Pioneer VSX-522-K

74% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

It worked some of the time but it was cheap so you get what you pay for I guess.

Overheated when action scenes began nearly evertime.

-Nice design -That's it..

-The menu only comes up through the RCA -HDMI never worked -Dolby is weird - only sends chimes to the rear channel -Send lower frequencies only to the sub, therefor if you have tower speakers hooked up in the front channels all you get is tweeter and...

Nice design ; That's it

The menu only comes up through the RCA ; HDMI never worked ; Dolby is weird - only sends chimes to the rear channel ; Send lower frequencies only to the sub, therefor if you have tower speakers hooked up in the front channels all you get is tweeter and...

I never really used enough to review much beyond it sounded good with the CD and MP3 and Blue ray.

was a pain to get it to set up to stop scrolling all the features I didn't care about across the display. now barely over a year so the warranty is out the audio has started cutting out regardless of the input type or channel. ie hdmi, blue ray, rca...

It gets the job done and is cheap

The interface is very difficult to use. VGA cable if you want on screen menu system?! Settings are hard to find and change, such as audio source. Had a few hiccups with it not detecting a video that was fixed after changing source or restarting the...

While working it was great but

just after 2 years the audio cuts out on all my HDMI devices. i checked the troubleshooting, no help, after a quick search of the internet i found people have the same issue. when i went to the pioneer website this model is no longer listed on their site

While working it was great but...

just after 2 years the audio cuts out on all my HDMI devices. i checked the troubleshooting, no help, after a quick search of the internet i found people have the same issue. when i went to the pioneer website this model is no longer listed on their site.

Refurbished pioneer VSX-522-K had slight malfunction ( rear speakers ) stopped working ...WOW!!! ( Newegg ) & ( Service Net inc ) Extended Service Plan had new one coming my way in 24hrs very fast support turn around that's got to be some kinda record

can't get no faster then 24 hrs

Very cheap, easily customizable settings. Served me for a year and a half.

on-screen menu can only be viewed via analog signals. Meaning you need an analog output device to adjust some of the settings on the unit. This unit supports HDMI, but can't view their settings through it. What generation are we living in again?

Cheapest 5.1 I could find with HDMI pass-through.

The menu doesn't work through HDMI? Bizarre I had to restart it about 10 times before it would send an HDMI signal to the TV. At first the image was washed out and flickering. Hopefully it doesn't return. No way to use an Android phone to play music?...