End of the road for this mid-range AV receiver, with new models due soon. This one has all the right bells and whistles although is limited to 5.1.2 set ups for Atmos/DTS X.
Tempted at £350 (previous price), and now trying not to rush to my local store (I have other financial commitments this month).
PC_Dave
5 Apr 171#2
Yoghurt, sofa etc.
yannarascala to PC_Dave
5 Apr 173#4
Loughborough, Sony etc.
rev6
5 Apr 17#3
Good price. Stereo performance was seriously underwhelming for me when i had a demo. Very flat (not in frequency) and sort of lifeless. I didn't enjoy it at all. Hard to explain. To add, it will depend on your speakers too, so your miles may vary. The Denon X2300W sounded better to me but £100 more.
The features are kind of mind blowing at the price just remember a lot of your money is going on that.
jram to rev6
8 Apr 17#16
Thanks, I thought to buy this after comparing the plenty of HDMI inputs with Yamaha RXV 581. But read some negative reviews about VSX1131 in amazon. I planned a budget of around 300£. Also considered http://www.superfi.co.uk/p-18213-denon-avrx1300w-home-cinema-receiver.aspx. Quite confused now. Any tips please which one is best? And planning to buy Q ACOUSTICS 2000i 5.1 speakers. Would it match good?
whymails2000
6 Apr 17#5
Anyone recommend a good stereo amp, max budget 300 pounds.
tezray
6 Apr 17#6
I am looking to upgrade my vsx-922 which does not work very well with cec and return HDMI audio but mainly because my Tv is now 4k and it can only do 1080p I am really out of touch with amps now are pioneer still descent because they are cheap but have good features or should I be looking at something else now. I only use Jamo 102 hsc5 surround so not bothered about noise it all sounds the same to me just need video over phones mine only does audio and alreast 2k inputs
jayjayuk1234 to tezray
6 Apr 17#7
Pioneer are now owned by Onkyo
Upgrading an AVR just for Video is not always necessary, what I do is simply use a HDMI (or HDMI 2.0) splitter for 4k sources, this way you get unmolested 4k video to your TV, and the audio to your AVR from the same feed.
FYI: Audio Return or ARC is flakey on every single device i've ever used, it's just not reliable and you may as well use a tried and trusted optical cable, it gives the same results.
tezray
6 Apr 17#8
Brilliant thanks for this will have a look around amazon for one. The only other issue I have is HDMI cables they either work or don't but do you actually now need to get ones to pass a 4k signal I mainly use my computer connected to the tv but it's under the stairs so 10m HDMI cable not cheap if I need to get an uprated one or is it all rubbish and my cable is fine just thinking of costs because the splitters are not amazingly cheap also kicking myself now could have bought another 922 for £40 on Facebook the other day if I knew about the splitter method.
jayjayuk1234
6 Apr 17#9
HDMI cables do vary, it's not really that they either work or they don't. 4k requires more bandwidth and a cable not up to the task may struggle or fail when passing a 4k feed especially at 10m but may work fine for 1080p.
In any case you will need a cable that is classed as 'high speed' , try your current one first. If it's classed as high speed and well made, you should be ok.
pannan
6 Apr 17#10
optical won't do HD audio from TV so not same results really
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Reviews:
https://www.whathifi.com/pioneer/vsx-1131/review
http://www.homecinemachoice.com/news/article/pioneer-vsx-1131-review/24503
http://hdgear.highdefdigest.com/37755/pioneervsx113172channelavreceiver.html
http://avproductreviews.com/pioneer-vsx-1131-review/
Manufacturer blurb at http://www.pioneer-audiovisual.eu/eu/def/products/vsx-1131
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The features are kind of mind blowing at the price just remember a lot of your money is going on that.
Upgrading an AVR just for Video is not always necessary, what I do is simply use a HDMI (or HDMI 2.0) splitter for 4k sources, this way you get unmolested 4k video to your TV, and the audio to your AVR from the same feed.
FYI: Audio Return or ARC is flakey on every single device i've ever used, it's just not reliable and you may as well use a tried and trusted optical cable, it gives the same results.
In any case you will need a cable that is classed as 'high speed' , try your current one first. If it's classed as high speed and well made, you should be ok.