Pioneer 1014 Wow (1 Viewer)

[todbnla]

So is it kewl to go for the 1014 or bite the bullet and get the 1015?

What the consensus?

 

[John S]

Depends on the deal at hand / the price difference.

If you save $200 or more, I'd opt for the 1014. Less than that, I'd opt for the 1015.

 

[EricCrane]

I just picked a brand new 1014 from best buy for $320. There just wasn't enough extra options on the 1015 that made it worth spending $130 more from an another authorized dealer.

Now I've got to figure a way to get a good "sweet spot" with 7 speakers instead of 5.

 

[todbnla]

My local BB has one for that price too, they also have one in a box marked down to $260 as an open box buy, very tempting!

 

[Greg Thomas]

You could get that open box 1014 for about $180 if you use this coupon. But make sure the microphone, remote and other accessories are in there.

 

[chrisCo]

For those who feel the 1014 falls short when listening to music (cd's) I would suggest setting front speakers to LARGE and the Sub to PLUS. That thickened things up for me considerably. When I listen to DVD's or DVD-A's all speakers are set to SMALL and sub defaults to YES. With the 5.1 stuff the receiver is terrific.

 

[arsh]

May I ask Chris what is SW plus?

 

[chrisCo]

Its a bass management option on a pio 1014. System setup allows three possible selections for the sub, YES, NO, & PLUS. PLUS, I believe, sends all the below the crossover content to the sub regardless of whether or not it is part of the LFE channel. That in conjunction with setting the front speakers to large (which causes all the low frequency content to be sent to the fronts)gives my system more impact when listening to cd music. May not work for everyone and the manual almost suggests against this configuration but it helps my system.

I don't prefer it for any true multi channel content and franky could not be happier with this receiver in that respect.

 

[todbnla]

Greg,
Nice coupon, I may have to run with this ! What other items other than what you posted is included in the box?

 

[Greg Thomas]

My buddy has the 1014 and it came with microphone, remote, user manual, AM antenna, warranty cards, batteries, etc. Most crucial things are the remote, microphone and user manual. Can't remember if it came with any cables.

 

[EricCrane]

Personally I didn't like the mcacc. I felt it sounded better using my ears and not the mike.

Haven't watched a movie with my dvd player yet. Have listened to some music and feel it's an improvement over my previous yammie htr-5730 in terms of clarity and power.

 

[todbnla]

Ok, I bit the bullet today and after seeing ROTS today I picked up an open box (NEW!)@ my local B/B for $200 and change, THANKS Greg Thomas for saving me 30% on this deal, Killer!