DENON AVP-A1HDCI vs. Anthem Statement D2?

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!!!

My review (September Stereophile) of the D2 includes comments about ARC. November issue will offer a head-to-head comparison of ARC and AudysseyPro. Of course, a new version of AudysseyPro, v3.0, has just been released and changes some of the balance, again.

N.B.: One does not get to choose between ARC and Audyssey without choosing platforms with many other distinguishing features, so I am not comparing the Denon with the Anthem.

Kal