Anthem MRX 500

[3db]

Waiting for the a big brown truck!

I really wanted an Anthem, but to keep my speaker budget high I opted for a Yamaha RX A830. Plus, I got no interest, no payments for 12 months through Newegg.

Now, where's that damn truck?!

Congrats man I hope you get to have lots of fun with your new Yammy. My unit is still going strong and its now 5 years old. It will be interesting to se what the new YPAO results will be.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Waiting for the a big brown truck!

I really wanted an Anthem, but to keep my speaker budget high I opted for a Yamaha RX A830. Plus, I got no interest, no payments for 12 months through Newegg.

Now, where's that damn truck?!

Bought amp yet?

 

[psbfan9]

Bought amp yet?

Not yet. I'm still taking in all the advice I have been given.

I want to sincerely thank everyone that helped me with this decision!

I chose the A830 over the Anthem for a few reasons. The first is price. The Yamaha was more than a thousand $$ cheaper and had most of the features wanted.

Still tweaking and getting familiar with the set up.

Some teaser pictures.

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[psbfan9]

A few more Ampctures.

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[AcuDefTechGuy]

You probably don't even need any ext amps. I bet the Yammy will do fine by itself. Save some money.

 

[ahblaza]

Waiting for the a big brown truck!

I really wanted an Anthem, but to keep my speaker budget high I opted for a Yamaha RX A830. Plus, I got no interest, no payments for 12 months through Newegg.

Now, where's that damn truck?!

I'm still waiting on my Triax truck to arrive

 

[3db]

A few more Ampctures.

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Looking very sharp

 

[psbfan9]

You probably don't even need any ext amps. I bet the Yammy will do fine by itself. Save some money.

You may be right. Peng said the same thing. One other reason why I bought the A830 is for the 6 Ohm switch. According to manual, it will also drive 4 Ohm speakers.

I'm still waiting on my Triax truck to arrive

Oh man. Has the truck showed up yet?

Looking very sharp

Thanks 3db! If I can keep the cat off of it I may get to use it.

 

[3db]

In the box, I noticed a square object in wraps just left of the wrap. Is that an ipod dock?

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Peng said the same thing.

That's because PENG and I both know that tweeters and midrange usually only use about 1 - 2 watts.

It's the subs that need all the power.

Heck, even when I use my Phil3 full range in PD 2.0 mode, my Denon 3312 alone does a great job. So I didn't even use an ext amp here.

 

[PENG]

That's because PENG and I both know that tweeters and midrange usually only use about 1 - 2 watts.

And we both know the ability to hear is precious, any loss of that preciousness is irreversible.

 

[PENG]

Not yet. I'm still taking in all the advice I have been given.

I want to sincerely thank everyone that helped me with this decision!

I chose the A830 over the Anthem for a few reasons. The first is price. The Yamaha was more than a thousand $$ cheaper and had most of the features wanted.

Still tweaking and getting familiar with the set up.

Some teaser pictures.

View attachment 12287View attachment 12288View attachment 12289

I would take the 830 even if it costs more than the MRX, and no I am not kidding.. The only thing is it pisses me off that it has 8 HDMI inputs, 1 more than my AV8801. I only need 7 but don't prefer to use the one in the front. To me the front one is only good for occasional/temporary use.

 

[psbfan9]

In the box, I noticed a square object in wraps just left of the wrap. Is that an ipod dock?

I thought the same when I opened the box, then realized it's the am antenna...

I would take the 830 even if it costs more than the MRX, and no I am not kidding.. The only thing is it pisses me off that it has 8 HDMI inputs, 1 more than my AV8801. I only need 7 but don't prefer to use the one in the front. To me the front one is only good for occasional/temporary use.

Hm, this surprises me. It makes me even happier about my purchase though.

As far as HDMI, I only have BD, cable box, and a Mac Mini so that wasn't a huge issue. What mattered more to me was the second HDMI out. That's good for me, but bad for you guys because I may make you all crazy with my questions when I need help getting it set up.

 

[psbfan9]

Set up, settings and stuff

Here are the room correction settings after running Audyssey with the Onkyo 608.

Front L/R/C set to 40hz, Surrounds set to 50hz.
Distance; L/R at 15'.0. Center was set to 14.'0. And surrounds were set to 6'.0
Before running Audyssey, I turned the sub level down to about the 10pm position. The sub was set at 26'.0

I ran YPAO and the settings are different.

It set all speakers to large. Distance; L/R 13ft, Center; 13,5ft. Surrounds Left 6.8 ft. Right 5.8ft. Sub, 13.5 ft
Levels; Front L/R 0.0dB, Center +2.0dB, Surrounds L 0.5dB, R 0.0 dB. Sub +2.5dB
Sub xover was 60hz.

I set the surrounds to small and xover at 40hz but left everything else the same. i also chnaged the sub distance to 26ft. I probably should have left things as YPAO set them, but I know more than some room correction software...

 

[psbfan9]

Some other things to note; The remote is awesome! Nice feel and it's a learning remote. Detachable power cord. I know that's of interest to some, to me it's just an excuse to spend more money and get this....Cardas - Clear - Power Cord-Audio Advisor...I'm kidding. But I have been looking at other power cords.

I'm trying to think of anything else I should mention..... Oh, sound. Does it sound better? Well, my honest answer is no. I have noticed that I don't have to turn the volume up as much to get a comfortable sound level. Some familiar music has 'seemed' more detailed, but I'm still tweaking and learning.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

And we both know the ability to hear is precious, any loss of that preciousness is irreversible.

Utterly, implicitly, and unequivocally.

My wife is still asleep, so I am presently listening to a volume of -55.0 dB on my Denon.

 

[afterlife2]

Congrats PSBFAN9!!!that Yammy receiver looks mighty elegant. I hope you enjoy it thoroughly.

 

[psbfan9]

Congrats PSBFAN9!!!that Yammy receiver looks mighty elegant. I hope you enjoy it thoroughly.

Thanks Afterlife2! I'm really diggin' the new receiver.

 

[canelli]

Congrats and wanted to give you a thumbs up for enjoying your gear!

 

[3db]

Here are the room correction settings after running Audyssey with the Onkyo 608.

Front L/R/C set to 40hz, Surrounds set to 50hz.
Distance; L/R at 15'.0. Center was set to 14.'0. And surrounds were set to 6'.0
Before running Audyssey, I turned the sub level down to about the 10pm position. The sub was set at 26'.0

I ran YPAO and the settings are different.

It set all speakers to large. Distance; L/R 13ft, Center; 13,5ft. Surrounds Left 6.8 ft. Right 5.8ft. Sub, 13.5 ft
Levels; Front L/R 0.0dB, Center +2.0dB, Surrounds L 0.5dB, R 0.0 dB. Sub +2.5dB
Sub xover was 60hz.

I set the surrounds to small and xover at 40hz but left everything else the same. i also chnaged the sub distance to 26ft. I probably should have left things as YPAO set them, but I know more than some room correction software...

YPAO will set any speaker to large if it can play 80Hz I believe.

In running my YPAO, I set all my speakers to small so that the sub would get ALL the bass. That's the only thing I touched in the settings. I ran YPAO three time for each of teh EQ setting, "natural, flat, and front" and stored each setting into memory. This way I could expereiment between teh three eq settings when the mood hit me.