the main reasons i buy 820 is bcos MCACC calibration and support USB pendrive
other than that should be the same...

This post has been edited by gkl83: Feb 18 2011, 11:34 AM

but the speaker set look very nice compare with 520 infinity set..

usually those stand speaker for loudness...
and satellite speaker for clarity...

so got pros and cons in between...

yeah right.there should be advantage and disadvantage between those speakers.

I hooked up the 520 to 2 front floor standing speaker that have 2 8" bass driver, the rest is the infinity set....so now I have 2 spares satellite.......and I rarely switch on the sub.....enough deep bass generated from the floor standing spkr

todoroki front speaker?

actually i tested HTP-RS33 (520 + todoroki) and HTP-820SW (820 + SES3TB) at harvey norman at same volume but without subwoofer... todoroki more on bass but SES3TB more on treble...

I prefer VSX-820K with TSS500(Infinity)

HTP-TSS51 = VSX-520K + TSS500

HTP-820SW = VSX-820K + SES3TB

emmmmmm..

last time i also prefer VSX-820K with TSS500 too... bcos i dislike big speaker used the living area space...
but still concern that i more on movie, then end up go for pioneer stand speaker... otherwise i will go for bookshelf size...

nah..not todoroki....just a re-wired 120w 8 ohm cap ayam Audio Phonar speaker

seem your speaker may bottleneck ur amp...

anyway, ytday night i realized pioneer remote control's button "glow-in-dark"...
quite convenient to operate the amp when dark...

hehe....its temporary...until I find the speaker stand for the infinity sat.

As per now....the sound quality is acceptable...deep & solid bass, with a good blend of mid-range & tweeter.....lauditioned the Audioslave's track for me is much better with the cap ayam speaker than the total infinity system, seems like it lacks the richness of how music should sound....in my personal opinion la Not sure if there are many grades of the audio phonar speaker, but mine definitely not the glossy cheapo that u can find in the electrical shop la.

Btw....anybody know where I can repair / re-coil bass speaker?

the same with me..prefer VSX-820K with TSS500...coz of I like the sound clarity and having small area to set up all this.
but I might end up buying the HTP-820SW due to I'm unable to find TSS500 speaker set only(without the VSX-520K avr)

harvey norman having promotion now RM3299 + RM1 for HTP-820SW + 5 year warranty...

wowwww..RM3.3K promotion for HTP-820SW..with 5 year warranty..

how many year of warranty did you get from hiway laser?

standard 1 year lo... meaning either pay Rm300 for extended warranty lo...

WTA Some minor problem with AMP/Speaker connection.

I have a Pioneer VSX-919AH-K running 5 Onkyo speaker and an Infinity SSW-10 sub.

I have another older set of 5.1 Sony Speaker system (the one that came with a DVD head unit)

1. Can i hook up 2 of the sony speaker which are rated at 3 ohm as my front L/R then moving the 2 Front Onkyo to the Back (I have read somewhere that the AMP only supports 4 - 8 ohm speakers.)

2. Everytime i start my HTPC i need to turn off the AMP and LCD TV and restart (changing from other sources to htpc the sound and pic signal doesnt detect) My amp is hooked up with Astro Beyond, Blu-ray player, is there anyway i can aviod that? (Seq to start up, Start HTPC until Win loads, Switch off AMP and TV, Start AMP then Turn on LCD TV and Turn to HDMI channel)

3. AMP is showing DTS/DD but iam hearing dialogues from the left and right channel (playing from HTPC file) but normal Blu-ray/DVD from player plays fine (all the sound in the correct channel), Source from HTPC using DVD also same result (Dialogue form all 3 front channel). Could it be HDMI problem or Sound setting? (changed HDMI cable but problem remain).

3. MY sub uses L/R RCA input, is it better to use a 2 TO 1 RCA or only use the White RCA input (1 To 1).

Hope my problems are not to complicated

Thanks in advance for the

From what I've read in the manual for pioneer amp (this is for ICE...should also apply to the home theater set), you should not mix different ohm rating speaker at one time....if your speaker is 4 ohm, then make sure al the other speaker are rated the same.....

i'm also having a bit of problem with the HTPC connected to my VSX1019

everytime i switched the tv off, the AVR will switch off automatically.

when i switched the TV back on, then the AVR, the AVR will keep (automatically) switching its selection source to "TV/SAT" instead of HTPC (assigned to HDMI 2). i have to manually select HDMI source few times (2-3 times). but after 1 minute or so after turning the TV on, then its normal again.

why such behavior? i also connect Astro, BD Player, CD Player & Media Player to this AVR.

Just turn off your kuro link setup....

for anyone useing 520/820 and paird with 3 way speaker (with 16cm cone),
will you set the front speaker at "speaker settings" to large? bcos i felt a bass a bit heavy and no longer need subwoofer...
unless i set subwoofer to "plus", the bass level from front speaker and subwoofer definitely deep...