Opinions of Anthem Users. I am considering the Anthem AVM 70 8K

[lovinthehd]

Might work for bad solders in the short term in any case....or those brutal weather changes up there in Minnesota
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[AcuDefTechGuy]

I’ve communicated many times with the SU director of sales. I just reached out to him to get his opinion.

He said Masimo is selling SU, and that SU is full 100% business as usual in terms of production, sales, services, etc. The Denon and Marantz AVR and AVP demands have been as high as ever, so that’s why many of the models are out of stock, but the inventory will be replenished as usual. For example, the AVR-1A and Cinema 50 were out of stock a few days ago, but are back in stock.

 

[PENG]

What financial world do you live in where you just shut down a billion dollar investment?

Sounds like there is a chance that Denon may survive on its own as Marantz might have priced themselves out of business lol... As I kept reminding their die hard believers of the/their chased after myth Marantz sound (I know you did not fall for that, you just want for M because D does not make an AVP anymore, in Europe and Asia, the M and D price differential is from 0 to 1/3 that of the America's. If @M Code still has his insider info, I bet he would confirm that M has not been selling well, relative to the D brand in NA, that would explain the "no stock" situation your dealer cited, manufacturers don't want to keep too much stock if the product is not selling well enough.

Hopefully in the event their M brand don't survive (I hope they do survive), the D brand may pick up the AVP line, perhaps cheapen the build quality somewhat and get rid of the HDAM modules so as to reduce the cost further to beat up on the likes of Anthem, NAD, etc., though.

Again, I do recommend Anthem, but would avoid the AVM90 unless you really need 4 sub outs vs 2, and wait for their regular sales (approx 15% iirc in previous sale events). The AVM90 is great but at the same price as the AV10, may as well go for the AV10, or the AV20 for the anticipated substantial savings.

 

[highfigh]

Thanks for that opinion. I had a nice extended conversation with my dealer Scott.

First, the 7706 has been working fine, since that substantial thump I gave it last night.

So in the meantime, I hope I don't break a fifth metacarpal thumping the 7706. So far I have only had to do it once.

I give equipment a good thump on occasion, too (it's what I refer to as 'percussive diagnostics')- it works fairly often.