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i will be checking it out. thx I should get my center channel speaker first
keeping an eye out on the MRX 520 , I located an Anthem dealer an hour away, maybe i can take their demo off their hands? I also saw you talking about a new one coming out? any new news on that yet?
Bookmarked those sites also
Last edited by audiohead; 06-20-2020 at 01:09 AM.
No news on the new Anthem models. Read a post about it on AVS somewhere that the poster's dealer said so in the near future...not sure how long "near future" is.
Awhile ago, I did see a picture of a prototype --- they may look like the STRs (pic is on Anthem's site). Wouldn't surprise me -- consolidating to same case for economies of scale.
If you can find a good deal on a Denon AVR X3600H it makes an excellent pre-pro. There is a trick you can do that disconnects the internal amps from the preouts (front L/R outputs) for an external amp and it measures better, a lot better, than some top of the line flagship pre-pros!
"ASR just measured it using this trick, and guess what, SINAD better than the AV8805 and AV7705. It beats the MRX-1120 too, just barely though."
https://forums.audioholics.com/forum...yamaha.117881/
Here are some very detailed measurements and comparison to many other units. Surprisingly the 3600 outperforms just about all of them. Amir is infamous for being overly harsh in his reviews so to see him praise an AVR is pretty shocking.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/f...-review.12676/
Last edited by Pogre; 06-20-2020 at 08:04 AM. Reason: Acurracy
An Anthem AVM60 and MRX720 for sale on usaudiomart.
https://www.usaudiomart.com/search.php?keywords=anthem
Agree. Don't think the other will get 1900 for the mrx720 either.
Check out the Emotiva MC-700 7.1 Pre/Pro and their BasX A-700 amp.
For the price of a half-decent AVR you get a very good entry level separate system.
Read carefully the list of features, though. Emotiva equipment is light on bells and whistles.
Outlaw have also their own entry level Pre/Pro and a few matching multi-channel amps at prices comparable to a decent AVR.
Emotiva amps are ok, though I think the BasX have fans so should check out reviews, etc. to make sure they aren't too noisy. If you can find a used older one (either UPA or XMC Gen 1 / Gen 2), that would be better.
I wouldn't recommend an Emotiva processor. I had bad experiences with their UMC-1 and seems they are still having issues with their newer stuff getting them to function reliably.
Last edited by curtis; 06-29-2020 at 10:57 AM.
-curtis