Pioneer VSX-D409 5.1 Channels Receiver
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- Surround Sound: Dolby Digital® DTS® Dolby Pro Logic
- Number of Channels: 5.1 Channels
- Type: Receiver
- Surround Mode Power: 100 Watt @ 8 ohm, 1 kHz, THD: 0.8%
- Stereo Mode Power: 100 Watt @ 8 ohm, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, THD: 0.2%
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Good, but better can be bought for very little more.
Pros
Inexpensive, good sound, lots of features
Cons
D509 is much better and barely more expensive
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
Buy the D509.
I bought this as part of a $300 bundle with (Pioneer)surround speakers from Costco.
Setup was easy. I used the co-ax digital input to hook up my Pioneer DV-434 DVD player which I bought at the same time.
Setup menus were all logical and easy to use - OSD would have been nice but the VFD is easily readable from 10'.
This was a big step up from the ultra-cheap DVD & sound system I had hooked up to my TV before, and I was initially very happy with the movie sound, especially on DTS.
Operation is easy, and the remote programmed easily to control TV, DVD and receiver.
However, with the cheap speakers I found the CD sound variable - I was particularly unhappy with reproduction for piano sonatas and Annie Lennox and that caused me to hook up some decent speakers from my audio-only system, and this gave me much more satisfactory results.
So, I bought an AudioSource surround speaker set from Costco, and was very happy with the results. The CD sound was not as good as on my main audio system, but I wanted this mainly for DVDs, so that was fine - and my main sound system cost me a lot more.
If I had been writing this opinion then, then I would have recommended the D409. For the money, everything about it was good.
However, I had to take back the whole system - good receiver and lousy speakers, so I went off to find the best price on a D409 on its own, but when I checked MySimon and Dealtime, I found that the D509 for only $20 more than the best price on the D409.
Having now just replaced the 409 with the 509 there is no going back. The exact same setup in the same room is a giant leap up. This now sounds as good as my main sound system, and I could not go back. With what I know now I would pay $100 more for the D509.
Setup was easy. I used the co-ax digital input to hook up my Pioneer DV-434 DVD player which I bought at the same time.
Setup menus were all logical and easy to use - OSD would have been nice but the VFD is easily readable from 10'.
This was a big step up from the ultra-cheap DVD & sound system I had hooked up to my TV before, and I was initially very happy with the movie sound, especially on DTS.
Operation is easy, and the remote programmed easily to control TV, DVD and receiver.
However, with the cheap speakers I found the CD sound variable - I was particularly unhappy with reproduction for piano sonatas and Annie Lennox and that caused me to hook up some decent speakers from my audio-only system, and this gave me much more satisfactory results.
So, I bought an AudioSource surround speaker set from Costco, and was very happy with the results. The CD sound was not as good as on my main audio system, but I wanted this mainly for DVDs, so that was fine - and my main sound system cost me a lot more.
If I had been writing this opinion then, then I would have recommended the D409. For the money, everything about it was good.
However, I had to take back the whole system - good receiver and lousy speakers, so I went off to find the best price on a D409 on its own, but when I checked MySimon and Dealtime, I found that the D509 for only $20 more than the best price on the D409.
Having now just replaced the 409 with the 509 there is no going back. The exact same setup in the same room is a giant leap up. This now sounds as good as my main sound system, and I could not go back. With what I know now I would pay $100 more for the D509.
