Not sure how much I've written here before on subject, but I previously had a Denon 6500 picked up second hand from a seller who originally said it was a 6700. So from day 1 i perceived it as less than the 6700
I then bought into the hype about Denon being mass market and anthem being enthusiast levels of quality, but my first reaction when I heard 1140 for first time was "oh"
Perhaps I was wrongly expecting some audible improvement. (It also didn't help the anthems that the audyssey one calibration tool has recently been used)
I also know now that the 6500 was/is still a very capable avr
But I persisted. The issue with getting a forum guy to tweak arc remotely was not being able to describe to him how it sounded and how I wanted it to sound, I just don't have the vocabulary for that.
I even got a local pro calibration for the 1140 at same time as my TV, but that guy didn't even touch ARC so not sure what he did lol
But yeah, the A1h continues to impress and is truly an end game avr for me. Having audyssey one to do the calibration optimisation means I can relax and just enjoy the sound
