Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else?


Hi,

Does anyone have any experience comparing Emotiva to Anthem?

I am about to buy a new system for the livingroom that we are building over here.  This system in this space will be tasked with driving a 5.2.4 home theater system for TV and Movies but it will also need to provide excellent sound quality for listening to music. The sound quality for the music is a top priority.  The source material for this system will be Netflicks and Apple TV for the video content and Amazon HD Music for the Music.

I am considering either the Emotiva RMC-1L processor and XPA9 Gen3 Amp combo or the Anthem MRX 1140 8K.  The Emotiva combo is a bit more expensive and would also require a network streamer for Amazon HD Music which will be a bit more $$.

What is considered to have the better sound quality between these two options? 

Is there something else that I should be looking at?

 

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Showing 1 response by arcticdeth

Looking at an Anthem? Keep the Emo out of your thought process. 
 

 I’m not one with theatre stuff, I’m strictly a 2 ch for music and movies. 
 

Anthem is great, 

whatmabout the,McCormack map-1 or similar, is that a multi channel ?

I wish I,could say,more, just steer,clear of thatmEmo stuff T may,last a couple years, but service, warranty is horrendous, heard the stories bout a new cd, or receiver, something goes wrong, you send in, they send you a faulty used or returned replacement. 
 

use caution.

 

also, you will need,some wrinkle bag n the amp dept, most receivers are bland and can’t handle the output you may want, don’t clip her.