I concur that you don’t have to spend $2500 but I recommend buying a receiver or surround pre with full pre-outs, plus a multi channel amplifier, get the latest decoding (Atmos or whatever) and you will buy another surround decoder soon. I think the best money spent is on amplification which you will hang on to, and then change the receiver periodically for the latest decoding and room correction. It is said that the ARC is quite good but Trinnitov may be better. Good luck.
Time for a new a/v receiver could use some input!
I have an Arcam avr400 which is HDMI 1.4 and need a HDMI 2.0 4K receiver.
I'm using a 5.1 set up, so I looked at Arcam but I'm not happy with problems of handshake
So I decided to get another brand.
I'm down to either the Anthem MRX720 or the Marantz SR7013
just want to stay around $2,500 its 5.1 but I like the power the Arcam has.
Not sure if they are equal in power ratings but I think they are both powerful enough.
The Marantz has all the gadgets you can think of, but I'm looking for good sound,
and a lot of people say that the Anthem sounds better, any thoughts?
Thank you
I'm using a 5.1 set up, so I looked at Arcam but I'm not happy with problems of handshake
So I decided to get another brand.
I'm down to either the Anthem MRX720 or the Marantz SR7013
just want to stay around $2,500 its 5.1 but I like the power the Arcam has.
Not sure if they are equal in power ratings but I think they are both powerful enough.
The Marantz has all the gadgets you can think of, but I'm looking for good sound,
and a lot of people say that the Anthem sounds better, any thoughts?
Thank you