BEFORE YOU BUY an AV Receiver! (Part 3) Pioneer VSX-LX505 VSX-LX305 & VSX-LX105

[Music] all that pioneer vsx lx505 is legit [Music] so i got a fun idea before we get into the pioneers i thought while we had the 505 hooked up because i'm gonna have to unhook it up to show you guys the back of it we have it hooked to this clips 15 inch sub i wonder how many subs we can run off this receiver at one time we're just gonna chain them like i don't know if this is that don't do this at home or if they're all gonna blow up and i'm gonna have some phone calls to make but i'm thinking we can easily get the 15 to 12 the 10 and then we have these calfs over here just we'll just link them all together see what happens if it's gonna blow up yeah all right so we have all three of the brand new pioneer elite receivers the vsx lx 105 the 305 and the 505. we're gonna help you decide which one may be best for you but to start off the first thing you need to know about all three of these elite receivers is they all do 4k 120 and they do it right now and they are ready for 8k now as far as wattage goes you got 100 watts in the 105 100 watts in the 305 and you have 120 watts in the 505 channels is where they all kind of go a little bit different right so you have a seven channel in the 105. you have a nine channel in the 305 and you have a nine channel in the 505 but you have 11 channel processing so with an additional amp you can run two more channels to give yourself a 7.2.4 system so the first thing that's different on these is the 105 is a seven channel receiver now it has nine terminals on the back and those extra two sets of terminals are actually for a powered zone two whereas the 305 is a nine channel receiver but it doesn't have a separate set of terminals for the second zone it's either or so either the height or the second zone now the second most important difference between these two receivers is the 105 does not include dirac live so for room calibration you do not have the direct live on the 105 you have it on the 305. another thing while we're on the front of these receivers the 105 does not have an hdmi port on the front as you see the 305 has one right down here so before we take a look at the back just you know to sum it up if you're going for just a five channel receiver the 105 has that functionality and gives you two height channels if you want a nine channel and you wanna have a five channel surround in four heights or you're gonna have seven channel surround and two heights that's we're gonna go to 305 if you do want direct to do your room equalization that's we're gonna go with the 305 as well now let's take a look at the back where they are very similar now that we're on to the back the differences in these two receivers are slight but they're important right so there are six inputs on the 105 but only three of those inputs are hdmi 2.18k inputs on the 305 all six of the inputs are 8k the other difference in these two is you see they have the same amount of terminals but this one is 9 channel and that really threw me for a loop because usually when something is 9 channels it has 11 terminals on the back but these are actually either going to be your height 2 or your zone 2 whereas on the 105 these are just a dedicated zone two uh so a seven channel a nine channel and just a different use of the same terminals all right now before we move on to the 505 we'll just talk about price and where this functionality may fit in right so at 8 49 you have the 105 which is a great for a seven channel receiver if you want to go to nine that's when you're moving up to the 11.99 price point in the 305. now maybe you want it all maybe you're a big fan of that onkyo tx rz50 that really popular receiver that's out there that literally everybody wants well there's a dark horse in this because the 505 pretty much has everything that the rz50 has so let's check that out all right so we've actually been using the 505 in the store for a couple days now we were playing it earlier it's nuts but it is a a different layout than the 105 and the 305 right so you do have this large panel on the front and of course it's a bigger overall build much like the rz50 but the front just folds right on down you have lots of options if you don't want to use the remote you just want to control it right from the receiver on the front so you can control pretty much everything right from the receiver now this one does feature dirac live so you can adjust your room calibration using uh what's probably one of the number one software's out there for calibrating the room now the lx 505 comes in at 120 watts and it's at a price point of 14.99 now it does support at most dolby vision dtsx it's going to do 4k 120 currently we've tested it we've been using it that way and it is 8k ready so it's future proof already so if you look at the back of the lx 505 it is literally laid out and is the exact same thing as the rz50 with one or two exceptions of i think the rz50 has a few more analog audio inputs down here everything else exactly the same so if you guys are looking for a receiver and you want to get it before christmas before the end of the year uh and the rz50 is not going to be that this is where the 505 will come in uh and take its place because this thing rocks all right so now we get a little bit closer in here so to break down what this does on the back uh first off you're going to have six hdcp 2.3 8k inputs you're gonna have two outputs and you have nine active channels amplified from the receiver with a separate zone 2 which is switchable instead of another height now if you want 11 channels you're just going to use your pre-outright down the bottom and you can have a full 11 channel receiver that's 7 surround speakers and four atmos and you can even do up to two subs unless you're like us and which you'll see later in the video and want to do five uh you also have your four analog audio inputs a photo input for those of you who still like to use component video and and analog there you have your yellow and your green blue and red component inputs for whatever reason you're still using that it's there for you do you use that mikey yeah for gamecube are you doing playstation oh okay okay if i'm feeling retro because i yeah i use the i use the uh the yellows i don't use the the components but i guess they would be on that right yeah so there you go for you gamers out there you can it's it's retro compatible i'm pretty sure every video game system even going back to the nes has the analog connections yeah so that's pretty cool this receiver is a monster uh and if you're worried about you know maybe heat in your entertainment system it has a large built-in fan that we haven't needed to come on yet if you look down in the top there there is a large fan to cool the receiver off so that's gonna save you a lot of headaches these do come with three year warranties all of them do uh so if you have any issues uh you are covered for three years which is a good amount of time in the av receiver it's not your highest warranty out there but it's very good now i truly think this is going to be one of the best av receivers of 2021 and 2022 if you're looking for one you can get it at shopjustaudio.com and i think we have a little experiment that we need to get back to with those subwoofers all right so in today's experiment we're going to hook up seven subs seven subs at this point to the pioneer lx 505. let's get them laid out and then we'll get them all hooked up together oh it's gonna be too heavy this was a bad idea instant regret this one weighs more than both of those combined okay never mind okay so this is the plan is to hook them all up and see just how crazy it gets [Music] don't try this at home why would you ever do this so what we did is we went from the pioneer to the kc 62 took that one when you go out to the kf 92 and the eclipse 15 and then from the 92 we are powering these so it's just a big daisy chain uh coming from the kevs because the cast have sub outs which is kind of cool do you feel like we're going to explode yeah okay here we go so i don't see any leaves so i ruined my old shirt i had to put on the new shirt so i'm trying to iron it out with the leaf blower that's a talk boy you don't know what talkboy is no man what no no him alone for you no oh yes hold on two you can record your voice onto the talkboy and then play it back extra slow so that you can sound like an adult

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Length: 11min 5sec (665 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 10 2021