Am looking to upgrade my pioneer vsx 924 receiver I have a budget of £500, can anyone recommend a good upgrade.
£500 for new receiver
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A few questions; what speakers do you have with the Pioneer? Is there anything about the sound you feel needs to be improved or is the balance (warm vs forward/bright) not to your liking?
TBH now is a bit of a tricky time to buy an AVR.
Your money can fall two ways. Particularly as your budget isn't vastly different to your AVR's original RRP, normally in this situation I'd be seriously looking at a last year's model that began around the £800 mark and is being discounted to around £500. That way you might actually get an "upgrade" in SQ compared to your current AVR.
But much depends on how you stand with 4K. Only a small number of manufacturers have released true 4K, HDCP 2.2, HDMI 2.0 receivers, so if you were looking at a new non-discounted receiver, then your choice is pretty small at the moment anyway.
If it was my money (and you're not gunna like this), I'd wait and save a little more. I'd wait until all the new true 4K compliant receivers are on the market, then I'd wait another 9-12 months after that when they've been discounted by 30-40%. Hopefully this extra time would help you save a little more towards your budget and make the change a true upgrade. I fear if you swap now all you'll be doing is swapping model numbers for very little difference in SQ.
It's advice like this that will continue to prevent me ever getting a job at What Hifi!!!
TBH now is a bit of a tricky time to buy an AVR.
Your money can fall two ways. Particularly as your budget isn't vastly different to your AVR's original RRP, normally in this situation I'd be seriously looking at a last year's model that began around the £800 mark and is being discounted to around £500. That way you might actually get an "upgrade" in SQ compared to your current AVR.
But much depends on how you stand with 4K. Only a small number of manufacturers have released true 4K, HDCP 2.2, HDMI 2.0 receivers, so if you were looking at a new non-discounted receiver, then your choice is pretty small at the moment anyway.
If it was my money (and you're not gunna like this), I'd wait and save a little more. I'd wait until all the new true 4K compliant receivers are on the market, then I'd wait another 9-12 months after that when they've been discounted by 30-40%. Hopefully this extra time would help you save a little more towards your budget and make the change a true upgrade. I fear if you swap now all you'll be doing is swapping model numbers for very little difference in SQ.
It's advice like this that will continue to prevent me ever getting a job at What Hifi!!!
Am not fussed about 4k at the mo I have a tannoy tfx speaker system was looking at the pioneer 1224 or the new 930 plus denon or Yamaha would like dts x or atmos.
You may not be into 4K, but if you want DTS:X or Dolby Atmos, then you really are limiting yourself to the very latest crop of receivers, which beyond having these new surround sound formats, won't really offer you much of an upgrade.
At the end of the day, it's your money and your choice, but I'd rather spend money on getting a 5.1 system working well than an Atmos system working badly. DTS:X however looks to be a more sensible solution for most real-world living rooms and budgets. But as stated above, if you really must have this year's model then you'll be paying full price for it and AV receivers' values drop very quickly.
At the end of the day, it's your money and your choice, but I'd rather spend money on getting a 5.1 system working well than an Atmos system working badly. DTS:X however looks to be a more sensible solution for most real-world living rooms and budgets. But as stated above, if you really must have this year's model then you'll be paying full price for it and AV receivers' values drop very quickly.
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