This is a great topic...I have a second home where I am currently building out an audio/video “room”. In my main home living space I have all separates. This represents a major expenditure over many years. The room sounds perfect to my taste.
I have set a significantly lower budget for the second home.
I am set on an integrated amp with room correction. I have listened to Trinnov, Anthem, Onkyo and Arcam. A have Sonus Fabre IL Cremonese speakers. Out of those four room correction programs in combination with an integrated amp. I like the Arcam (850) in combination with Dirac Live. The sound field is incredibly dynamic and wide...with warm, natural tones. The room correction software is easy to setup and understand the nuances and manipulate the software to make it not just good but great. Second would be the Anthem (STR). The unit does not have quite the dynamic spun field as the Dirac. Third would be the trinnov. I could not correlate the price/performance to either the Arcam or Anthem products.
I have set a significantly lower budget for the second home.
I am set on an integrated amp with room correction. I have listened to Trinnov, Anthem, Onkyo and Arcam. A have Sonus Fabre IL Cremonese speakers. Out of those four room correction programs in combination with an integrated amp. I like the Arcam (850) in combination with Dirac Live. The sound field is incredibly dynamic and wide...with warm, natural tones. The room correction software is easy to setup and understand the nuances and manipulate the software to make it not just good but great. Second would be the Anthem (STR). The unit does not have quite the dynamic spun field as the Dirac. Third would be the trinnov. I could not correlate the price/performance to either the Arcam or Anthem products.