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Sep 5, 2012

Apple Lossless And Aiff Support Added To Pioneer's 2012 Elite SC Receivers

Pioneer Elite SC-68

Pioneer Electronics Inc. continues its commitment to providing consumers superior audio entertainment by offering a new firmware update to add support for Apple Lossless, AIFF and gapless playback on Pioneer’s 2012 Elite® SC receivers, SC-65, SC-67 and SC-68, and the Pioneer®-branded SC-1522 receiver. The new firmware update increases high-resolution digital music options for audiophiles and music enthusiasts…

Pioneer Electronics Inc. continues its commitment to providing consumers superior audio entertainment by offering a new firmware update to add support for Apple Lossless, AIFF and gapless playback on Pioneer’s 2012 Elite® SC receivers, SC-65, SC-67 and SC-68, and the Pioneer®-branded SC-1522 receiver. The new firmware update increases high-resolution digital music options for audiophiles and music enthusiasts
Aug 13, 2012

Pioneer Releases Elite A-20 Integrated Amplifier Ideal For Music Enthusiasts

Pioneer A-20

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today officially released its new Elite A-20 integrated amplifier designed for the true 2-channel music enthusiast. The new analog-only amplifier includes six audio inputs, with the ability to accurately reproduce content from sources such as Pioneer’s Elite® networked audio players, the N-30 or N-50.

“We’ve seen a recent resurgence in 2-channel audio and a movement towards bringing back music to its pure stereo form,” Chris Walker, director of AV marketing and product planning for the Home Electronics Division of Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc…

Jul 23, 2012

Pioneer Presents HTZ-BD32 Home Theater

Pioneer HTZ-BD32

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. is bringing a full audio and visual experience into any room of the house with the announcement of its new HTZ-BD32 home theater system. Out of the box, the HTZ-BD32 includes a multi-functional Wi-Fi Blu-ray 3D™ player, up to 1100 Watts of amplification power, six compact speakers for true 5.1-channel surround sound effects, and plenty of network features to satisfy a variety of entertainment needs…

Jul 18, 2012

Pioneer Introduces 2012 Home Speaker Lineup

Pioneer SP-BS22-LR

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today unveiled its next line of home theater and music speakers designed by Pioneer’s chief speaker engineer, Andrew Jones. The new 2012 lineup, consisting of bookshelf speakers, floorstanding speakers, a center channel speaker and a subwoofer, delivers excellent sound performance for both 7.1-channel home theater and 2-channel music listening…

Jun 26, 2012

Pioneer Introduces New Wi-Fi Speaker Systems

Pioneer XW-SMA4

Providing the broadest connectivity options of any Wi-Fi® speakers available, three new wireless music speaker systems from Pioneer, the XW-SMA1, XW-SMA3 and XW-SMA4, are equipped with the latest wireless technologies including Apple’s AirPlay®, DLNA® 1.5 and Wireless Direct. All three models were specially tuned by renowned Pioneer sound engineer Andrew Jones to provide high volume output with excellent sound quality.

“We know consumers have different choices in the wireless speaker category…

Jun 5, 2012

Pioneer SC-1222 And SC-1522 AV Receivers Feature Class D3 Amplification

Pioneer SC-1222

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. integrates Class D3 digital amplification into two of its flagship Pioneer® branded receivers, the SC-1222 (7.2-channel) and SC-1522 (9.2-channel), bringing powerful audio and video performance with increased customization capabilities to a wider audience of home theater enthusiasts for the first time. The receivers are built with custom installation features that offer users and installers multi-room setup options, multiple HDMI® inputs and PC Setup control, as well as the latest technologies including Apple’s AirPlay®, DLNA® 1.5, Windows® 7 compatibility, Internet radio and Advanced MCACC® auto room calibration…

May 1, 2012

Pioneer Expands Elite SC Series Receivers Lineup

Pioneer SC-61

Pioneer Electronics today announced five state-of-the-art Elite® SC series receivers, two 7.2-channel models including the SC-61 and SC-63, and three 9.2-channel models including, the SC-65, SC-67 and SC-68, that can become the consumer’s entertainment hub for connectivity, content sources, control and ultra-high audio and video performance. Each receiver is designed to deliver clean and powerful audio output with high efficiency using Pioneer’s renowned Class D3 amplification technology…

Apr 2, 2012

Pioneer Introduces Elite VSX-42 and VSX-60 AV Receivers

Pioneer VSX-42

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today introduced two new Elite® branded AV receivers for consumers who demand more control and connectivity from their home entertainment systems in addition to best-in-class audio performance. The Elite VSX-42 (suggested retail price, $450) 7.1-channel and VSX-60 (suggested retail price, $650) 7.2-channel receivers incorporate Pioneer’s renowned audio and video technologies, advanced network and smart streaming features such as Apple’s AirPlay®, DLNA® (1.5) and Internet radio, with performance features including 192kHz/24-Bit FLAC, WAVE file streaming, Hi-Bit DACs and HDMI® conversion and video scaling…

Jan 10, 2012

Technical Audio Devices Launches 2 New Products To Its High-End Speaker And Component Lines

Pioneer TAD-E1

Technical Audio Devices Laboratories, Inc. (TAD) today introduced two new products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, marking the highly anticipated completion of TAD’s Evolution and Reference series systems. The TAD-E1 loudspeaker and TAD-C600 preamplifier are the final components in the two audio collections, thus allowing TAD to take audiophiles on a complete journey from source to sound…

Jan 4, 2012

Pioneer Introduces N-30 and N-50 Networked Audiophile Audio Players

Pioneer N-50

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today expanded its family of networking devices with the release of two new Elite® branded networked audio players. Both the N-30 ($499) and N-50 ($699) are equipped with AirPlay® and DLNA® 1.5 wireless technologies, offering music lovers access to their music stored in a variety of different sources. With the growing popularity of high-resolution audio available for Internet download, Pioneer’s networked audio players are designed to handle and expertly reproduce high-resolution digital music…