't know if the clarity was because of FS52 or the AVR but AVR has to process it for the speaker to sound good) and many times I felt as though I was hearing it on my Sony MX1000 m3 because of the details the speaker could pick. Muqabla song (instrument arrangement of this songs is still one of the best), especially the bass (lows) and highs in this song are well separated and I could clearly hear it coming out from the speakers. I listened to few tamil sound tracks of his too from a maniratnam movie - songs Hayati and Bhoomi, this song has some great guitar riffs that sounded great.
Genre 3: EDM and Trance: Avicii, Swedish house mafia, Tiesto, Infected Mushrooms etc, right from the trippy punchy bass tracks to deep bass of Mushrooms this avr did not have a problem handling it.
Genre 4: Rock and Guitar heavy songs: This AVR can really those highs and mids.
Never listened to Aventage series, but my guess this powerful yet clear Avr can match to them.
