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Receiver for B&W 702 S2

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planning to buy 702 S2 for my living room. Given it’s in own living room, I am leaning towards a receiver over separates. 

Consumption is 50% movies and 50% music. I use on 3 channels + a funk audio sub. Music is mostly jazz, classic rock and a lot of guitar. 

I would ideally like to spend under $2000 on electronics. As of right now I was thinking about Yamaha a1070 receiver but have also looked at Anthem, Marantz, Denon etc. 

B&W and classe is a popular combination, but I didn’t want to spend that much money. 

It would be great to get some help. 
marrduk24

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marrduk24 OP
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Caphill, that’s massively helpful. 

I could certainly stretch my budget upto $3k. 

Given half of my consumption is movies, an AVR or a pre/pro becomes a must. I have 3 Sources for video - cable box, Apple TV and my HTPC. 

My speaker setup is indeed 3.1. 

so if my options were:

1. Keep current denon x4200w and add Rotel 1592 for B&W 702 L/R
2. Cambridge Audio CXR200
3. NAD T777 v3
4. Anthem 720

what would be the best path to go?
marrduk24 OP
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Caphill, thank you for sharing such through and detailed responses. 

Source of music mostly master quality recordings via htpc. 

I am now trying to decide between CXR200 vs Anthem vs Rotel. 

I am guessing you meant Anthem 1120 because there is no 1200. Given I don’t need 11 channels, do I really need 1120. Wouldn’t Anthem 720 or even 520 be sufficient? Seems only difference between 720 and 1120 is no of channels. 520 has slightly less power, but my music listening is always 20-30 dbs below reference and movie watchinf is 10 dB below reference. 
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