Pioneer VSX 49TX

With some receivers, you're in trouble a day after you think you've got a handle on them; with others, even with instructions in hand, you stumble. Not so with the VSX-49TX, despite its seemingly endless versatility. What the Pioneer has going for it...

What makes one of today's complex A/V receivers friendly, and another model with identical features off-putting? I didn't ask that question when I began setting up and using Pioneer's latest, the Elite VSX-49TX , but the answer appeared as I explored...