Anthem AVM 30 vs. Parasound Halo C2

I too have been going back and forth between the AVM30 and the C2.
I spoke to a dealer in another state then I live in and he has both of them in his showroom. Wish I could compare them. He tells me that sonicly the C2 sounds a little better. Feature wise the C2 is ahead of everyone. No one has bass management and DSP's for the 5.1 analog inputs for SCAD's and DVD-Audio the way the AVM30 does. Anthem also has been coming out with updates every 2 to 3 months. Others just say they can be updated, then don't release any.

I'm going to go with the AVM30. Multi-channel music and movies are important to me. Two channel is dead.

I am very late to this discussion, and wondering what you got? I sold my Parasound C2 and bought the Anthem AVM 30 and have been extremely happy. I didn't dislike the Parasound, but Anthem really does do upgrades, and Parasound really does not. Or, if they do, they are not planning any time soon. Anthem is bringing out hardware upgrades such as IEEE1394 Firewire connections and switching, and HDMI switching this year. Sonically, they are very close on analog, and I actually give the Anthem a little advantage on digital with it's superior software package.

You may want to edit your last post as Parasound released the PLIIx update today! ;)
And Parasound is also doing hardware upgrades that should be out before the end of the year.

I was really talking about the hardware upgrades. The Parasound techs told me that "if" they came out with hardware upgrades they would not have HDMI switching on the C2 due to space considerations. He said they may have them on the C1. Also, they were not positive if they would have IEEE1394 Firewire connects, because the current DAC's would not decode SACD or DVD-Audio. That's just what I was told. Anthem has all of those upgrades in the final testing stage. If Parasound does as well, they should be a little more communicative about them.