Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else?

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.

Another Anthem fan here. I'm on my 2nd 2 ch integrated and wouldn't trade it for anything.

I pulled the trigger on a Yamaha 2080 to take care of the home theater duties.  Still need to pick the integrated amp to do the two channel work.  I’m now considering either the Yamaha A-S2200 or the Rotel 1592 mkii.  I’m looking for an amp that will create a wide sound stage but also have lots of detail.   A few of the Yamaha reviews I’ve seen/read seem to indicate that the 2200 sound stage isn’t so great but that it’s got a lot of detail.  Also, it’s just an amp, (no DAC) and I like that because I plan to use a dedicated DAC for two channel.  It’s also much better looking than the Rotel.  Any thoughts on the comparison of those two?

This Hegel H190 has both excellent detail and soundstage so might be worth a look…

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649941652-hegel-h190/
 

That said, I don’t think you can go wrong with the Yammy either.