Featuring up to 11.2 channels and 120 watts of power per channel, IMAX® Enhanced Audio, and Dirac Live® Room Correction, the Pioneer VSX-LX505 ELITE 9.2 Channel AV Receiver delivers multi-dimensional excitement to your home theater. Equipped with Dirac Live® Room Correction, the VSX-LX505 adjusts the sound according to the space and speakers while offering improved musical staging, dialog, and deeper bass.
Go beyond an experience confined to one room – the Pioneer Elite VSX-LX505 AV receiver brings cinema-quality sound and images to multiple rooms for real home entertainment.
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
The Elite VSX-LX505 creates the soundscape of IMAX® Enhanced and Dolby Atmos®/DTS:X ideally calibrated with Advanced MCACC, and
even provides similar sound effects with Dolby Atmos Height Virtualizer without additional surround speakers. Enjoy spectacles from nextgen video/gaming standards with support for HDMI 2.1*1 with 8K, VRR, ALLM, QFT pass-through, or stream songs across the house with
Multi Zone Music, SONOS system, Chromecast built-in, DTS Play-Fi®, and Apple AirPlay 2. Don’t forget it also features Powered Zone 2/
Zone 3 Audio, 11.2/5.6/2.8 MHz DSD playback with PCM conversion, 2 HDMI outputs and Roon Tested certification. Finally, it works with
Alexa or Hey Google for voice control.
Amplification
> Channels: 9
> Amplification Type: Direct Energy
> 230 W/ch (6 ohms, 1 kHz, THD 10 %, 1ch Driven)
> 120 W/ch (8 ohms, 20 Hz-20 kHz, THD 0.08 %, 2ch Driven FTC)
Audio Features
> IMAX Enhanced
> Dolby Atmos®, Dolby Surround Upmixer supports DTS Formats
> DTS:X®, DTS Neural:X® Upmixer supports Dolby Formats
> Reflex Optimizer
> Dolby Atmos Height Virtualizer
> Dolby® TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus
> DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES,
DTS Express
> 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)
> 192 kHz/24-bit D/A Conversion for Hi-Res Audio
> Enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC) on HDMI Out (Main)
> Advanced MCACC Auto Room Tuning
• Auto Phase Control Plus
• Subwoofer EQ
• Multi-point Standing Wave Control
> Dirac Live® Room Correction
> Advanced Sound Retriever (2ch)
> 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
> Ultra HD Upscaling (4K to 8K, 1080p to 8K/4K)
Home Network Features
> Works with Alexa supporting multi-room music*2
> Works with Hey Google and Chromecast built-in
> DTS Play-Fi with Pioneer Music Control App*3
supporting Hi-Res Audio
Playback
> Apple AirPlay 2 with Siri Voice Control
> Works with SONOS supporting multiple Sonos Connect control and Volume
Pass Through mode
> Amazon Music HD*4
, Pandora®, Spotify, TIDAL, and Deezer Hi-Fi MusicStreaming Services Ready*5
> Internet Radio with TuneIn
> Hi-Res Audio File Playback via USB/Network
> Up to 192 kHz/24-bit ALAC*6
, AIFF, FLAC, WAV (RIFF) and 11.2 MHz DSD*7
Convenience Features
> Personal Preset
> Dialog Enhancement
> Dual Band (5 GHz/2.4 GHz) Wi-Fi® Built-in
> 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*3
Ready for Multi-room Entertainment Control and
Network Streaming
> User-Friendly GUI with System Setup Menu
> On-Screen Information for Audio, Video and Network
> Web Setup
> Auto Power Off in HDMI Standby Through
> AM/FM Tuner 40 Presets
> Sleep Timer
> User-Friendly Simple Remote Control
Front Terminals
> HDMI 1 In
> USB 1 In for USB Drive
> MCACC/Dirac Live Setup MIC In
> Phones 1 Out (Gold-Plated)
Rear Terminals
> HDMI 6 In (4 Assignable)
> HDMI 2 Out (1 for MAIN, 1 for SUB/ZONE 2)
> Ethernet 1 In
> USB 1 In for USB Drive
> AV (Component) 1 In (Assignable)
> AV (Composite) 2 In (Assignable)
> Audio 1 In (Assignable)
> Phono (MM) 1 In
> Digital Coaxial 1 In (Assignable)
> Digital Optical 1 In (Assignable)
> FRONT, CENTER, SURROUND, SURROUND
BACK, HEIGHT 1, HEIGHT 2, SUBWOOFER x
2 Pre Out
> ZONE 2 Pre/Line Out/ZONE B Line Out
> ZONE 3/HEIGHT 2 Pre/Line Out
> Speaker 11ch Out (FRONT, CENTER,
SURROUND, HEIGHT 1/Bi-AMP, SURROUND
BACK/ZONE 3/HEIGHT 2, ZONE 2)
> IR 1 In/1 Out
> 12 V Trigger 2 Out
> RS-232C
> FM/AM Antenna
Specifications
> Power Requirements: AC 120 V, 60 Hz
> Power Consumption/Standby: 850 W/0.1 W
> Dimensions (W x H x D): 17-1/8 x 7-5/16 x
15-3/16 inches (435 x 185 x 386 mm)
> Weight: 28.7 lbs. (13 kg)
> Carton Dimensions: 21-5/16 x 12-3/16 x
19-3/16 inches (541 x 310 x 487 mm)
> Carton Included Weight: 35.3 lbs. (16.0 kg)
Owner's Manuals
Set-Up Guide
Instruction Manual (English)
Instruction Manual (Spanish)
Instruction Manual (French)
Updates
Firmware
Update
Product Sheets
VSX-LX505 Specs
