Pioneer Elite SC-LX904 vs. Marantz CINEMA 50

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Elite SC-LX904 vs CINEMA 50 comparison chart

Overall
Pioneer Elite SC-LX904
9.2
Marantz CINEMA 50
8.6
10
8
10
8

Elite SC-LX904 vs CINEMA 50 comparison

Pioneer Elite SC-LX904
Pioneer Elite SC-LX904
Marantz CINEMA 50
Marantz CINEMA 50

Amplifier

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Channels 11.2 9.4
Stereo power (RMS), W/Ohm 140/8 110/8, 150/6
Output impedance, Ohm 8 8, 6
Frequency response 10Hz-100KHz 5Hz-100KHz
THD in stereo, % 0.08 0.08

Audio features

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Digital to analog converter (DAC) ES9026PRO 384 KHz/32-bit 192 KHz/32-bit
Bi-amping
Pure direct (straight)
Auto speaker calibration MCACC Audyssey MultEQ XT
Speaker A/B switching
Other audio features Advanced Sound Retriever, Hi-Res audio Audyssey Dynamic Volume, Audyssey Dynamic EQ, Audyssey Dynamic LFC, Dirac Live Suppot, Compressed Audio Enhancer(MDAX2), Hi-Res audio

Connectivity

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz 2.4/5GHz
USB 1 (USB 2.0) 1 (USB 2.0)
Bluetooth
Ethernet (RJ45) 1 1
DLNA
MHL

Streaming services

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Apple Music (AirPlay) AirPlay, AirPlay 2 AirPlay, AirPlay 2
Amazon Music
Spotify
Other streaming services Deezer, TIDAL, Pandora Deezer, TIDAL, Pandora, SiriusXM, Napster, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, Amazon Music HD, MOOD:Mix

Extensive connection

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
HDMI input/output 7/3 6/3
HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel)
HDMI eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel)
HDMI CEC
Digital content protection (HDCP) HDCP 2.3 HDCP 2.3
Subwoofer output (LFE) 2 4
Headphone output 1 x 6.3 1 x 6.3
Optical digital input 3 2
Coaxial digital input 2 2
Composite input 2 0
Component input/output 2/0 0/0
Phono (MM) input
Front panel connectors USB, HDMI, phones, setup mic USB, phones, setup mic
Multi channel preamp output

Video features

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
HDR (High Dynamic Range) HDR10 HDR10+
4K signal pass-through 4K/60Hz 4K/120Hz
8K signal pass-through 8K/60Hz
HDMI signal pass-through
3D signal pass-through
HDMI pass-through in standby mode
Video conversion analog to HDMI
Analog to HDMI scaling
HDMI to HDMI scaling
Dolby Vision
Other video features x.v.Color, HLG, BT.2020 HLG, BT.2020, Dynamic HDR

Additional features

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Voice control Amazon Alexa Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Josh.AI
App control iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android
Display colour OSD port hole OLED
Tuner AM, FM AM, FM
Sleep timer
Auto power off
ECO mode
Graphical user interface (GUI)
Setup assistant
Firmware update network, USB network, USB
Other additional features has not IP Control, Web Control, App Control, RS232 Control

Multi-room

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Multi-room zones 3 2
Zone audio output speaker, preout speaker, preout
Zone HDMI output
Multi-room control Pioneer Control App, FlareConnect Marantz 2016 AVR Remote, HEOS App
RS-232 1 1
Remote control input/output (IR) 1/1 1/0
DC trigger output (12V) 2 1

Multichannel surround

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Dolby Atmos
Dolby TrueHD
Dolby Surround
Dolby (other) Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization
DTS:X
DTS HD Master
DTS Virtual:X
DTS Neural:X
DTS (other) DTS-ES, DTS 96/24, DTS-HD, DTS-EXPRESS DTS-ES, DTS 96/24, DTS-HD, DTS-EXPRESS
Auro-3D
IMAX Enhanced
Multichannel stereo

Audio file formats

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
MP3
WMA
AAC
WAV
FLAC
ALAC
Other audio file formats AIFF AIFF, DSD

Power

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Operational power consumption, W 340 680
Standby consumption, W 0.1 0.2
Removable power cord

Dimensions

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Size W x H x D, cm/inches 43.5 x 18.5 x 44/17 x 7 x 17.3 44.2 x 40.4 x 16.5/17.4 x 15.9 x 6.4
Weight, kg/lbs 18.5/40.8 13.5/29.7

Other

Elite SC-LX904 CINEMA 50
Release year 2019 2022
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