True precision for audio and video.

Enjoy the highest possible quality, regardless of what you’re playing. The VSX-LX52 upscales analogue SD video sources to an HDMI signal (up to 1080p resolution).

A convenient front-in HDMI input makes it easy for a direct connection to your games console or camcorder. Additional rear HDMI inputs (4 in, 2 out) let you connect your HD sources and switch between them easily.

Plug and play your iPod or iPhone directly (a cable is included; no dock is necessary). The audio connection is digital, which guarantees transfer without intermediate digital-to-analogue, analogue-to-digital conversions; what you hear is pure.

When playing music from your iPhone, iPod or other MP3 player, you’re guaranteed an enhanced sound. The Advanced Sound Retriever, which ‘upscales’ the quality of compressed audio to closely match the original source, and the Auto Level Control, which compensates for volume fluctuations between songs or sources, both work to deliver a dynamic sound.

This receiver includes our unique 9-band Advanced MCACC (Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration) system. At the touch of a button, it will measure and analyse the reverb characteristics your room-speakers combination, and optimally tune the sound output to your setup. Precision tuning of your home entertainment system with minimum effort.

In perfect synergy with MCACC, Phase Control makes sure all sounds arrive at your listening position ‘in phase’, preventing unwanted distortion of the sound. What you get is coherent sound reproduction - with powerful bass sound - as true to the original source as possible.

With THX Select2 Plus certification, you can expect the best possible sound reproduction using 7 channels, whether you’re watching, listening or playing.

When connected to a compatible Pioneer Blu-ray player and enjoying via HDMI the uncompressed audio from an audio CD or the LPCM audio track on DVD or Blu-ray Disc, the receiver uses our unique PQLS Multi-Surround technology for a jitterless transmission, resulting in strikingly clear and focussed sound.

Jitter refers to the timing inaccuracies that cause audio distortion at the final digital-to-analogue conversion step in the AV receiver. The VSX-LX52 masters the art of PQLS for 2-channel as well as multi-channel sound sources, and finds a perfect partner in the BDP-LX52 Blu-ray Disc player.

The receiver has an intuitive and fresh-looking GUI (Graphical User Interface), giving you quick and easy access to the functions you need.

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