Manufacturer's description

This next-generation A/V receiver provides customized audio performance for your home. Yes, yours. With the use of an included setup microphone, Auto MCACC (Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration System) actually measures the acoustic characteristics of your media room and automatically calibrates your speakers and components accordingly. It works in any room, regardless of shape or size, and the result is professional-level sonic performance.

The powerful VSX-915-K sends a blistering 110 watts of equal power to all seven channels (even a dual surround back speaker). With Pioneer's Thermal Compensation Transistor Amplification design, the amplifiers main components are built onto a single integrated circuit designed to automatically compensate for temperature variations for precision output and mimimal distortion even when presented with high levels of current.

The VSX-915-K also features Advanced Multi-Channel Digital Processing, with DTS-ES Discrete, DTS 96/24, Dolby Digital EX, and Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoders. It employs a double-precision Motorola 48-bit DSP engine that's used in top theaters worldwide. A Windows Media Audio 9 (WMA-9) Professional Decoder allows you to listen to two-channel and multi-channel WMA compressed audio files directly from your PC. The VSX-915-K is also ready for both hi-resolution multi-channel DVD-Audio and SACD discs.

All this performance and the conveniences of Advanced Quick Setup, a full complement of digital audio and hi-definition video inputs and outputs, Video Conversion (up-converts composite video signals into S-Video), and a new pre-programmed/learning LCD remote are what make the VSX-915-K a "Next-Generation" A/V Receiver.