Pioneer introduced four new receivers in the Elite line, each offering new features and capabilities over the previous generation. All four AVRs feature the third generation of Pioneer’s Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration (MCACC), an automatic room-tuning feature that optimizes the system’s frequency response in any room.

Other features include a dedicated iPod input, XM Satellite Radio with Neural Audio multichannel decoding, and HDMI switching. The top-of-the-line VSX-84TXV ($1500) and VSX-82TXS ($1200) also incorporate Faroudja DCDi video scaling, allowing the receivers to upconvert any incoming video format to 480p, 720p, or 1080i output.

The entire Elite line, including the VSX-81TXV ($950) and VSX-80TXV ($650), have multi-room, multi-source capability, a learning remote with LCD display, and RS232 control.