{"id":1397,"date":"2009-05-13T00:04:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T05:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2009-05-13T00:04:37","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T05:04:37","slug":"product-of-the-day-day-13-pioneer-vsx-1019ah-home-theater-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1397","title":{"rendered":"Product of the Day, Day 13: Pioneer VSX-819H Home Theater Receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pioneer VSX-819H Home Theater Receiver<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0One of the most popular pages on the site is HDMI Receivers: The Two Best Buys on the Planet!<\/a><\/p>\n

With Pioneer’s new VSX-819H home theater receiver, I have considered expanding the article and calling it the three best buys on the planet.\u00a0 The VSX-819H has much of what makes the VSX-1019 great, at a significantly lower price, a mere $299 suggested retail.<\/p>\n

The VSX-819H has Dolby TrueHD decoding, DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, and Pioneer’s amazing Advanced MCACC automatic setup and room correction, which I have raved about in the past.\u00a0 It also has full iPod connectivity and functionality with a sound retriever function to improve sound quality from compressed audio files.<\/p>\n

The primary omissions compared to the VSX-1019 is that the VSX-819H is 5.1 channels rather than 7.1, has 3 HDMI inputs to the VSX-1019’s 4 HDMI inputs, and the VSX-819H is somewhat less powerful at 110 watts to the VSX-1019’s 120 watts.\u00a0 Both of these amplifier ratings are somewhat optimistic, but either receiver will have ample clean power for the budget home theater applications they are meant for.<\/p>\n

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What isn’t important about the VSX-819H is what it leaves out… it is what it leaves in, and the high-def decoding, class-leading MCACC setup and room correction system,\u00a0 and iPod functionality make it impossible to beat at its price and a wonderful hub for a budget home theater.\u00a0 Pair the VSX-819 with a TSAT1000 or TSAT2000 speaker system from The Speaker Company<\/a> and you have some mighty fine sound that will make you wonder how you got so much for so little.<\/p>\n

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