@soix , Heifers who know nothing about electronics and acoustics always run when asked to put their money where their mouth is. It ’s nothing new..Enjoy your 1 knob polished chassis preamp that the "elusive" low volume brand guy made in his garage for you to make you feel real special. He hit tolerances and hand soldered sht in his garage that SoundUnited couldn't do in their facility with SMTs apparently (NOT!!). Bye now.
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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Not running at all, just no desire to waste my time on nothing nor to unnecessarily derail the OP’s thread any further. If you wanna flesh this out more I’d encourage you to start a new thread entitled “Prepros smack all your 2 channel purist gear for music” and see how that works out for you there. Peace out. |
I appreciate the spirited discussion and am reading and studying it all. I do treat my 7.2 channel system differently than my 2 channel system. My front speakers will always be driven by my 2 channel amp (with pre-signal from my AV system) but the other 5.2 channels I don't have nearly as much dedication to from an audio purist standpoint. The original question came from my thought "I really am impressed by how this Denon sounds with the speakers I've added" and thinking maybe I can go up one more level cost effectively. So my initial response is that I'd rather not spend $10k on separates to watch an occasional movie. that said, $10K or more isn't a problem if I am convinced I will enjoy it that much. Jerry |
@carlsbad2 i've owned the 740 for about a year now, and tbh once the honeymoon period was over i miss the old pioneer elite it replaced--the anthem has alot of power and sounds more audiophile-accurate and less digitally tweaked than the mass market stuff, but also sounds flatter and less dynamic than the mass market stuff, esp. with movies. if i had to do it all over, i would have gotten a used higher-end marantz or yamaha avr. |
@carlsbad2 What are you using as a preamp into the Decware Zen? |
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