I just scored an anthem avm50 from the gon

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited October 2011 in Electronics
Holy crap I have always wanted one of these for movies and 2 ch until I get a better 2 ch rig .I cant wait for it to get here and hook it up .I almost bought the anthem mrx500 for $1500 yesterday from my local anthem dealer and he had the avm50v for $5400 .The avm is just the same if you decode in the player so thats cool with me if you get great sound for thousands of dollars less


I will try my best not to break it and might have to sell some **** if my wife forces my hand but I know she is going to be soooooo pleased when I surprise:cheesygrin: her with more electronics for the living room
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,065
    edited October 2011
    Congrats...thats one sweet machine with top notch sound quality. What amp are ya going to use with it ?
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2011
    I wish you never asked me that tonyb lol

    I will be using the emotiva upa5 so I guess I'm going to have to fix that broken binding post after all . I was reading about some guy who hated his upa5 so he bought an anthem pre and ran arc through it and then he said it sounded great
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited October 2011
    You might want to break something on your Anthem processor for matching purpose :biggrin:
    Gears shared to both living room & bedroom:
    Integra DHC-80.3 / Oppo BDP-105 / DirecTV HR24 DVR /APC S15blk PC-UPS
    Living room:
    LSiM707's / LSiM706c / LSiM702 F/X's / dual JL Audio Fathom F113's / Parasound Halo A51 / Panasonic 65" TC-P65VT50
    Bedroom:
    Usher Dancer Mini 2 Diamond DMD's / Logitech SB Touch / W4S STP-SE / W4S DAC-2 / W4S ST-1000 / Samsung 52" LN52B750
    Other rooms:
    Audioengine AP4's / GLOW Audio Sub One / audio-gd NFB-3 DAC / Audioengine N22
    audio-gd NFB-10.2 / Denon AH-D7000
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited October 2011
    Great pre-pro choice.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,065
    edited October 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    I wish you never asked me that tonyb lol


    Don't sweat it bro, emo or not, that baby will still sing like a bird.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited October 2011
    Congrats!
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2011
    The seller had the anthem listed for $1700 and I offered him $1150 and he accepted without a counter offer .Maybe he just wanted it gone because its 20 days into the ad and its the second month it has been listed. He has great feedback and a long time member so it puts my mind at ease .

    My mind was torn between the avm and the dac2 but I guess having the avm will get me by for music until I get funds again .The wife was really cool about me buying it so everything's all good
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2011
    Well after being happy for a while I found out that the avm50 cannot do arc because it was previously an avm20 that was upgraded So the deals off and I'm back to searching again
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited October 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Well after being happy for a while I found out that the avm50 cannot do arc because it was previously an avm20 that was upgraded So the deals off and I'm back to searching again

    What is "arc"?
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2011
    The room correction software and microphone that does the room correction .I think if you added it to that D2 you had a while back you would never have let it go
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited October 2011
    Okay. ARC = automatic room correction, or something. :biggrin:

    I never had a D2. I use my trusty Radio Shack SPL meter to let me manually adjust each speaker to my specifications.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2011
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Okay. ARC = automatic room correction, or something. :biggrin:

    I never had a D2. I use my trusty Radio Shack SPL meter to let me manually adjust each speaker to my specifications.

    I must have mixed you up with blueboxer sorry
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited October 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    I must have mixed you up with blueboxer sorry

    No problem. I sold him my Wadia 170 iTransport after I upgraded to the 171.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • renowilliams
    renowilliams Posts: 920
    edited October 2011
    I have the AVM-20 and have been very pleased with it. Congrats on the new pre-pro
    "They're always talking about my drinking, but never mention my thirst" Oscar Wilde


    Pre-Amp: Anthem AVM 20
    Amp: Carver TFM-35
    Amp: Rotel RB-870BX
    Fronts : SDA 1B w/ RDO-194s
    T.V.:Plasma TC-P54G25
    Bluray: Oppo BDP-93
    Speaker Cables: MIT Terminater
    Interconnect Cables:DH Labs Silver Sonic BL-1isonic
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited October 2011
    renowilliams wrote: »
    I have the AVM-20 and have been very pleased with it. Congrats on the new pre-pro

    The deal never went through because the avm20 once upgraded to avm50 cannot run arc.Nor can you upgrade the avm20 to 50v spec apparently its only the 30's and up. You may want to keep that in mind if your ever thinking about uprading that 20 of yours
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited October 2011
    Wow... for kicks I took a look at Anthem's website and... I'm in love. What a GORGEOUS unit. I want it. Certainly a considerable investment though.
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