Microsystems are practical: buy, set up and enjoy everything at once - at least if you have chosen the right system. But if important features are missing or the supplied speakers prove to be undersized, the enjoyment won't last long.

With the X-HM76D, Pioneer has done everything it can to save you frustration: Search for gaps in the streaming equipment of your network CD receiver - you won't find any, but you'll learn something new. For example, there are free Internet radio and streaming services that offer you free access to tens of millions of tracks for a small monthly fee: Spotify, Tidal and Deezer, for example, which are all integrated in the X-HM 76 D.

Or that the SACD sound format DSD can now be downloaded and streamed via network - with the HiRes-capable DLNA player of the X-HM76D. At the latest then you will notice that even the carefully designed speakers of the X-HM76D and the Class-D amplifier with 2x50 watts of power have considerable potential.

But not only the user, but also the system itself can learn - through free updates. In this way, Google Cast and FireConnect will soon be available in the network receiver - the former will connect the system to numerous smartphone and tablet apps and the latter will enable highly convenient multi-room networks. Of course, the X-HM 76 D already has Airplay and Bluetooth for fast smartphone connection, as well as integrated dual-band WiFi - after all, you don't always have a LAN cable at hand everywhere.