Tom McA

Pioneer 563A analog multichannel problem

Yo -

Love my 563A EXCEPT for one annoying issue: I occasionally hear a snappy-ticky sound when listening to DVD-Audio or SACD discs through the analog multichannel outputs. It only occurs in the silence between disc tracks, and it crops up in randomly different speakers - I don't think it's related to the center-channel noise issue I've read about.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

General question: How do people who have issues with this player deal with it - through Pioneer or the retailer? I'd exchange it at Best Buy for a different unit, but I already threw the box away (I know, duh...).

Sorry if this has already been addressed - I searched around, but didn't find any similar posts.

Craig Oberg

I've been through six of these babies with the center
channel noise, but that's a different story.

All of them have done the same thing you mention between tracks.
It happens occasionally when switching between tracks with the
forward button. I don't recall it happening during normal listening.

I agree that it is annoying.

I imagine Best Buy will exchange it without the box if it's defective
and within the 30 Day return period. It's worth a shot.

Every one I've exchanged at BB (with the box) has ended up
back on the shelf as an open box item without the box.

Craig