Managed to get a really good price for it at the end of the production cycle.

There is no way I would have paid full retail for it

Again, no one said it is going to be cheap and it's an investment as I do not see myself replacing the TV every 3 or 4 yrs. So, to me it's money well spent.

As far PQ goes, I'm no expert but since you have such strong convictions please feel free to raise your point with the authors of the articles. There are comment sections in those links.

Do let us know when you have signed up for it. Rest assured that everyone in LYN will be rooting for you.

Mr lightning69 (Low Yat) versus by David Katzmaier (CNet). Can't wait....... Ganbatte!!!

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It's only an investment if your tv has a chance increase in price. Otherwise, it's an expense.

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Again, no one said it is going to be cheap and it's an investment as I do not see myself replacing the TV every 3 or 4 yrs. So, to me it's money well spent.

As far PQ goes, I'm no expert but since you have such strong convictions please feel free to raise your point with the authors of the articles. There are comment sections in those links.

Do let us know when you have signed up for it. Rest assured that everyone in LYN will be rooting for you.

Mr lightning69 (Low Yat) versus by David Katzmaier (CNet). Can't wait....... Ganbatte!!!

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It's only an investment if your tv has a chance increase in price. Otherwise, it's an expense.

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It's all good, friend

hi all, bought LX53 at 3.8k.

Congrats, Banana! Is this VSX or BDP?

VSX

Good choice! See review below:

http://issuu.com/pioneereurope/docs/pioneer_vsx-lx53.pdf

Now that Pio is purely focused on audio equipment, I'm sure they will be able to churn out even better quality products.

FYI - being a LX unit, you are entitled to onsite support

wow... great to hear that... looking forward to test my amp... now looking for a universal player...

Best of luck in the universal player... Do consider the KURO link feature in your search for the new toy.

Cheers~

Does anyone know how I can get Pioneer Krp-se01 Colour Sensor for callibration of my Krp-500 plasma tv?

Phoned Pioneer HQ in KL but they say they are out of stock already. Thanks.

now panasonic 65vx300 will be kuro replacement. 3 years panasonic (with pioneer expertise) need to struggle to produce superb tv. but the price too expensive. no wonder pioneer cant gain profit selling kuro. kudos kuro...

vx300 no mention of kuro tech.

Panny just shut down their newest and largest P5 plasma fab ie R&D will be cut to minimal. Looks like kuro will be king of plasma for very long time...

last week it got pitted against a marantz sr6003.
this week i got my hands on it and have the whole week to compare it against the resident mrx300.

How is it compare to SR6003? I only have a brief encounter at Danny's crib.

what are your impressions? That's the amp I'm using now, pre-out to power amps. Just put it on sale, next upgrade will be pure processor.

This post has been edited by DannyOP: Feb 27 2012, 11:57 AM

it beats the sr6003 in musicality, transparency, slam and integration between speakers. it sounds better than sr6003 in stereo music reproduction, concerts, multichannel music, and in movies playback.
not an easy feat considering the sr6003 is a very good receiver for concerts and music.

the preamp section is of higher quality than even anthem mrx300. it beats the mrx300 in musicality, transparency, and especially in stereo reproduction. concert also sounds better on the lx55.

again, not an easy feat considering that the resident receiver had its preamp section heavily modified.

Perhaps the SR6003 already 'aged' comparing to the new improved LX-55.

The LX-55 is impressively more lively and dynamic when I auditioned it at Danny's place compared to his previous avr, Anthem. I must confessed that the Pioneer has come quite a long way compared to the older gen which I had set up before. The only thing is probably it is a tad bright during my brief audition. Still bearable.

Still, I bet its upper range models must be quite impressive.

not without some weakness. i can't get the mcacc to sound right. after calibration mcacc made the sound thin and lifeless. the thing sounds better with some simple level and distance adjustment compared to mcacc advanced eq.

because of this drawback movies sounded a lot better on the anthem. on the lx the subwoofer sounded uncontrolled and boomy because i can't turn on the eq. lowering the sub level reduces the boominess but reduced the bass impact.

These LX series now using Class D amplification stage, right?

no idea. the lx73 and lx83 used to be the only ones that uses class d icepower modules before this while the lower end lx53 and lx73 used some other method. not that it's a big issue as i'm plugging a poweramp into the receiver.