DENON AVP-A1HDCI vs. Anthem Statement D2?

I suspect it will do about what's expected from Denon - warmth, good dynamics and weight, slightly shy top end (better air and extension on others), and just descent with analog sources. The Audyssey and HD codecs, of course, will be a plus, and carry the sound quality a bit.
I guess: 94/100 for HD movies, 91/100 for older digital movies, and 83/100 for analog sources. That's my "Professional" educated guess! - lol.
Actually, would like to hear the thing, and read a review or two myself.
As for anthem, pretty nice digital av pre/pro's from what I've heard. Although I've heard better dynamics from other AV pre's and better refinement (of course) from better two channel pre's for analog sourcing - as predictable. Still, nice stuff. (minus the Audyssey)
How about the Sim Audio pre? They've made some great sounding gear, and it has Audyssey! Anyone hear this?

Instead of Audyssey, the D2 has ARC-1 which is quite formidable.

Kal

I've never heard the ARC-1 processing. Nor, have I heard reviews or comparisons to Audyssey's tech (there's a reason it's in so many receivers and pre's today!).
I'll look into that. Thanks

Yeah...def...definitely no HD audio processing on the Anthem...yeeeeah. Def...def...definitely no 1.3a or DTS Master audio on da...da....da...D2 processor...yeeeeah. Yeeeah. Yeeeah.
Um, Um definitely no 7.1 channel input either... yeeeah...yeeeah...definitely K-Mart....440 Oak Street...yeeeah. Yeah, definitely Charlie Babbit say's buy only up to date audio equipment...yeeeah...yeeeah...definitely not a good driver...yeah.

Iplaynaked.

Anthem was showing the D2v2 @ CEDIA this past week and it will be available as
an upgrade to all current users. The price is only $500 more than the current
D2 and it now has 8:2 HDMI 1.3 switching with the two outputs capable of
different scaling, and with firmware update, two independent zones.

Oh, and it will do all the new codecs once that is added.... Expected to ship THIS
fall!!!