The audio industry has really evolved in the last decades, and today you can find some really powerful speakers that are capable of giving you a great audio experience. And we are not talking here about the large speakers that are used for concerts, studios or cinemas, and we are talking about the speakers used by the home users.



They got really advanced these days, and they are not so big or heavy. There are many kinds of speakers that you can use in your home, for example: stereo speakers, 2.1 systems, surround sound systems, floorstanding speakers , in wall and in ceiling speakers, wireless speakers and also home cinema systems. All of the speakers mentioned, except for the home cinema systems will need an audio source to work, for example a computer, CD or MP3 player or others. The great thing about a home audio system is that it has all the components you need, for both audio and video.



So usually, a home cinema system will have 6 or 8 speakers and also an audio / video receiver. The composing speakers are exactly the same as in a 5.1 or a 7.1 surround sound system. So it can have 6 of them (a subwoofer, a center channel and 4 satellite speakers) or 8 (a center channel, a subwoofer and 6 satellite speakers). The sound of all of these speakers combined, will give you a great audio experience, and you can feel just like you are at the cinema when watching a movie, or just like you are at a concert or at a club when listening to music.

But beside the speakers a home cinema system also has an audio /  video receiver, that allows you to play all sort of formats of audio and video files. So today we are going to discuss about some home audio receivers. Let’s take a random model, for example the Pioneer VSX-1019 AH-K receiver. The price range for this product goes from 500 to 540 dollars, so it is quite expensive, but also good. The sound output mode is surround sound, and the surround system class is 7.1 channel.

It has a lot of features included and it is one of the best audio / video receivers for this price. It can even connect to an iPod or iPhone, through its USB port and allow you to browse the music by using onscreen graphical user interface. It allows analog video upconversion to 1080 p, and it has four HDMI inputs, allowing you to connect it to a High Definition TV and enjoy the movies at their best quality.

The dimensions for this receiver are 16.5 inch W x 13.7 inch D x 6.2 inch H, and a weight of 19.2 lbs. The color of the enclosure is gloss black, so it will look quite good, and will fit into your room. Here are all the built-in decoders of this receiver: DTS 96 / 24 , DTS Neo: 6 , DTS Express , DTS decoder , Dolby True HD , Dolby Digital , DTS-ES decoder , Dolby Digital EX , Dolby Digital Plus , DTS-HD Master Audio , Dolby Pro Logic II x and DTS-HD High Resolution. It also has an equalizer and a digital sound processor.



Some other features that it includes are: a sleep timer, iPod ready, dual-zone capability,  Windows Media Audio 9 Professional decoding and Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration Circuit. (MCACC). This receiver also has a headphones jack for the times when you want to enjoy some music or a movie by yourself, and digital outputs, both coaxial and optical. It even has a radio tuner, that works on both AM / FM frequencies and digital, allowing you to store up to 30 radio stations. The supported digital audio standards are: MP3, WAV and WMA, and also JPEG photo playback. It also comes with a very useful remote control. Enjoy it!