Pioneer Audio -
9.2-Channel AV Receiver Brings Multi-Dimensional Excitement to Your Home Entertainment.
VSX-LX305 Elite

Home Theatre Planners Magazine Review

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Pros
 

  • Phenomenal sound quality
  • Gaming-friendly AV receiver
  • Excellent multi-zone streaming
  • Unparalleled room correction or calibration
  • HDMI 2.1 compatibility
  • Outstanding video quality
  • Powerful and flexible amplifiers
  • Direct Energy design and durable build quality
  • High compatibility with a wide range of audio formats
  • User-friendly connectivity features

Cons

  • No backlighting for remote
  • Not compatible with DTS Virtual:X


Final Words

Let us compare this home theater receiver to the Onkyo TX-NR7100 model before making any conclusions. The power and processing capabilities of VSX LX305 are slightly better than NR7100. The former stands taller in terms of video quality as well. Many people also compare Pioneer VSX-LX305 to Yamaha RX-A2A before making a purchase decision. The Yamaha model does not have the same audio and video quality offered by the Pioneer version. Further, it falls short in terms of connectivity and multi-zone streaming.

The VSX-LX305 ELITE 9.2-Channel AV Receiver brings multi-dimensional excitement to your home entertainment. Featuring Dirac Live® Room Correction, the VSX-LX305 is designed and built to be the cornerstone to delivering the ultimate experience for your movies, music, and gaming.

IMAX® Enhanced means movies, concerts, and streaming games are delivered with heart-pounding sound and crisp visual enhancements to bring the world into your home theater, just as the filmmakers and sound editors intended. Featuring two HDMI-out options and 100-watts of continuous power per channel, the VSX-LX 305 AV receiver delivers uncompressed HDMI 8K/4K transfer at 40 Gbps, increasing the bandwidth over its predecessors and maximizing Next-Gen Gaming features.

Stream songs throughout your home and watch whatever you want in multiple rooms in up to 8K HD. The Pioneer Elite VSX-LX305 is truly next level.

  • Dirac Live Room Correction
  • HDMI 2.1
  • Ultimate 4K Gaming Experience
  • Imax Enhanced
  • Discrete HDMI Zone 2 Switching
  • 100 Watts per channel (8 ohms, 20 Hz-20 kHz, THD 0.08 %, 2-channel driven )
  • Subwoofer 2 Pre Out
  • Bi-directional Bluetooth with aptX HD
  • Built-in music streaming including Spotify and Tidal
  • Works with Sonos Certified
  • Immersive sound from your TV apps
  • Advanced MCACC
  • Roon Tested
  • DTS Play-Fi


These products support all specs for the 2021 HDMI 2.1 certification. Please ensure your source, TV and HDMI cables are compatible to get the most robust home theater experience possible.
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Pioneer’s sole focus for more than 80 years has been audio and visual technologies, which allows us to concentrate on what matters most: recreating music and film scores in your home as though you’re in the recording studio. Pioneer continues to innovate with many groundbreaking concepts which have completely changed the way we enjoy our music and videos.

 The result? Elite by Pioneer. 

  • Dirac Live Room Correction
  • HDMI® 2.1 with 8K
  • ULTIMATE 4K GAMING EXPERIENCE
  • IMAX® Enhanced MODE
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Our Price $2,699

Amplification

Channels - 9

Amplification Type - Direct Energy.

225 W/ch. (6 ohms, 1 kHz, THD 10 %, 1ch Driven)

100 W/ch. (8 ohms, 20 Hz-20 kHz, THD 0.08 %, 2ch Driven FTC)

Audio Features

IMAX Enhanced - Yes

Dolby Atmos®, Dolby Surround Upmixer supports DTS Formats - Yes

Reflex Optimizer - Yes

Dolby Atmos Height Virtualizer - Yes

Dolby® TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus - Yes

DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES, DTS Express - Yes

DSD Disc (SACD) Playback - via HDMI (2.8 MHz/2 ch, 5.1 ch)

Digital Quad-Core 32-bit DSP (Cirrus Logic) + Aureus™ floating-point DSP (TI) - Yes

192 kHz/24-bit D/A Conversion for Hi-Res Audio - Yes

Enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC) on HDMI Out (Main) - Yes

Advanced MCACC Auto Room Tuning - Auto Phase Control Plus • Subwoofer EQ • Multi-point Standing Wave Control

Dirac Live® Room Correction - Yes

Advanced Sound Retriever (2ch) - Yes

Advanced Surround Modes - Classical, Unplugged, Entertainment Show, Drama, Advanced Game, Action, Rock/Pop, Sports, Extended Stereo, Mono Music, Front Stage Surround Advance

Video Features

Support HDMI 2.1*1 with 8K - VRR (Variable Refresh Rate), ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode), QFT (Quick Frame transport), DSC (Display Stream Compression), and QMS (Quick Media Switching) pass-through

Supports HDR10+ -  HDR10, and HLG; 8K/60p (4:2:0/10-bit), 8K/30p (4:4:4/10-bit, 4:2:2/12-bit), 4K/120p (4:4:4/10-bit, 4:2:2/12-bit), 4K60p (4:4:4/12-bit) and BT.2020 color; DeepColor™ (36-bit), “x.v.Color”, LipSync, and HDCP 2.3

Dolby Vision Compatible - Yes

Ultra HD Upscaling (4K to 8K, 1080p to 8K/4K) - Yes

Home Network Features

Works with Alexa supporting multi-room music - Yes

Works with Hey Google and Chromecast built-in - Yes

DTS Play-Fi with Pioneer Music Control App - Yes

Apple AirPlay 2 with Siri Voice Control - Yes

Works with SONOS supporting multiple Sonos Connect control and Volume Pass Through mode - Yes

Amazon Music HD*3, Pandora®, Spotify, TIDAL, and Deezer Hi-Fi Music-Streaming Services Ready - Yes

Internet Radio with TuneIn - Yes

Hi-Res Audio File Playback via USB/Network - Yes

Up to 192 kHz/24-bit ALAC*5, AIFF, FLAC, WAV (RIFF) and 11.2 MHz DSD* - Yes

Convenience Features

Personal Preset - Yes

Dialog Enhancement - Yes

Dual Band (5 GHz/2.4 GHz) Wi-Fi® Built-in - Yes

Bluetooth® Wireless Technology - Transmitter/Receiver (Version: 4.2, Profile: A2DP 1.2/AVRCP 1.3, Codec: SBC/aptX/aptX HD (TX), SBC/AAC(RX)) Built-in

Pioneer Remote App - Ready for Multi-room Entertainment Control and Network Streaming

User-Friendly GUI with System Setup Menu - Yes

On-Screen Information for Audio, Video and Network - Yes

Web Setup - Yes

Auto Power Off in HDMI Standby Through - Yes

AM/FM Tuner 40 Presets - Yes

Sleep Timer - Yes

User-Friendly Simple Remote Control - Yes

Front Terminals

HDMI 1 In - Yes

USB 1 In for USB Drive - Yes

MCACC/Dirac Live Web Setup MIC - Yes

Audio 1 In - Yes (2ch)

Phones 1 Out - Yes

Rear Terminals

HDMI 6 In - 4 Assignable

HDMI 2 Out - 1 for MAIN, 1 for SUB/ZONE 2

Ethernet 1 In - Yes

USB 1 In for USB Drive - Yes

Audio 4 In - Assignable

Phono (MM) 1 In - Yes

Digital Coaxial 1 In - Yes

Digital Optical 1 In - Yes

Subwoofer 2 Pre Out - Yes

ZONE 2 Pre/Line Out/ZONE B Line Out - Yes

Speaker 9 ch Out - FRONT, CENTER, SURROUND, HEIGHT 1/Bi-AMP/ZONE 2, SURROUND BACK/HEIGHT 2/ZONE 3

IR 1 In/1 Out - Yes

12 V Trigger 2 Out - Yes

RS-232C - Yes

FM/AM Antenna - Yes

Specifications

Power Requirements - AC 120 V, 60 Hz

Power Consumption/Standby - 750 W/0.1 W

Dimensions - 17-1/8 x 6-13/16 x 14-9/16 inches (435 x 173 x 370.5 mm)

Weight - 22.9 lbs. (10.4 kg)

Carton Dimensions - 21-1/8 x 10-7/16 x 18-1/16 inches (536 x 265 x 458 mm)

Carton Included Weight - 29.8 lbs. (13.5 kg)