Precision you can hear
Drawing upon over 70 years of audio innovation, the VSX line of receivers uses a discrete A/B amplifier design with Advanced Direct Energy Amplifiers for up to 7.1 channels of surround sound, redefining the traditional limitations of home theater and promising precise sonic reproduction. Delivering the most remarkable surround sound technology available today, the VSX-919AH-K is a testament to pristine sound and pure digital enjoyment. Built with Advanced Direct Energy Power Amplifiers, Advanced MCACC room calibration with a 9-band Symmetric EQ, Phase Control, Advanced Sound Retriever, Auto Level Volume Control, and 14 Advanced Surround Mode options — this unbelievably powerful receiver delivers more ways to experience home theater sound than previously believed possible.
Amplified PHAT-II quality
Additionally, the VSX Pioneer line of receivers uses Pioneer Hybrid Amplifier Technology II (PHAT-II) amplifiers designed for high-power performance that exceeds ordinary capabilities. This newly developed PHAT-II power module makes the feedback loop smaller and minimizes influences from noise sources. Within the amplifier are new output transistors that have a lower base-capacitor impedance to achieve a wider range for a high current drive stage. It also maintains the correct bias levels regardless of fluctuating temperatures, allowing for high power with minimal Total Harmonic Distortion, resulting in a stunning performance at nearly any volume level.
Auto calibration means performance-centric
To achieve optimal audio performance, your speaker output needs to be fine-tuned to the listening room. Room size and shape, floor and wall textures, the quality and relative size of your speakers; all of these factors affect performance. Pioneer has a solution. The VSX-919AH-K offers the most precise acoustic calibration available without professional support. It's called the Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration System, or MCACC, and it works in any room regardless of shape or size. Automatic MCACC set-up uses a microphone to monitor a room's acoustic environment, then determines the size and number of speakers, as well as channel level and listener-to-speaker distances. The VSX-919AH-K even has a 9-band equalizer with Symmetric EQ for more precise adjustment. With MCACC, you can have the ultimate home entertainment system; one that's customized for your own home.
Surrounded by pristine sound
In addition to the more traditional surround sound formats, the VSX-919AH-K offers DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD surround sound decoders. Pioneer's exclusive DSP technology lets you experience movies and music as never before. Phase Control Bass Management assures that low frequency signals arrive at the listening position in sync with the other 7.1 audio channels. There are 14 Advanced Surround modes, including Front Stage Surround Advance, which lets you enjoy the full benefits of surround sound with all five speakers at the front of the room. Perfect listening areas with limited space. Virtual Surround Back mode deepens and broadens the sound stage by creating a phantom rear surround effect without using a surround back speaker. Enjoy all this high-quality entertainment in 120-watt per channel surround sound, across as many as seven speakers. With this receiver at the center of your system, there's virtually no limit to your entertainment possibilities.
Quality connections
Four HDMI connections (3 in, 1 out - repeater) make A/V input switching easy. Pioneer's 0 to 400ms HDMI Lip Sync compensates for differing audio and video signal processing rates to deliver the picture and sound simultaneously. To enjoy cinema-quality sound, just connect a Pioneer DVD player and surround system speakers and you're ready. For CD-R/RW, MD, and other recording media, this receiver has one digital coaxial and two optical audio inputs. You also get two component video inputs and one output to maintain the signal integrity from such digital sources as DVD and DTV. On the VSX-919AH-K's front panel, you'll find an A/V connection, the USB iPod DIRECT input, and a minijack input that's used for other portable music players as well as for the MCACC calibration microphone.
SIRIUS-radio ready
To hear SIRIUS you'll need the optional SiriusConnect Home tuner (not included). Check sirius.com to see which service has your favorite sports coverage and personalities, and for the hardware to make it happen. You also have to subscribe to either or both services, activation and subscription fees apply (subscriptions not included).
Receiver, or giver?
Pioneer's VSX-919AH-K may be called a receiver; but really, it's a giver. It embraces your every component without prejudice. Flat panel high definition televisions, Blu-ray and DVD players, video game consoles, surround sound speakers, iPods, and SIRIUS Satellite Radio are all welcomed harmoniously, instantaneously. You won't just be entertained, you'll be transported; your senses treated to stimuli they haven't experienced before. Control all this power at your command, often with just a single push of a button. And if this isn't impressive enough, watch as Pioneer's receivers calibrate themselves to their environment automatically with MCACC, the Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration System, for the best audio experience possible. It's a performance no other receiver in the world can follow.
Pioneer innovation, quality, and lifestyle
Pioneer is a company full of engineers who have difficulty accepting the words it can't be done. Frequently, industry experts say something is impossible, only to have Pioneer prove them wrong. So when everyone said that a vehicle was too harsh an environment for the sensitive laser needed to play CDs, Pioneer created the world's first in-car CD player. Pioneer had a hand in creating the new Blu-ray Disc format to play movies at home in HD or to record huge volumes of data from your computer. In an era when computers are out of date as soon as you buy them and some A/V components are easier to replace than to repair, Pioneer takes pride in developing products that last. Pioneer manufactures most of their products directly; so when your component comes from a Pioneer factory, you know it's survived the most rigorous quality assurance testing. It's one thing to create nifty new gadgets, but consumers know that nifty is not the same as useful. Pioneer listens when consumers talk about the products they want to buy, and then does its best to make products that exceed your expectations.
Included With Purchase
Auto MCACC setup microphone, remote control, batteries for remote (2 AA), AM loop antenna, FM wire antenna, Operating Instructions.
