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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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erik_squires
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I have exactly that system. Mrx 520 to Luxman 507.  Works great.

erik_squires
15,678 posts
 

Not the amps, but the processors. It’s been a very long time, but after my Theta Casanova the Onkyo and Emotiva were not even close to natural sounding. Really thin, AM radio kind of digital presentation.

I ended up with Oppo and then Anthem for a variety of reasons.

I will say that if it still sounds the same it is super easy to tell the difference. I mean, you don’t have to listen to me, listen for yourself.

If you are buying used, 100% stick with Anthem.  If you are buying new, I would still recommend the Anthem but I probably don't have a very good idea of what the Emotivas sound like anymore.

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