One Success Story
Inspires Another
For the modern age of improving standards in recording and replay technology, Pioneer has developed a new
reference standard amplifier for high fidelity sound reproduction in the home: VSA-AX10. Designed for
connoisseurs who desire the very best in stereo and multi-channel music replay together with reference-class
decoding of both today’s and tomorrow’s movie soundtrack formats, the VSA-AX10 has been designed from the
ground up to be a true ‘reference standard’ for all audio and audio/video system applications. Pioneer’s most
experienced audio amplifier designers teamed up with engineering experts in sound recording at London’s famous
AIR Studios to design an amplifier that was worthy of the task of studio reference monitoring. With sufficient power
delivery and transparency to preserve the enormous dynamic range and pure clarity of today’s higher-resolution
digital recordings on DVD-Audio and SACD, the VSA-AX10 includes 7.1 channel line inputs and outputs for all
requirements. Under the bonnet are 7 channels of power amplification (170 watts per channel) for THX Surround EX
and DTS Extended Surround AV systems. And for high-end 5.1 channel systems the VSA-AX10’s seven power
amplifiers can be configured for bi-amping a system’s main front left and right channels. State-of-the-art digital
signal processors have been employed for decoding of future 96/24 DTS encoded movie soundtracks and the
VSA-AX10 is the first amplifier in the world to receive THX Ultra2 certification. At Pioneer we describe it as a ‘multi-
channel stereophonic’ amplifier. At AIR Studios they call it their ‘monitor reference’. In your home you’ll hear your
favourite stereo and multi-channel recordings as the professionals heard it at the mixing desk. The VSA-AX10
amplifier will be your monitor reference standard.
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