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Anthem vs Integra

I am looking for any input on these two ideas; either Integra 70.3 or anthem avm-50 (maybe 50v) with a pva 5 or pva 7. Will be using oppo 93 with either set-up. Mainly used for 75% to 25% movies to music. I have vr-1’s and lcr-10 in front with dipole for surrounds. Have a nht powered sub also. I know that the ibtegra has the latest video and audyssey 32, but the oppo 93 can do the processing and the anthem drc I hear is really good also. Any feedback is fine. I can get the anthem equipment used but the 70.3 would obviously be new. I have a large room with a panny 60’ plasma. Looking at around a $3k budget for all. Kids and family ad economics driving budget. Looking for best buy for the money. Thanks and look forward to hearing from y’all.

Joe in Mobile
magsterone
internetmin
258 posts
 
To way oversimplify things, ARC and Audyssey MultiXT/32 Pro are probably in the same league. I'm sure both are great as several reviewers have stated. Some have a bias of one to the other and some don't.

ARC on the receivers does have some limitations. I haven't looked at the frequency limitation and of there advanced setting limits.

What I personally love about ARC is that you can save a particular curve and reload it at any time. So you can tweak and not worry about losing what you did previously.
saeyedoc
103 posts
 
ARC in the MRX series only goes up to 5k and there are less filters.
grandetech
73 posts
 
By reading above posts, Audyssey MultiXT/32 Pro seems like available as a retail pacakage which I never came across with. But why there is rarely a review or post in forums about the experience using it, if there is any, I would like to know more of it.
saeyedoc
103 posts
 
The pro upgrade to audyssey consists of two parts, one is the kit with the calibrated mic, it's $550 and you would need to get it from a dealer. The license is $150. Not all Audyssey XT units are pro capable, there's a list on the Audyssey website.
Once you have it, you then run it on a separate computer instead of on the reveiver/pro itself. There are then ways to tweak the curves. It also measures more points than the std Audyssey
grandetech
73 posts
 
So the number of filters that built in the pre/pro, say Onkyo 5509, are basically the same, if so, I would doubt how good this would be compare to Anthem 50v's ARC which saying it has more filters than its younger brother MRX-300/500/700. Any thoughts??
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