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Anthem MRX 740 8K as an upgrade to my Denon AVR-X3700H

I have a 7.2 system.  I drive my front speakers using pre-out to my 2 channel system amp that drives my 2 channel system speakers.  I have 2 more sets of floorstanders for side and rear.  2 self powered subs.  Pretty happy with the system. 

Thinking of the upgrade in the subject.  I'm much more well versed in 2 channel sound than AV systems and would appreciate comments. 

I like the same things in theatre however, clear, accurate, and powerful, and dynamic.

For a streamer, are there better options than my LG smart TV delivered to my HT receiver via ARC?  I don't see any discussion of HT specific streamers/decoders.  

Jerry

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mahler123
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@carlsbad2 what did you wind up getting?

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carlsbad2 OP
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@Mahler123 Thanks for folloing up and asking.  I haven't actually made the purchase yet.  I'm leaning very heavily toward a Marantz Cinema 50.  I've been distracted by non-audio activities lately.  I also have a new center speaker on order and I'd like to get it and watch a couple of movies with it before I switch.  I have a bad habit of making mulitiple changes at once and not really know which one was the best upgrade.

I also may get into a shop that has the ability to compare.  There are more AV shps than 2 channel shops now.

Jerry

deep_333
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I’m leaning very heavily toward a Marantz Cinema 50.

Get the Marantz AV10 PREPRO. Pair it with separate hifi power amps and it will start to smack all your 2 channel purist gear for music

Stuffing not 2, but, 11 power amp channels in the same box as the preamp sections, DAC, streamer, DSP module (I.e. the AV receiver) was never a good idea for high fidelity 

soix
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Get the Marantz AV10 PREPRO. Pair it with separate hifi power amps and it will start to smack all your 2 channel purist gear for music

Yeah, prepros often “smack” dedicated stereo components.  NOT!

deep_333
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Yeah, prepros often “smack” dedicated stereo components. NOT!

Here we go again (don’t I remember you). You are the guy who just pushes a button and rotates a knob on the purist preamp for magic to happen...and that’s about all you can do, right? And as you keep spending 100k, 500k, etc on a featureless crap preamp, it will just keep sounding even better and better (because the power supply got better apparently!! and ya get what ya pay for!!) Anything else might just be too complicated for you. Stick with your 1 knob preamp and continue on with your purity brand, continue rotating the 1 knob well. The other is for guys with more technical prowess (not for you, of course)..

Good luck.

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