EXPIRED: FS: Anthem 50V3D Processor

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This is a premium processor. I was going to set up a home cinema in our new home but aren't getting to it...

Had a retail of A$8000 

 

Review:

 

At $6500 USD, the Anthem AVM 50v 3D costs only $500 more than its predecessor, the AVM 50v, yet offers superior value with a number of updates intended to offer the latest in 3D functionality

It’s the AVM 50v 3D’s flexibility that sets it apart from the crowd, particularly the feature that gives you the option of running up to four sources per input, or one source as four different components. I found this feature simply brilliant

When reviewing a two-channel preamplifier, one of the things I listen for is if the preamp itself adds or subtracts anything from the original recorded signal. What I hope to hear is the ideal: nothing added to or taken away from the sound of the recording. Reviewing a home-theater processor is a different story -- if I see low-level details, such as pores in someone’s skin, more clearly, or experience an explosion with a heightened sense of dynamism, both can add to the realism of the experience. Added realism is exactly what I was witness to during chapter 16 from Iron Man 2. In this chapter, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and his military colleague, Lt. Col. James Rhodes (Don Cheadle), are discussing an attack plan as drones begin landing all around them. The thud of each drone’s touchdown was presented with a sense of impact, solidity, and transient speed that I’m not used to hearing.

And the AVM 50v 3D’s video performance during this scene was simply stellar. As the camera pans around the atrium while the drones are landing, the motion is smooth and meticulous without even a hint of jaggedness. Gray-scale control was fantastic, revealing details in the shadowy background I hadn’t seen before: I could now see, in darker areas, where the grass ends and the bushes begin. I could count ripples in the water in the distant surrounding ponds, and could see individual leaves on the darker trees in the distant background.

 

Wrapping up

It had been some time since I’d reviewed any home-theater gear, and I didn’t realize how much I missed it until I’d spent some time with Anthem’s new AVM 50v 3D A/V processor. Fully configured, it generated the best picture and the most holistic soundstage I’ve seen or heard in my room. The levels of performance, engineering, and outright value that Anthem offers for $6500 scream "Benchmark product!" I’m going to have a hard time reacclimating to my Classé-Oppo combo. Highly recommended

 

 
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I used to own one of these, great buying at this price. Highly recommend the room correction, it will transform your experience. GLWS.