DENON AVP-A1HDCI vs. Anthem Statement D2?

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

Very good! I very much look foreward, Kr4, to a comparison, your thoughts, and your overall assessment.
I, for one, like where the whole DSP room correction, and related, is going! Room acoustics is something that must always be considered in any well executed listening room, to be certain. Processors like this can only stimulate more and better of the same!

I just realized I hadn't commented about the Denon vs Anthem D2.

I have had a D2 for some time, and recently got the newest version w/ARC, and as Kal says, it is really good.

I had the Denon AVP-A1HDCI as well. What can I say, it was the first pre/pro I've had that did the new codecs, and they are AWESOME!!!!! If you haven't heard them yet, you need to. They will make DD and DTS sound like MP3's they are that good.

Now, when it came to usability in a combined music and movie system, to me their was no comparison. the Anthem sounded far better. Better weight and imaging than the Denon, which got the timbre right, but presented a wall of sound with no air or separation.

FWIW I am back to the Anthem, and anxiously awaiting the release of v2 so I can get that one!!! I can't wait to see what they can do with the new codecs!