Review on AV-receiver 5.1 Pioneer VSX-520 by Adam Borken-Hagen ᠌

Generally satisfied. Although there are nuances. For example, I downloaded DTS multi-channel music, and when playing, the rear speakers are cut so that the front ones are not audible, the settings are often superfluous in general, although it’s worth digging and understanding them. With its pros. I use it via SP-DIF when connected to a computer. I am not such an audiophile to distinguish the nuances of the sound of the receiver, but the transition from the Soviet high-end amp was successful. The sound is completely satisfied (even mp3). There are some shortcomings, but I think that all receivers have it. It looks stylish, you can remove the backlight of the screen, it is quite convenient, the luminous phosphor remote control is very pleased. Different cons: It does not decompose PCM into channels, I had to configure KmPlayer so that it would throw the prepared sound for the receiver. As soon as the signal disappears, or he thinks so, then the sound disappears, but it doesn’t turn on so quickly - if you pause in the movie, then when you cancel the sound appears with a delay, and in a game where the timer counts down every second, the sound may disappear until you get stable sound. I won’t say that it’s a disadvantage, but rather a feature, but you have to constantly adapt to different types of music. Does not support multi-channel headphones, although who supports them :)