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Pioneer VSX-9900S audio/video receiver straight on: black faceplate with wide fluorescent display, large master volume knob and Advanced Technology Receiver script

Pioneer VSX-9900S receiver from the left at an angle, black case with vented top, lit display and large volume knob on the right

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Pioneer VSX-9900S Stereo Receiver – 125 WPC, Phono, 110–240V

Name: Pioneer VSX-9900S Stereo Receiver – 125 WPC, Phono, 110–240V
Brand: Pioneer
SKU: 19804
Price: 445.00 CAD
Availability: OutOfStock

$445.00

Consignment piece. We sell it on behalf of its owner, and it's covered exactly like everything else we sell: inspected and serviced as required, and backed by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. The one difference: it isn't eligible for Cue It Up layaway.

A big, heavy early-nineties Pioneer receiver, made in Japan, with 125 watts per channel and selectable mains voltage from 110 to 240 volts, so it runs on household power almost anywhere in the world. It comes with a phono stage for your turntable and its original remote, through our Level 1 service and in good condition.

✔️ Good condition, with the original Pioneer remote
✔️ 125 watts per channel, MM phono and selectable 110–240 V mains
✔️ Radique Level 1 service, bench-tested twice before listing
✔️ Covered by Radique Warranty
✔️ Includes Perpetual Trade-Back Program eligibility
✔️ Expertly packed for safe shipping

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Description

A big, heavy early-nineties Pioneer receiver, made in Japan, with 125 watts per channel and selectable mains voltage from 110 to 240 volts, so it runs on household power almost anywhere in the world. It comes with a phono stage for your turntable and its original remote, through our Level 1 service and in good condition.

What it is

The VSX-9900S sat near the top of Pioneer’s receiver range in the early 1990s, and it is built like it. It is rated at 125 watts per channel into 8 ohms in stereo, its rating plate lists a 970-watt power draw, and at over 30 pounds it is built on the scale that kind of power calls for. That is enough to drive large floor-standing speakers with ease, or to bring less efficient speakers to life where a smaller receiver would run out of breath, with plenty held in reserve for the loudest passages. The front A and B speaker pairs connect through large screw-down binding posts that take bare wire, spades, pins or banana plugs; we recommend our own Radique Audio gold-plated banana plugs, and our Custom Speaker Cable Builder will make a pair to length, ready to plug in. They are rated for 4 to 16 ohm speakers, with an impedance selector on the back.

Bought for music, it is a straightforward, high-power stereo receiver with an unusually complete set of connections. There is a proper MM phono stage for your turntable, with its own phono level control and a ground post on the rear panel, plus CD, line and two tape loops (Tape 1/DAT and Tape 2). Six more audio inputs, labelled for video sources, take any line-level source you like, and one of them sits on the front panel for plugging in a portable player. A Direct button takes the tone controls out of the signal path when you want the straightest route to your speakers, with bass, treble and balance there when you want them.

It is also a receiver you can grow with. Front-channel pre-outs and power-amp inputs, linked by jumpers, let you add an external power amplifier or an equalizer later. There is a subwoofer output for a 2.1 system, A and B front speaker pairs switchable from the front panel, and a multi-room output that can play a second source through a pair of speakers in another room. On the back you will also find switched and unswitched AC outlets, a 30-preset AM/FM tuner with station naming, and the mains voltage selector itself, with settings for 110, 120–127, 220 and 240 volts. The FM de-emphasis and AM tuning step switch between the North American and European standards too, so the tuner works properly overseas. The original Pioneer remote is included, so volume and source changes happen from your chair.

The service it has had

Level 1 service, carried out on our bench:

Condition

Good, with light wear from use. The faceplate and display window present well, as the photographs show. The original Pioneer remote is included.

Big Pioneer power, a phono stage, room to grow and the original remote: a stereo receiver to build a serious two-channel system around.

Available for pickup in Kanata, or shipped across Canada and internationally — we have sent equipment to fifteen countries in the past year, each piece packed in-house in 275 lb test double-wall boxes. Live shipping rates for your address are calculated at checkout. Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Available for audition by appointment in Kanata.

Pioneer VSX-9900S Specifications

Every input, output and control tested
All pots and switches deep-cleaned and deoxidized
Any blown indicator lamps replaced
Power supply wiring checked and cleaned
Burn-in and sign-off testing
A second bench test by a different tech before listing
Type: stereo receiver (labelled “Audio/Video Stereo Receiver” on the front panel)
Service: Radique Level 1
Power output: 125 watts per channel into 8 ohms, stereo
Front speakers: A and B pairs, 4–16 ohms, screw-down binding posts (bare wire, spades, pins, banana plugs), speaker impedance selector
Phono: MM, 2.5 mV input sensitivity, rear-panel phono level control and ground post
Line input sensitivity: 150 mV
Audio inputs: phono, CD, line, Tape 1/DAT and Tape 2 loops, plus six more labelled for video sources (one on the front panel)
Outputs: front pre-out and power-amp in (jumpered), subwoofer out, headphones, multi-room speakers
Controls: bass, treble, balance, Direct, speakers A/B, input attenuator, muting
Tuner: AM/FM, 30 presets with station naming, switchable FM de-emphasis (75/50 µs) and AM step (10/9 kHz)
AC outlets: switched (100 W total) and unswitched (100 W)
Power: selectable 110 / 120–127 / 220 / 240 V, 50/60 Hz, 970 W (works on mains power worldwide)
Remote: original Pioneer remote included
Also on board: Dolby Pro Logic surround
Made in Japan, early 1990s
Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 16.5 x 6.4 x 16.6 inches (419 x 163 x 422 mm)
Weight: approx. 32 lbs (14.6 kg)

🔌 Speaker Cable, Built on Our Own Bench

The speaker terminals here are five-way binding posts, so they take banana plugs or spade lugs and you have the run of the options. We hand-build speaker cable here in any length you need — choose the gauge and the terminations on our Custom Speaker Cable Builder. If you would rather terminate cable you already own, we make our own gold-plated banana plugs and spade connectors as well. 👉

🎚️ Gold Series RCA Interconnects

Our own Gold Series RCA Stereo Interconnect is a shielded, gold-plated stereo pair, in stock and ready to go. It is the cable that connects this to the rest of your system, and it is a straightforward upgrade on the free leads that come in the box with most equipment. 👉

📶 Add Bluetooth — The RA-Twin II, Built For Exactly This

The VSX-9900S was built before Bluetooth reached home stereo, and it does not need replacing to get it. Our own RA-Twin II adapter plugs into the CD or a line input on the back and streams from a phone, tablet or laptop — nothing modified inside, and it comes with a starter cable so it works out of the box. If you want it done properly, the Gold Series RX Bundle pairs the adapter with our shielded Gold Series 3.5 mm to Dual RCA cable for less than buying the two separately. 👉

✅ Good News for International Buyers

This unit is switchable between 120V and 220V, so it can be set to suit most markets worldwide. No step-down transformer is required — only an appropriate plug adapter.

✅ Buy With Confidence — The Radique Promise

Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program. When you’re ready to move on, we’ll take it back. That’s the Radique difference.

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Additional information

Weight	34 lbs
Dimensions	20.6 × 20.5 × 10.4 in
Mains Voltage	Selectable / Universal Voltage

About brand

Pioneer at Radique

We service Pioneer, too. Bring us your own Pioneer receivers, amplifiers, tuners, turntables, cassette decks and CD players for repair, servicing or restoration (not reel-to-reel decks), with a 90-day warranty on the work. See our Audio Service page

Pioneer began in Tokyo in January 1938, when Nozomu Matsumoto set up shop around the A-8 speaker he had built the year before. By the late 1970s its SX receivers were at the heart of the hi-fi power race. We carry Pioneer stereo receivers and AV receivers, CD players, cassette decks, tuners and equalizers. We've had more than 240 Pioneer listings so far, covering 140 different models. Every used Pioneer here is inspected, tested and serviced as required, then photographed in-house and covered by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Don't see the model you want? Tell us on First Dibs and we'll email you when one arrives.

Pioneer is one of our two top-selling brands of vintage amps and receivers, along with Marantz. Our five best-selling Pioneer models so far: the SX-650, SX-750, SX-580, SX-780 and SX-680, all vintage stereo receivers from the 1976 and 1978 SX families. We also offer our custom cherry cabinets for these vintage Pioneers, hand-made from all-natural Ottawa Valley cherry, and we've upgraded dozens of Pioneers with them so far.

The Pioneer story, 1938 to today

Nozomu Matsumoto developed the A-8 speaker in 1937, and in January 1938 he set up Fukuin Shokai Denki Seisakusho in Tokyo. "Pioneer" was first the name of that speaker. Some histories give 1936 in Osaka as the start, but Pioneer dates itself to January 1938 in Tokyo. The company was incorporated in 1947 and renamed Pioneer Electronic Corporation in 1961.

Stereo and the US. In 1962 Pioneer introduced the PSC-5A, which it calls the first stereo with separate speaker cabinets, and its first PL turntables. Pioneer Electronics U.S.A. was founded in New York in 1966.

The power race. After a 1974 US Federal Trade Commission rule tightened how amplifier power was rated, receiver makers competed on watts. Pioneer's SX-1250 of 1976 was rated at 160 watts per channel, and the SX-1980 of 1978 to 1980 at 270.

CD and Elite. The P-D1 of 1982 was Pioneer's first CD player, and Elite-branded components were on sale by 1985.

Today. Pioneer sold its home audio business to Onkyo in 2015, keeping its car and DJ businesses, and Pioneer-branded home theatre gear was later made under licence. In December 2025 CarUX, part of Taiwan's Innolux, completed its purchase of Pioneer Corporation, which now focuses on in-car products.

Which Pioneer is which?

Early-1970s SX receivers: models such as the SX-424 to SX-828, rated at about 15 to 50 watts per channel.

The 1976 "x50" SX receivers: from the SX-450 at 15 watts per channel up to the SX-1250 at 160. Our best-selling SX-650 and SX-750 come from this family.

The 1978 "x80" SX receivers: including the SX-580, SX-680 and SX-780 we sell most, up to the SX-1980 flagship with quartz-lock tuning, which weighs more than 35 kg.

Spec and Exclusive separates: higher-end amplifiers such as the Spec-1 preamplifier (1976 to 1980) and the Exclusive C3/M3 pair (1974).

Elite: Pioneer's upper line from the mid-1980s, for example the PD-9010X CD player.

PL turntables, CT cassette decks and CD players: PL turntables from 1962, such as the PL-12 and the linear-tracking PL-L1; CT decks such as the three-head CT-F1000; and CD players from the 1982 P-D1 to magazine-loading changers such as the PD-M6.

Buying used Pioneer: what to check

Controls and switches. Crackle when you turn a control or work a switch usually means dirt, and restorers clean every pot and switch.

Capacitors. Electrolytic capacitors in 1970s receivers are often past their best, and full restorations replace them.

Big SX models. Owners and restorers report heat stress on the power-supply board of large receivers such as the SX-1250. Ask what has been done.

Relay, lamps and bias. The protection relay is a common replacement, dial lamps burn out and are often converted to LED, and restorers set the bias and DC offset.

Cassette decks. Check the heads, fast-forward and rewind, Dolby and every button. Belts age even when the deck looks perfect.

Everything we list is inspected, tested and serviced as required here, and comes with our warranty.