The Pioneer "ELITE" Gear Thread!

[Retro Stereo]

Just like the title says, post the Pioneer "ELITE" gear you own. In other words, it "HAS" to say the word "ELITE" on the front of the component.

I just posted another thread for SPEC gear and noticed I had a couple of Elite components in the picture I posted, so I decided to do an Elite gear thread as well.

I'll star us off here, although I used to have much more Elite gear, this is what I still have left:

Pioneer Elite PD-65 CD Player (3 of them)
Pioneer Elite DV 45A DVD/CD/SACD Player

That's it.

Here is a picture of the Pioneer Elite PD-65 & DV 45A in action with my SPEC gear and Infinity RS 2.5 Speakers:

So, let's see your "ELITE" gear and the systems you are using it in!

Pictures would be great too!






Retro

 

[thisOne]

All I have is a Laser Disk Player, the CLD 97 (not my photo, but it looks just like that)

 

[Fred Sanford]

The only Elite pieces I have are LaserDiscs, too- CLD-59, DVL-90 & DVL-91.

Pic of the '91 in place, I'll take shots of the others soon:

 

[Retro Stereo]

Gotta love those rosewood side-panels!

:yes:





Retro

 

[Chazzer]

How about the "pre-Elite" Elite gear.......M-90, C-90, F-91, LD-S1 etc. etc.

 

[pioneernut]

I'd say the M-90, C-90 and above would count. They marketed it as Elite on all the brochures, but they put Reference Standard on the front panel instead of the word Elite. When the M-91, C-91 they stuck on Elite name on Front.

So in my humble opinion what I have qualifies as Elite

M-91 C-91 F-91 CT-91a M-72 PD-65 PD-F19 SP-99D DV-09

 

[ARIKIP]

In Europe and Aus/NZ our top end Pioneers were branded "Reference" but were Elite components. I have owned an A-717 Amp,F91 and F93 tuners and a CT-95 cassette deck.

 

[Speakerbox]

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

I believe theodoric has a nice collection of Urushi components. Have not heard from him in a while.

Doc

 

[jwfabrie]

My Urushis:
M-90a, C-90a, PD-91, CT-91a, F-91 and A-91d,

The last pic is not the obvious Elite equipment; but I know the PD-95 was marketed in the US as Elite.. it's paired up with the A-09, D-07 and F-701.
That F-93 in the second picture went to a new owner not to long ago.. I already had the F-91 to go with the A-91d and had no real use/desire to keep that one..

Just this evening I was able to pick up a C-73/M-73 combo for a very, very fair price.. theys sound nice and look good, dunno if I like them better than the C-90a/M-90a, but I surely like them anyway!

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

I do like the Urushi Elite.

And, remember: Not all Elite is Urushi, but all Urushi is Elite.

Doc

 

[wajobu]

Yeah, I kinda miss Theodoric...

 

[NealinNevada]

Just one piece of Elite gear here...a DVR-7000 and it cosmetically matches the "silver era" Pioneer equipment quite well. I gave $79 for it, looked unused in original box, and it sold for $2000 in 2001 !

 

[PacificStereo]

Nice 2.5's there, Retro!

I was one of the first Elite dealers in the US. No photos, but there's Elite in the sig...

 

[Retro Stereo]

Nice 2.5's there, Retro!

I was one of the first Elite dealers in the US. No photos, but there's Elite in the sig...

Hey thanks!

You're going to have to work on those pictures though because.....

:worthless






Retro

 

[mhconley]

Does newer Elite count? I use a Pioneer Elite VSX-56TXi receiver for my home theater. I have used Elite receivers in my home theater since I purchased my first, a VSX-09TX (Urushi) in the late 90's. Between the 09 and 56 I owned a VSX-26TX. I'm looking for an SC-05 ICEpower receiver now.

I also had a DV-59AVi DVD player that was recently replaced with a Sony PS3.

Lastly I am looking to pick up a new 50" Elite 1080p plasma before they are gone for good.:tears:

And PacificStereo - I purchased my very first stereo system when I moved out of my parents home in 1978 from Pacific Stereo - and various other components until they went out of business. I remember it was a Pioneer SX-550 receiver and a PL-200 turntable. My dad knew people at Cerwin Vega and got me a pair of 313's. Those were the days...

Martin

 

[opossumcrush]

VSX-14 one of the least desirable piece of gear that I own.

 

[Fred Sanford]

VSX-14 one of the least desirable piece of gear that I own.

Does it have an AC3/RF input for LaserDisc 5.1? If so, it's desireable to somebody, somewhere...

je

 

[opossumcrush]

Does it have an AC3/RF input for LaserDisc 5.1? If so, it's desireable to somebody, somewhere...

je

Yes it does.

 

[Duane]

Lastly I am looking to pick up a new 50" Elite 1080p plasma before they are gone for good.:tears:


Martin

That's what I did back in April. Wasn't even looking to buy one, but a friend of mine was visiting from Oregon and wanted to do some checking on Panasonic Plasma sets since they live in an area where it's impossible to see anything without driving long distance. Anyway, we walked in to one of the local BB stores and they were selling the Elite Kuro sets with a big discount. I had heard that Pioneer had stopped making them and I just bit the bullet. It is an amazingly good looking set.About as natural looking as anything I've ever seen except for a good front projection CRT.