Yamaha RX-A6A vs. Pioneer Elite VSX-LX505

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RX-A6A vs Elite VSX-LX505 comparison chart

Overall
Yamaha RX-A6A
9.3
Pioneer Elite VSX-LX505
8.7
Amplifier
9
9
Audio features
9
9
Connectivity
9
8
Streaming services
10
9
Extensive connection
10
7
Multi-room
10
10
Additional features
10
9
Video features
9
8
Multichannel surround
8
8

RX-A6A vs Elite VSX-LX505 comparison

Yamaha RX-A6A
Yamaha RX-A6A
Pioneer Elite VSX-LX505
Pioneer Elite VSX-LX505

Amplifier

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
Channels 9.2 9.2
Stereo power (RMS), W/Ohm 150/8 120/8, 230/6
Output impedance, Ohm 8 8, 6
Frequency response 10Hz-100KHz 20Hz-20KHz
THD in stereo, % 0.06 0.08

Audio features

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
Digital to analog converter (DAC) 384 KHz/32-bit 192 KHz/24-bit
Bi-amping ✔ ✔
Pure direct (straight) ✔ ✖
Auto speaker calibration YPAO MCACC
Speaker A/B switching ✖ ✖
Other audio features CINEMA DSP 3D, Compressed Music Enhancer, Virtual CINEMA FRONT Advanced Sound Retriever, Hi-Res audio, Dirac Live Room Correction

Connectivity

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz 2.4/5GHz
USB 1 (USB 2.0) 2 (USB 2.0)
Bluetooth ✔ ✔
Ethernet (RJ45) 1 1
DLNA ✖ ✖
MHL ✖ ✖

Streaming services

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
Apple Music (AirPlay) AirPlay, AirPlay 2 AirPlay, AirPlay 2
Amazon Music ✔ ✔
Spotify ✔ ✔
Other streaming services Deezer, TIDAL, Pandora, SiriusXM, Napster, SoundCloud Deezer, TIDAL, Pandora, SiriusXM, Napster, SoundCloud

Extensive connection

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
HDMI input/output 7/3 7/2
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 2
Headphone output 1 x 6.3 1 x 6.3
Optical digital input 3 1
Coaxial digital input 2 1
Composite input 2 2
Component input/output 1 1
Phono (MM) input ✔ ✔
Front panel connectors USB, phones, setup mic HDMI, USB, phones, setup mic
Multi channel preamp output ✔ ✔

Video features

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
HDR (High Dynamic Range) HDR10+ HDR10+
4K signal pass-through 4K/120Hz 4K/120Hz
8K signal pass-through 8K/60Hz 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, LipSync DeepColor, x.v.Color, HLG, BT.2020, LipSync

Additional features

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
Voice control Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Josh.AI Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Josh.AI
App control iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android 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 Web Control, App Control App Control, Sonos Connect control

Multi-room

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
Multi-room zones 3 2
Zone audio output preout speaker, preout
Zone HDMI output ✔ ✔
Multi-room control MusicCast Pioneer Control App
RS-232 0 1
Remote control input/output (IR) 1/1 1/1
DC trigger output (12V) 2 2

Multichannel surround

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
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-HD DTS-ES, DTS 96/24, DTS-EXPRESS
Auro-3D ✔ ✖
IMAX Enhanced ✖ ✔
Multichannel stereo ✖ ✖

Audio file formats

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
MP3 ✔ ✔
WMA ✔ ✔
AAC ✔ ✔
WAV ✔ ✔
FLAC ✔ ✔
ALAC ✔ ✔
Other audio file formats AIFF, DSD AIFF, DSD

Power

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
Operational power consumption, W 500 850
Standby consumption, W 0.4 0.1
Removable power cord ✔ ✔

Dimensions

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
Size W x H x D, cm/inches 43.4 x 25.4 x 38.1/17 x 10 x 17 43.5 x 18.5 x 38.6/17.1 x 7.5 x 15.3
Weight, kg/lbs 18.6/41.2 13/28.7

Other

RX-A6A Elite VSX-LX505
Release year 2021 2021
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