Pioneer VSX-830

85 reviews

Nov, 2024

Positive
usability (55)
size (18)
design (13)
price (13)
reliability (10)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 85 reviews of Pioneer VSX-830. The average rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Comments about the price and design are generally positive. The reliability and size are also appreciated.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Pioneer VSX-830 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 86/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 8 user reviews of Pioneer VSX-830 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.3/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers are impressed by the reliability. The price is also mentioned favorably.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Pioneer VSX-830

alaTest has collected and analyzed 21 user reviews of Pioneer VSX-830 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the price and design. The size and usability also get good feedback, whereas there are some mixed views about the reliability.

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67% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

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Pioneer VSX-830-K A/V Receiver overview

HUB 5.2 RECEIVER BLACK 1281513

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

As suggested by Description, this product works as is.

So far so good. No problems. Hooked with energy take 5.1 classic speakers

so far none

Feb, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Difficult setup

This could be a really good product if it had a more intuitive setup. However, it is so hard to navigate and find the options for configuration and use them that I had to deduct two eggs for it.

Looks sharp and produces good sound. Plenty of HDMI, TOS, and RCA connectors. I like the banana connectors for the speaker wires. Many low cost receivers don't have them.

The setup is clumsy at best. Not intuitive. You need the downloadable online manual to figure out what you're doing. The Basic documentation that comes with it is wholly inadequate. Unusual volume indication, instead of giving a percent of power being...

Jan, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great AVR for the price with all the bell and whistles.

- Great sound. I am using this AVR with Energy Take Classic 5.1 speakers and I am enjoying the TV/movies/music again. - I can play Spotify, Pandora inside the AVR - I can stream the music via Airplay and its amazing - iPhone/Android remote control is...

- The user manual that comes with the device is not very helpful. - Setting up wireless is tricky if you have mac filtering enables on your network but i managed to get the mac address from the AVR in network settings. - You have to use remote to jump...

Dec, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good but not great

I didn't just pull it out of the box and have it blow my mind. It took me several days (granted, maybe only 15 minutes each day) of thinking about things and testing to get the receiver to a point where I'm satisfied with it. I'm using two Polk Monitor...

Sounds awesome. Fairly easy to set up.

-MCACC switched my front speakers from "small" to "large" which effectively meant it disabled LFE to my subwoofer. I forced it back to small resolving that issue. -My only other complaint is that the receiver is incapable of playing videos off the...

Dec, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

still need to learn about it

Easy firmware update using computer to get receiver online, Pandora interface ok, Spotify needs paying account. It upconverts to 4k, not just passthrough, so some future-proofing there. Ended up using optical along with the hdmi s after trying...

So sparkling clear it brought tears, and the AV5 Pioneer app on tablet makes any sound tweaks easy to do, even gives distance to each speaker from user's seat (I did microphone calibration first), can control inputs, volume, eq. etc. ... dialogue...

Not really cons, but wish it was less height, cause slimlines are 200 more and may have less features than this unit. To rate Pandora songs TV screen overlay needed, thumbs not in the AV5 app or via remote to unit's small front display, (but its nice...

Jul, 2015

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