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HD, where the results were mixed.

The receiver passed above-

white and below-black informa-

tion on an HDMI passthrough. It

passed above white but not below

black with a component

passthrough. And it passed

neither when it cross-converted a

component input to an HDMI

output.

Conclusions

An electronics budget of $7,000

opens your options to a wide

selection of separate processors

and ampliﬁers. So which way

should you go? Not so long ago,

the choice was an easy one, as

audiophile dogma held that

separates offered better sound.

Today that line is hopelessly

blurred; the best receivers can

compete head to head with

similarly priced separates.

Separates provide more

ﬂexibility. You can replace the

processor to accommodate new

formats or the amp to add more

power. But receivers offer space

savings, possibly greater

convenience, and fewer system

connections. (You don’t need to

link the processor to the amp.)

Also, separates aren’t an option in

some price ranges. However, once

you get to this level, the choice

becomes a very personal one.

Either route can provide superb

performance.

Whether you’re listening to

two-channel stereo or full

multichannel sound, the Pioneer’s

ability to present a natural

soundstage with depth and

breadth, tangible and relievable

instrumental timbre, full-bodied

bass, and convincing all-around

musicality, is ﬁrst class.

This is a complex product, with

more features than most users will

ever need or use. Once you get

past its relatively steep learning

curve, you’ll have no trouble

sitting back and enjoying its

outstanding performance.

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Or you can turn it off completely

and set up the system manually.

All of the automated equalization

for the main speakers (which you

can tweak manually later if

desired) is basic nine-band

graphic. There’s additional

automated three-band paramet-

ric equalization that helps dial in

the bass to minimize standing

waves.

If you want to read all the most

intimate MCACC details,

download Pioneer’s manual to

view a simple graphical depiction

of MCACC at www.pioneer.no/

ﬁles/eur/MCACC/index.html.

Although its explanations look

intimidating, when you use the

menus, the actual procedure is a

bit easier to do.

How effective was the

MCACC? For me, it noticeably

tightened the bottom end but

leaned out the midbass and left

the treble sounding brightened.

The bass improvement was

obvious and very welcome. The

other changes, though more

controversial, were also subtler.

How much improvement you can

expect depends on your system,

setup, and personal reaction to

the changes.

Adventures in Video

Processing

In a simple video passthrough

test, using a signal generator and

1080i resolution patterns

(multibursts), the receiver was

essentially transparent in HDMI.

However, in component, it

showed a small loss in resolution

on the highest-level HD burst

pattern (37.1 megahertz) in the

Pure (processor bypass) setting. It

also showed a signiﬁcant loss in

the 1080i setting. The same was

true for any resolution. I got a

good result in the Pure processing

setting and clearly compromised

resolution in all other processing

settings, even with the same input

and output resolutions. For the

best results with HD material, I

recommend

that you use this receiver with

HDMI whenever possible and do

any required upconversion

elsewhere (such as in the display).

I also noticed signiﬁcant

resolution loss when the Pioneer

cross-converted a component

source to HDMI. (The Pure

setting is inoperative in a

cross-conversion. You can select

it, but you get no picture.)

Nevertheless, I had to use

cross-conversion to run my usual

video-processing tests. This was

the only way the receiver would

upconvert a 480i or 1080i input

all the way to 1080p.

Despite the resolution

limitations, the receiver’s Marvell

video processing passed most of

my deinterlacing and scaling tests

(480i-to-1080p and 1080i-to-

1080p) with scores of good to

(mostly) excellent. The only

exception was 3:2 pulldown in

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iLink (2), coaxial digital (4), optical digital (4), 7.1-channel analog (1), stereo analog (12), RF (1, for

laserdisc), MM phono (1), iPod

iPod (1), SIRIUS (1, tuner optional), XM Radio (1, tuner optional),

Ethernet (1), USB (1)

  HDMI (2), component video (2), S-video (2), composite video (2)

 Coaxial digital (1), optical digital (2), stereo analog (3), preamp (12), speaker terminals (10), headphones

RS-232 (1), 12-volt trigger (4), MCACC setup mic, multizone audio out (2, L/R analog; 2, optical

digital; 1, coaxial digital), multizone composite video out (2), multizone component video out (1), control (1 in, 1

out), external remote control multizone sensors (4 in, 4 out)

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