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Anthem MRX 1140 - $4,990 Delivered @ Sight+Sound Galleria

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Anthem MRX 1140 - $4,990 Delivered @ Sight+Sound Galleria
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AlanHB on 13/01/2022 - 10:37 sightandsoundgalleria.com.au (1056 clicks)

A good price for a beast of an AV receiver. It usually goes for over $6k.

Specs below.

ENGINEERING:

• 11 amplifier channel A/V amplifier
• 11 x 140 Watts into 8 Ohms continuous
• 15.2 pre-amplifier channels
• 32-Bit/768 kHz DAC
• HDMI v2.1
• HDMI 200hz 8K upgradeable

INPUTS:
• HDMI x 7
• Digital audio optical x 3
• Digital audio coaxial x 2
• IR x 1
• RS232 x 1
• Ethernet
• USB x 1 (service)

OUTPUTS:

• Speaker binding posts x 11 channels
• Analogue RCA pre-out x 15.2 channels
• HDMI x 2 (eARC x 1)
• Digital audio optical x 1
• 12V trigger x 3
• RS232 x 1

FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS:

• Anthem ARC Genesis Room Correction
• Wi-Fi / Ethernet Enabled
• IP and Serial Control
• Dolby Atmos
• DTS:X, DTS Virtual:X
• HMDI eARC
• Apple AirPlay2
• Google Chromecast (Audio)
• Bluetooth v4.2
• Dolby Vision
• IMAX Enhanced
• HDMI 2.0b & HDCP 2.2
• 4:4:4 Subsampling @ 4K60 (18.2 Gbps)
• High Dynamic Range (HDR)
• Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)
• BT.2020 Color Gamut
• 4K 50/60 Switching
• Zone 2 HDMI Output

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  • bluehalk on 13/01/2022 - 11:04

    Impressive AVR.

  • MagnamoniousRex on 13/01/2022 - 11:15
    +4

    Crazy how much you have to pay for an actually HDMI 2.1 compliant AVR.

    • Drpepper666 on 13/01/2022 - 11:17
      +10

      Is it though? Can't see VRR mentioned in the specs. What a mess HDMI 2.1 standard is.

      • MagnamoniousRex on 13/01/2022 - 11:21
        +3

        You're right lol, says it can do 8K at 200hz but not VRR. That is absurd.

      • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2022 - 11:33
        +6

        A lot of standards are a hot plate of mess right now, USB, WIFI 6, and HDMI uggghhh!!

        • justtoreply on 13/01/2022 - 11:53
          +1

          They need to stop releasing draft specs. Stuff the companies trying to implement early.. they can wait until it's finalised and we can have something that works properly.

          • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2022 - 12:09
            +2

            @justtoreply: It’s not even that, it’s completely rebranding stuff that’s been finalized for half a decade.

          • joshau on 13/01/2022 - 12:48
            +1

            @justtoreply: The vast majority of these companies are part of the working groups for standard development, and they get access to the drafts because they're actively involved in the development of the standard. To prevent them having access to the drafts would be to prevent them contributing to the development of the standard.

      • hamwhisperer on 13/01/2022 - 11:40
        +4

        Considering how fluid the HDMI specification is right now, I would genuinely not buy a HDMI 2.1 amp for a solid year or two more, until it's fully ironed out and you can be sure the chips do EVERYTHING you'd want them to. Especially on any amp over $1500 or so.

        • Carve2 on 13/01/2022 - 12:48
          +1

          Yeah, you're probably on the money there, hamwhisperer. From what I'm reading, it looks like purchasing HDMI2.1 products is going to be like buying a car and choosing from the options list.

          "OK, I'll take a base HDMI2.1, and add on the "gaming package", don't worry about eARC, and I'd like the 48Gbps pack too."

          The onus seems to be on the manufacturers to list what their gear can do, rather than saying "everything with HDMI2.1 supports functions x, y and z".

          It's been similar with other generations of HDMI, but I personally thought they were moving to a more standardised place.

          • fluberries on 13/01/2022 - 13:13
            +3

            @Carve2: This is on the money. I have just gone down this path recently and it's a pain…. Getting 120hz through tv and amp from ps5 shouldn't be that difficult. You end up losing something somewhere.

            • hamwhisperer on 13/01/2022 - 13:19

              @fluberries: Exactly and sometimes they even use bad chips, which are "HDMI 2.1 compliant, with an update" but they end up lacking something.

              Wait for it to be ironed out I say.

          • hamwhisperer on 13/01/2022 - 13:19

            @Carve2: Yeah they recently messed u pthe HDMI 2.1 qualifiers totally, which as stupid as heck.

            But even if they didn't do that, companies have been misbehaving lately, claiming 2.1 qualification without having all features (HI SONY)

            I mean if you buy a $900 HDMI 2.1 43" TV whatever but a 5k amp? I keep my amps for near 10 years, I'd want a 'final amp' for 10 years.

            VRR, 120hz? 4k? HDR (which HDR?!) yeah not a chance.

            Wait 24 months and let other poor buggers write posts about it and get it sorted.

            When HDMI 2.1 is on a $500 TV at JB, you know it's safe to buy an amp.

  • oranglama on 13/01/2022 - 11:15
    +2

    This or second hand car? hmmm…

    • m9 on 13/01/2022 - 11:50
      +11

      This fits easier in the AV rack.

    • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2022 - 12:23
      +3

      How many HDMI inputs on the Hyundai Accent?

    • starspawn on 13/01/2022 - 12:53

      This receiver won't be able to drive you to the shops, but it will be able to blow you away into space!

      • ChillBro on 13/01/2022 - 16:50
        +1

        will be able to blow you

        I immediately bought 5

  • chuneeperformance on 13/01/2022 - 11:31

    Might as well spend another 2-3k and go entry level component…

    • Smol Cat on 13/01/2022 - 11:47

      Pls explain to a pleb what that means? Why do these cost so much?

      • MasterScythe on 13/01/2022 - 11:55
        +7

        Anthem is a premium brand.
        They use HUGE wound power supplies (so lots of copper in the cost).
        Their software (was, still is?) Considered the best.
        And they're a niche product.

        I used to install home cinemas; and a good rule of thumb was to leave about 5k for each part of your system. Projector, reciever, amp, speakers, powered woofer, etc. Some things would cost less, like screens and such.

        At the end of the day, if you want to meet THX standards, not a lot of receivers do it accurately.

        And when someone is buying a house, putting $25k into a truly 'cinema rated' 7.2 home entertainment room, was (still is?) Super common 5 or so years ago; if you were a movie type.

      • AlanHB on 13/01/2022 - 12:03

        Basically AV receivers do a lot of different things in your home theatre setup - amplifying the speakers, decoding the sound, rerouting video and outputting it to different sources, a bunch of stuff. The overall cost is usually influenced by the amount of channels (individual speakers) they can amplify, and this one powers 11 speakers (which would usually be used to power a 7.2.4 setup - 7 speakers on the ground, 4 on the ceiling).

    • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2022 - 12:22

      Might as well sell your house and just buy a cinema…

  • proddorp on 13/01/2022 - 11:34

    nice find, looking at the AVM70

  • erally on 13/01/2022 - 11:39
    +1

    They are a very well built product. I worked with the brand many moons ago in multiple high end home installs.
    We had sites with less than perfect power, most of those sites would put in double convert UPS's, but even without, the Anthems back then performed very well.
    Can't vouch for this model.

  • justtoreply on 13/01/2022 - 11:54

    I don't even know what pre-amp and pre-out mean :0

    • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2022 - 14:05
      +1

      You don't have to, as long as you're not buying this product. But you had to comment, justtoreply?

      • justtoreply on 13/01/2022 - 15:32

        You didnt have to reply either… But you did.

        Sorry i got your username first ;)

        • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2022 - 15:44

          I was making a bad pun out of your username mate hahaha

  • lunchbox99 on 13/01/2022 - 12:03
    -2

    What advantages does this AVR have over say…a train. Which I could also afford.

  • sovereign01 on 13/01/2022 - 12:07
    -2

    How could you spend this much money on an Amp that doesn't do VRR.

    • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2022 - 12:19

      VRR doesnt matter to you, perhaps?

      Don't over-estimate how much demand there is for VRR. Sure it's big in the gaming community but there's a large home threatre community that couldn't care less. VRR isn't the killer feature for many people.

    • MasterScythe on 13/01/2022 - 17:00

      What sort of movie is shot in VRR?

      Sometimes you'll get a mix of telecine and progressive, but what sort of abomination is a mixed frame rate?!

  • Ostrich on 13/01/2022 - 12:18

    Anyone with experience with anthem receivers here? Been holding onto my nakamichi AV-10 receiver (still going strong). Bought a denon and its just nowhere near as good sounding/immersive as the nak.

    Wanting to trade up to one big premium receiver, and anthems seem to fit the bill.

    Just wondering if the sound /experience is on par and /or better than the yamaha aventage range?

    • bluehalk on 13/01/2022 - 12:31
      +1

      After having gone through Denon, Pioneer, Marantz, Onkyo, and Yamaha over the years, I tried the MRX 700 and was very much impressed with its performance over other brands. I have now gone through MRX 710 and now currently have 720, and if bank balance allowed, I would go for the newer 1140 without any second thought. They are just great AVRs, I would highly recommend them.

    • IXXI on 13/01/2022 - 12:35

      I've owned the AVM 50 and AVM 60 in the past. They were (are) both great units. The room correction is excellent and very easy to use. I changed over to an Emotiva RMC-1L recently, and wish I hadn't. The Anthem gear is better IMO. Cant comment against the Yamaha stuff though. I've not had any of their gear.

    • MasterScythe on 13/01/2022 - 17:04

      Yes, worlds.

      Id say 7/10ths of your sound signature comes from a toroidal power supply being able to provide enough burst current to maintain accuracy.

      Anthem massively over-spec their caps and PSU's, so even when we would overdrive them, they'd hold out just fine.

      Anthem, MOON, and Marantz are really the only brands who I feel havent dropped their quality as time has progressed. All the others I ever had through the shop, had started building to a budget, not a sound profile.

  • g1 on 13/01/2022 - 12:25

    Review of MRX 1120 (older model):
    https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/a…

    That's a reasonable review for ASR standards.

  • sqheaven on 13/01/2022 - 12:27

    Someone once told me that AVR's are never meant for stereo music listening, it took me years to figure it out why :/

    • t123 on 13/01/2022 - 12:41

      They can be fine if you bypass the built in DAC and AMP and just use it as a preamp.

      • sqheaven on 13/01/2022 - 12:57

        That's true, if music listening is preferred 90% of the time, don't go AVR route.

    • justtoreply on 13/01/2022 - 13:08
      +1

      Enlighten me! Lol

      • t123 on 13/01/2022 - 15:56

        The quality of the built in DACs and Amps in AVRs are not going to be of the same quality as equal value DAC + amp. If you're just streaming bluetooth/spotify or have cheap speakers, it will hardly matter.

  • photonbuddy on 13/01/2022 - 13:03

    This may be a silly question, but …

    Given there appears to be no other video inputs other than HDMI, which also carries the audio, why are there so many audio inputs?

    • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2022 - 14:09

      Anthem is known for their good amplification, so connecting hi-fi sources to this eg. streamer + DAC, record players, etc. can yield wonderful 2ch music listening experiences. Having said that, if you're serious about music and have 5K to blow on an AVR, a dedicated 2ch amp will probably be the better choice

  • gdozbargain on 13/01/2022 - 13:05

    I am still using and hugely happy with the performance of my 5.1 cinema setup that is 10 years+ old, based on a big, old but fantastic Pioneer receiver. Problem is I can no longer stream 5.1, all the new and 'better' formats have blocked 5.1 so from Prime etc. they only stream in Atmos and other types. Is there anyway i can get a converter/decoder to put it back to 5.1?

    • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2022 - 14:12

      Hmmmm, Atmos is usually stacked on top of Dolby Digital Plus or Dolby TrueHD, which should have a base Dolby Digital codec which your receiver should be able to decode. Streaming apps also has multiple codecs on their content usually, not just Atmos. What happens when you play something? No audio?

      • gdozbargain on 13/01/2022 - 16:46

        No it only dowbgrades and sends a 2 channel stereo signal. There is nothing I can do to make it send 5.1, I have honestly spent hours on the problem. Tried casting using Chromecast, Google CCTV (new chromecast), and via Xbox. Apps are Prime, Foxtel, Stan. I would buy a media player if I knew it would work. Research suggests Firestick does not, a really old Roku might but all newer one likely do not. My thoughts maybe it is a HDMI handshake somehow not telling app it can use 5.1 or they app will just never send 5.1. Likely the second one, which means I need some kind of transcode/decoding from new tech.

        • AlanHB on 13/01/2022 - 16:54

          I'm sure you've already tried this, but are you using ARC through your TV and have you set output to bitstream?

          • gdozbargain on 13/01/2022 - 17:51

            @AlanHB: Forgot to note, it is a cinema room, with a projector. Output from the Receiver.

            • AlanHB on 13/01/2022 - 18:32
              +1

              @gdozbargain: Yeah gotcha, I'm just thinking that my (equally old) Yammy receiver will also downmix to stereo if the source is outputting PCM rather than bitstream. Also some consoles (like PlayStation) will have multiple sound output menus, some of which are only accessible when the media is already playing.

    • t123 on 13/01/2022 - 15:57
      +1

      Try watching through a media player, such as a shield, which allows you to set the output formats.

      • gdozbargain on 13/01/2022 - 16:48

        Possibly, see above. I would need to know it can decode atmos into 5.1 and output 5.1 by force not by auto detecting since that would work already if it was going to.

        • t123 on 13/01/2022 - 18:12
          +1

          Both the Kodi app and the shield settings let you set the supported formats of your AVR and decode appropriately.

          • gdozbargain on 13/01/2022 - 19:03
            +1

            @t123: Sounds promising. Will go this route as next attempt.

  • CollectingCorner on 13/01/2022 - 13:30
    -1

    Marantz SR8015 can be had at this money - a much better option IMO - the software on these is buggy at best.

  • ChiefAJ on 13/01/2022 - 13:38

    Looks like the price has been updated to $5990. It was too good a price!

    • AlanHB on 13/01/2022 - 13:48

      Oh savage, thanks for picking that up. I'll mark this one as expired.

  • AlanHB on 13/01/2022 - 13:49
    +2

    Looks like the price went up after a single person purchased it. Might have been a pricing error :)

  • Nugget234669 on 13/01/2022 - 14:04
    +3

    Posts like this help me feel better about wanting to spend $2,000 on a graphics card.

  • truebunny on 13/01/2022 - 15:21

    onkyo RZ 50, Integra 5.4

  • tonyjzx on 13/01/2022 - 15:26

    $5k made in vietnam

  • Astronaut Joe on 13/01/2022 - 17:09
    +1

    Dammit, this unit is on my shortlist and at that price it would have been an instant buy!

  • Alzori on 14/01/2022 - 11:17

    I want this because it's really pretty, would not utilise it fully at all tho lol.

  • fire-hifi on 15/01/2022 - 16:57

    Looking forward to upgrading to AVM 90 from statement D2V 3D.

    Had this Pre for many years, nothing can compare to it regarding the sound deep and details, accuracy. as long as you have a decent power amp, like my Bryston. and JBL speaker system.
    Once you tried this brand, you will never buy any Jap brands anymore.

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