Anthem

Pros

The set-up is easy and intuitive, with well laid-out connections and an effective user interface

Cons

No Auro-3D support

Review

Great value for money. I like that i can choose a number of different speaker layouts, up to the 11.1-channel limitation of the internal processing. The unit supports the usual Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced and comes with Anthem’s proprietary audio calibration system called ARC, with the most recent version of it available here named ARC Genesis. Smoother than most, and gloriously detailed, this only lacks the last ounce of treble extension and air, but the music comes out intact, which is often not the case with high-end usb cables. The front display is a full LCD screen and not the usual dot matrix displays that we are used to see in many AV receivers even today. This virtual tech obviously is not as good and accurate as having real physical speakers and are very much room dependent. The included remote is the same as the previous generation, but that's not a bad thing because it's comfortable to hold and easy to use with one hand.

Pros

He met expectations

Cons

In my opinion, the old design was better

Review

For a long time I chose a multi -channel power to replace the multi -channel mouth 1075 to the columns of the Dinaudio EVK series (so if anyone is interested in the alternative to parasounds, then pay attention). As a reference amplifier, I used the stereo of Rotel 1080 and I liked the speakers with it, but with the multi -channel they did not even sound like that. As an alternative, there were options: 1) Emotif - (subjectively no, China Chinese) 2) Rotel "more" 1585 (it seems that everything is the same for more money that was supposed to give the desired result but not to bring anything new, American China) 3) Parasound as a "best option" to Dinaudio (I have a certain biased attitude to the parasound, so it is also not, Taiwan?s production, and Taiwan does good things) 4) atem (I did not know anything about him, I found on the American forums what is a company in Canada, which makes an amplifier for the American market, such as Hello Rotel, according to reviews, it seems to be norms, but we generally have little information about it, only reprinted reviews) On this, the options ended as it further began for a million. I thought about a year and in the end decided to buy the most unverified option - Anthem. Not disappointed. The assembly is excellent, made in Canada if it is important to someone. The most important thing for me is that the nature of the sound remained the same as the grollers (hello to the parasounds), he did not become softer/chewing/some other, he remained exactly the same as I like, but he became better, as if cleaner, more details appeared as in HF So in the basses, some new tools became heard, buzzing in the room completely disappeared, and a new feeling of "scene breadth" in some stereo tracks seems to be added as if it was playing a multi -row. In general, it sounds better than my reference stereo of Rotel, and if you compare it with a multi-channel 1585, I think the difference in price will be practically justified, well, maybe 10-15 percent per Canada so I recommend.

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