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New Equipment II: pleasant surprises
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Posted on November 27, 2020 at 17:09:11 | ||
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On the other end of the subject: what upgrades/changes turned out to be even better than you had originally anticipated? Me: * Anthem MRX 310 For both I'd call it the triumph of modern DSP and at a low (to trivially low) price. The Anthem receiver (whose power amp I use only for rear surrounds) is a terrific surprise. In particular, how good is the Anthem ARC correction algorithm and how well it integrates a conventional sealed subwoofer with large dipole speakers (Magnepan 3.6R). Anthem ARC, after modest adjustment from defaults (limiting upper frequency of correction most importantly) seemed to nearly fully eliminate the weakness of the Maggies and kept all of its strengths. The system now sounds truly amazing and immersive, and the Maggie mid bass opacity and excess resonance at 42 Hz is gone with the well-done subwoofer crossover. The quality of the DSP/correction makes a giant difference, and I think Anthem (and by all accounts Dirac & RoomPerfect) are loads better than the typical Sony/Denon/Yamaha/Marantz systems. What are the bonus features and very pleasant surprises: The internal power amp in the Anthem 710 demo I tested wasn't as good as an external amp, so I ended up buying the 310 (less power but same DSP) and use an external class D amp (NAD M22) for the front mains. (No center).
On the market An Anthem receiver with ARC runs used for $500-$600 and a Roku new for $50. |
+1000.................. nt, posted on November 27, 2020 at 18:02:11 | |
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+1 RPI, posted on November 28, 2020 at 09:50:21 | |
Pretty dern amazing |
I always wanted those! nt, posted on November 29, 2020 at 07:42:52 | |
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