I haven't heard the others, but replaced seperates with the Anthem.
Plenty of power for my mid efficiency speakers. I can see how 'dry' may be used to describe the sound, but I find it pretty balanced and neutral. I use mine with tone controls bypassed 100% of the time. It's plenty lively for me, otherwise I would not be happy.
I use the onboard phono preamp for my Technics 1200 mk2, sounds fine to me.
My goal was to simplify my setup by eliminating interconnects and boxes without sacrifice, and in my case it satisfies me.
Of course ymmv, hope this helps a little.
Regards,
gary
Plenty of power for my mid efficiency speakers. I can see how 'dry' may be used to describe the sound, but I find it pretty balanced and neutral. I use mine with tone controls bypassed 100% of the time. It's plenty lively for me, otherwise I would not be happy.
I use the onboard phono preamp for my Technics 1200 mk2, sounds fine to me.
My goal was to simplify my setup by eliminating interconnects and boxes without sacrifice, and in my case it satisfies me.
Of course ymmv, hope this helps a little.
Regards,
gary