Marantz SR7013 vs. Pioneer Elite VSX-LX304

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SR7013 vs Elite VSX-LX304 comparison chart

Overall
Marantz SR7013
9.5
Pioneer Elite VSX-LX304
8.5
Amplifier
10
9
Audio features
10
9
Connectivity
8
8
Streaming services
9
9
Extensive connection
10
7
Multi-room
9
10
Additional features
10
9
Video features
10
8
Multichannel surround
10
8

SR7013 vs Elite VSX-LX304 comparison

Marantz SR7013
Marantz SR7013
Pioneer Elite VSX-LX304
Pioneer Elite VSX-LX304

Amplifier

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Channels 9.2 9.2
Stereo power (RMS), W/Ohm 125/8, 165/6 100/8, 225/6
Output impedance, Ohm 8, 6 8, 6
Frequency response 10Hz-100KHz 5Hz-100KHz
THD in stereo, % 0.05 0.08

Audio features

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Digital to analog converter (DAC) 384 KHz/32-bit AK4458 384 KHz/32-bit
Bi-amping ✔ ✔
Pure direct (straight) ✔ ✔
Auto speaker calibration Audyssey MultEQ XT32 MCACC
Speaker A/B switching ✔ ✖
Other audio features Audyssey Dynamic Volume, Audyssey Dynamic EQ, Audyssey LFC, Compressed Audio Enhancer(MDAX2), Hi-Res audio Advanced Sound Retriever, Hi-Res audio

Connectivity

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz ✔
USB 1 (USB 2.0) 1 (USB 2.0)
Bluetooth ✔ ✔
Ethernet (RJ45) 1 1
DLNA ✖ ✖
MHL ✖ ✖

Streaming services

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Apple Music (AirPlay) AirPlay, AirPlay 2 AirPlay, AirPlay 2
Amazon Music ✔ ✔
Spotify ✔ ✔
Other streaming services Deezer, TIDAL, Pandora, Napster, SiriusXM, TuneIn Radio, iHeart Radio, Sound Cloud Deezer, TIDAL, Pandora

Extensive connection

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
HDMI input/output 8/3 7/2
HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) ✔ ✔
HDMI eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel) ✔ ✖
HDMI CEC ✔ ✔
Digital content protection (HDCP) HDCP 2.2 HDCP 2.2
Subwoofer output (LFE) 2 2
Headphone output 1 x 6.3 1 x 6.3
Optical digital input 2 1
Coaxial digital input 2 1
Composite input 3 0
Component input/output 3/1 0/0
Phono (MM) input ✔ ✔
Front panel connectors USB, HDMI, phones, setup mic, AUX USB, HDMI, phones, setup mic, AUX
Multi channel preamp output ✔ ✔

Video features

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
HDR (High Dynamic Range) HDR10 HDR10
4K signal pass-through 4K/60Hz 4K/60Hz
8K signal pass-through ✖ ✖
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 HLG, BT.2020 DeepColor, x.v.Color, HLG, BT.2020

Additional features

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Voice control Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Josh.AI Amazon Alexa
App control iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, Amazon Kindle iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android
Display colour OSD colour OSD
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 IP Control, Web Control has not

Multi-room

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Multi-room zones 3 3
Zone audio output speaker, preout speaker, preout
Zone HDMI output ✔ ✔
Multi-room control MusicCast Pioneer Control App, FlareConnect
RS-232 1 1
Remote control input/output (IR) 1/0 1/1
DC trigger output (12V) 2 2

Multichannel surround

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Dolby Atmos ✔ ✔
Dolby TrueHD ✔ ✔
Dolby Surround ✔ ✔
Dolby (other) Dolby Digital Plus 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-Surround DTS-ES, DTS 96/24, DTS-HD, DTS-EXPRESS
Auro-3D ✔ ✖
IMAX Enhanced ✔ ✔
Multichannel stereo ✔ ✖

Audio file formats

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
MP3 ✔ ✔
WMA ✔ ✔
AAC ✔ ✔
WAV ✔ ✔
FLAC ✔ ✔
ALAC ✔ ✔
Other audio file formats has not AIFF

Power

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Operational power consumption, W 710 750
Standby consumption, W 0.2 0.15
Removable power cord ✔ ✔

Dimensions

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Size W x H x D, cm/inches 43.1 x 17.7 x 40.6/17.3 x 7.3 x 16.2 43.5 x 17.3 x 37/17 x 6.8 x 14.5
Weight, kg/lbs 14.1/31.1 10.8/23.8

Other

SR7013 Elite VSX-LX304
Release year 2019 2019
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