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

[TLS Guy]

Correction: If I remember right, the latest Yamaha flagship YPAO R.S.C. does allow 8 bands of PEQs post calibration. If that is, true then I would rank it about the same as XT32+App, and should be better than XT32 without using the app. In both cases, one has to know how to use PEQs well (Yamaha), and the app well (D+M).

For those who can't be bother with manual tweaks, i.e. would just run it and leave it, then I would rank Dirac 1, 2 and 3, and Anthem ARC G 6th.

Note: While I am at it, for those who knows how, don't mind spending infinite hours, and most importantly use REW or equivalent for objective assessment, then I would rank DLBC, XT32 1, 1.5, Anthem ARC G YPAO RSC+PEQ 2, though on YPAO, I have not actually tried it so it is just based on projection/speculation. In that case they are all good, even for TLS Guy, if he wasn't preconceived/bias, he might be happy enough to use them.

I just need two sub outs, actually one is enough, as the first AVPs only had one sub out.

I don't have any need of any form of EQ and that feature would never be used.

Both the AVP10 and the Anthem units have 19" racks available.

At the moment the AVP 7706 is working perfectly. That spark on brief shut down on switch on last week, seems to have cured the fault for now. At the moment the rig is very quiet with zero background at all listening positions.

So, that spark I suspect has remade a bad solder connection.

My Av room is basically designed round the Marantz universe. This includes the facilities and the way the bass management is designed.

So the easiest changeover is a Marantz unit.

My biggest concern about Anthem is glitchy and slow software, and not SQ.

I doubt the difference in SQ without EQ is audibly detectable between any units. I don't need or want Eq as I don't want the rig to sound any different than it does now. It is incredibly life like and very close to actually being there. The bass is superbly tight, deep and realistic with never a trace of boom.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

For those who can't be bother with manual tweaks, i.e. would just run it and leave it, then I would rank Dirac 1, 2 and 3, and Anthem ARC G 6th.

Anthem ARC G 6th Place if no manual adjustments?

So if you just simply did AUTO ARC-G and XT32 and did absolutely nothing else, would XT32 do a better job?

My CX-A5100 can do Auto YPAO + Manual PEQ after using the YPAO, which was what Gene did.