The SC-LX 901 is an AV receiver that effortlessly meets even professional quality standards. It proudly received the "Monitor" certification from the London Air Studios after undergoing rigorous listening tests and meticulous fine-tuning. For object-oriented cinema sound at maximum capacity, the SC-LX 901 is equipped with 11 amplifiers, which, thanks to its highly efficient Direct-Energy-HD design, can deliver exhilarating movie or concert nights while remaining pleasantly cool.

The receiver is fully UltraHD capable and already supports future color space and dynamic range extensions HDR and BT.2020. It transforms standard HD material into 4K images not just adequately, but truly convincingly, using Pioneer’s proprietary Super-Resolution Scaling. The new streaming capabilities are equally impressive, with no transmission standard being unfamiliar: Bluetooth and dual-band WiFi are integrated, and the three leading streaming services—Tidal, Spotify, and Deezer—provide direct access to their vast music archives through the SC-LX 901, provided the appropriate subscription is in place.

From local media servers, the SC-LX 901 plays HiRes material up to 24bit/192kHz and quad-rate DSD (11.2MHz), and tablet users will be pleased that their apps can easily connect to the system via Google Cast and Airplay in any situation. After a free update to the cross-brand, powerful multiroom standard Fire Connect, the music from all sources connected to the SC-LX 901 can also reach an entire network of additional rooms and play perfectly in sync throughout the house if desired.