Ok I had to login so I could post on here. Audiotroy the Anthem AVM90 has 9038 dacs on all channels.
Audio Science review also rated the AVM90 about the same as the Marantz. Andrew Robinson and Gene had arguments over which one of these sounded better.They are both rated as high as possible by all the people that review prepros. The Anthem AVM90 has been said to sound better than the Marantz by a lot of people that have owned both pieces.
Trinnov is better but sound wise not by much. This is from people that owned both.
I own it and have heard lots of gear. And as a pre it is as good as most strictly pre's on the market. Those that have heard the STR pre and amp say that the AVM90 might sound better with the STR Amp. I have heard the NAD and it's not in the same league. Older technology.
Sorry to chime in but I figured you needed the entire story. I haven't had one issue with my AVM90 either. And the virtual inputs are awesome to setup.
