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Review: Anthem MRX-700 Surround Pre
Hi Renato13, I have not directly listened to the Pioneer products recently to have a valid opinion. I can tell you now after having the MRX 700 for over 6 months now, there are many aspects about it I like and a few I don't like all that well. The... 
Review: Anthem MRX-700 Surround Pre
The dealer I bought the Anthem from also sold Rotel and stated he was dropping the line because they were behind the curve on technology. As I recall - it was only a 5 channel amp section and 1.3 HDMI. I wanted a zone 2 amp section and did not wan... 
Review: Anthem MRX-700 Surround Pre
In the interest of fairness with Anthem and readers of this review, I wanted to report that several communications have gone back and forth with Anthem on this "pop" issue. The latest response states that Anthem is aware of a few users who are rep... 
Review: Anthem MRX-700 Surround Pre
No - I cannot find a way to route and totally defeat the processing influance of the AVR. No Direct Button - no workaround I can find. This is one of the major shortcommings of this AVR is that there really is no way to avoid utilizing some form o... 
Anthem AVM50V vs: Statement D2v
Yes I'm told the 1.4 upgrade from a 50 to 50v will be offered and priced between $400~$450...( not sure that fully applies to a D2 vs D2v) ....that is unless you bought one in the last month or so, I think the "free" upgrade to 1.4 option started ... 
Anthem AVM50V vs: Statement D2v
I went through this same issue - heres the skinny after talking with Anthem direct:The major diffrence between the D2v and the AVM-50v is the 24bit 192 KHz.Neither are HDMI 1.4 certified. However, they say if you buy new prior to August 2011 (esti...