The AVM 60 supports up to 30 virtual inputs. To help with speaker placement, Anthem has included a series of speaker diagrams that illustrate the various configurations that are possible. If you use the external microphone, it does provide the exact same accuracy as the PC version. And Anthem’s AVM 60 with DTS Play-Fi® technology is the perfect, high performance means of delivery. To provide an empirical perspective in his reviews, he adds analytical measurements to his personal observations. I would like to see the option to specify a maximum volume for the DTS Play-Fi source for this reason. The AVM 60 is Anthem's first Dolby Atmos-capable preamp-processor and supports up to a 7.4.4 channel immersive audio configuration. The AVM 60 uses differential-output AKM AK4458 32-bit / 768 kHz D/A convertors and AKM AK5381 24-bit 96kHz Delta-Sigma A/D converters. Here are the results for the 19 kHz, 20 kHz combined test frequencies using the HDMI input with 24-bit/96k sampling at 2 VRMS. We see numerous distortion spurs as well as harmonics throughout the spectrum with the second harmonic at 2 kHz being about 89 dB below 4 VRMS. Anthem AVM 60 can take full dynamic advantage of the better-than-CD-quality sound quality delivered by the DTS Play-Fi® streaming technology. If you have an issue that needs a software correction, they will do their best to make it happen. The AVM processors evolved over time and became increasingly flexible and feature rich. Simply touching the graphic of the microphone continues the process. Home Theater Review: You will never go back to any other processor once you listen to this amazing ANthem AVM 60. For instance, if you wonder how your system sounds with a max EQ frequency of 1 kHz vs 5 kHz, or with or without a subwoofer, it is a simple matter to configure multiple profiles, one for each change, and then switch back and forth between the profiles via the Source Setup menu. It comes with everything you need in the box. To power the height channels, I used a Rotel RMB-1095 5-channel amp and Rotel RMB-1080 2-channel amp. Anthem AVM 70 & AVM 90 Home Theater Surround Sound Processors Review. With position one out of the way, the application walks through the same set of measurements for the remaining four positions. Its sonics were without blemish, and its interface was clean, clear, and quick. This is so much more convenient than the AVM 60 on-screen status display which has to be scrolled repeatedly to get all this info. For example, this allows for stereo vs multi-channel configurations, and also allows for the easy comparisons of settings. I eventually stumbled upon a secret handshake: If you have first linked the AVM 60 via DTS Play-Fi wireless protocol, as I had, you must clear the AVM 60’s wireless configuration (via its menus), then unplug the unit for a few minutes, then repower, then plug in an Ethernet cable linking the pre/pro to the router (wired), and then—hey, presto!—in a couple of minutes, it reported “Connecting…” and ultimately flashed up a valid IP address (obtained from the router’s DHCP) under the correct MAC address. You also have Anthem support available via email or phone to help you out. Minus Perhaps they don’t have a Windows PC available to them, or perhaps they felt it might be too complicated. The AVM 60 comes with an Anthem Room Correction (ARC) kit in the box. Includes Dolby Atmos, Dolby Surround, DTS:X and DTS Neural:X processing to create an immersive 3D surround experience. Lacks Bluetooth, USB playback Or a specialized “Hi-Res” input might call up full-range, no-subwoofer, two-channel listening, streaming via Play-Fi’s Hi-Res Audio option. You could hear the subtle consonant endings of each word without any hint of harshness. It is ARC Mobile. I had the chance to see Sara Bareilles on Broadway playing the title role in “Waitress”. It’s then a simple matter of updating and the application will download any updates and install them directly to the AVM 60. I appreciated how much the AVM 60 helped me remember the live performance. It also provides quick access to the surround mode, Dolby Volume, setup and lip-sync options. The AVM 60 has everything you want in an A/V preamp/processor—and less. Unfortunately, it was no longer viable for Anthem to continue the hardware upgrades using the existing AVM 50 product architecture. With room correction completed, I returned to the AVM 60 setup menus to review the ARC profile options for my inputs. Few AV Processors offer the innovation and performance found in the AVM 60. Started off with an AVM 30 processor and MCA 50 5-channel amp. Everyone wants instant access to their digital audio library, anywhere in the home. We see the same basic spectrum with more distortion spurs due to the extra processing, but we also have some side bands around the fundamental at 10 kHz. Over the years, I have often heard complaints from users that they might not feel comfortable using a PC to run ARC. In my case, I used my iPhone and was really pleased with how easy it was to use and how good it sounded. The maximum EQ frequency when using the phone’s internal microphone is 2 kHz instead of 5 kHz. The AVM 60 successfully passed our chroma tests with no loss of fine chroma detail. Also absent are the multi-channel analog input, the AM Tuner, Zone 3, the two-channel balanced XLR input, an AES/EBU digital input, two additional 12-Volt triggers, two IR emitter jacks, and an IR receiver jack. The source device for both analog and HDMI tests was an Oppo BDP-105. The AVM 60 includes DTS Play-Fi, which supports Wi-Fi streaming from digital libraries on your network or device, as well as from streaming services like TIDAL, Pandora, Spotify, Amazon Music, and many more. We see no side bands around the fundamental which is excellent. Separates: Refined by Anthem, Transformed by ARC (Anthem Room Correction). The design is typical of Anthem: Menus were low resolution but speedy which I … 4K 50/60 Hz video pass-through and switching. I was eager to review it, especially as, for many years, I’ve used an Anthem Statement D2 surround-sound processor as a reference for … This can be used to manually load firmware files into the AVM 60 DTS Play-Fi receiver if necessary and if suggested by Anthem support. Clean, simple, eminently usable design HDCP 2.2 and 18.2 Gbps are also included allowing switching for compatibility with the latest video formats. Ultimately for Robert, home theater is about enjoying the beauty of music and movies. Once the DTS Play-Fi application connects, it automatically determines if any software updates are needed for the AVM 60. We see the same noise floor lift above 10kHz just as we did with the analog 10kHz THD test. Lamentable, in my Mac-centric world, but doable; I dragged out my long-dormant Bush-era Dell, monitor, mouse, etc., blew the dust off, and downloaded the latest ARC version. I was really looking forward to hearing the combination of the AVM 60 and the GoldenEar Triton One system. He prefers solid performance and quality in his equipment and is not easily won over by the latest marketing feature. Ideally, the middle speaker options should not be present in the list. AnthemAnthem AVM 60Anthem Room correctionARC MobileDolby AtmosDolby SurroundDolby VisionDTS:XFeaturedPreamplifierSurround ProcessorSurround Processor Reviews 2017. The latest Dolby Surround and DTS Neural:X upmixers are included to synthesize an immersive 3D surround experience from a stereo or multichannel soundtrack. For its part, Anthem’s implementation is orderly and highly usable. The AVM 60 supports HDMI video switching and video pass-through at 4K 50/60Hz resolution as well as HDR (high dynamic range), BT. Anthem includes the latest version of their Anthem Room Correction (ARC) system, which now supports four separate speaker profiles. It is on kind loan from a member and costs US $3,000. Hey guy, it's really great to hear you're having a blast with your new Anthem AVM 60. Functions as a DTS Play-Fi receiver and supports the DTS Play-Fi Wi-Fi streaming system. I also entered the speaker distances for each speaker profile. We’ll talk more about that later. Of course the PC version provides all the goodies like viewing and printing the correction curves, adjusting the settings, and the option for multiple profiles. 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But what are you to do if you still don’t want to use PC software for ARC? This came in handy when listening to just the height speakers by themselves to get a perspective on what they were actually adding to the listening experience. The final model of the original AVM series preamp/processor was the AVM 50v 3D, which supported HDMI 1.4a, 3D-pass-through, and included a high-end video processor, retailed for $6,499 USD and came to market in 2012. If there is anything missing here, it is the analog audio legacy of the AVM product line. ANTHEM – PURE PERFORMANCE, PURE VALUE. I installed the ARC software on my Macbook by running Windows 10 in a Boot Camp partition. If you wondered about the height speakers, ARC mobile does pause and ask you to point the phone’s microphone at the ceiling. Now, however, Anthem has debuted the AVM 60, a Goldilocks-featured and -priced A/V processor that checks in below one-third that cost, with a considerably simplified layout, input/output configuration, and control scheme. For the analog tests, the input level was 2.2 VRMS into the RCA inputs of the AVM 60. According to Anthem, the AVM 60 was also the first preamplifier-processor to include support for DTS Play-Fi. In the bottom-right corner of the AVM 60 are power buttons for the main and secondary zones. Since this is going to press during the holidays, I wanted to include one of my favorite holiday albums, “Yo-Yo Ma and Friends, Songs of Joy and Peace”. Excellent proprietary If you have more devices, you have to scroll to find your favorite source despite having plenty of room on the screen. On the track “She Used to Be Mine”, the AVM 60 showcases the full range of her voice from the soulful lower range notes to the emotionally-charged high end. The Supported Audio Devices menu shows the full array of Anthem, Paradigm and Martin Logan devices that support ARC Mobile. In my listening environment, I used a 7.2.4 GoldenEar Technology Triton One system with a pair of Triton One front speakers with powered subwoofers, a GoldenEar SuperCenter X center channel, a pair of GoldenEar Invisa MPX in-walls as surround speakers, two pair of GoldenEar Invisa HTR 7000 as top-middle height and rear surrounds, and a pair of GoldenEar Aon 2 speakers for front height speakers. The rear panel also looks like an MRX x20 receiver with the notable addition of 13 balanced XLR outputs to support 11 speakers and two parallel subwoofers. The entire album is like this, featuring a wonderful mix of instruments and collaborative vocals on both familiar and less familiar melodies. I selected it, and the application then connects to the AVM 60 and displays all the speakers that will be measured. (Corrections are restricted to a 5-kHz upper-frequency limit; the ARC interface allows you to adjust crossover points and slopes to an extent, and room-gain bass buildup, but not to manipulate the shape of target curves.) Pristine audio plus 4K passthrough video Anthem’s AVM line of audio and video processors remains a solid, SOLID value, delivering top tier features and performance, deceptively so since although not priced cheap, are still in the mid-range when looking at the market and industry whole. 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The first article covers the features of ARC-2 as Anthem intended. Anthem has an amazing track record of building preamps/processors, and the AVM 60 is an outstanding addition to that legacy. Robert Kozel is a veteran IT professional, working as the Chief Technology Officer for a marketing services company in Cleveland, Ohio. I should also note that AVM 60 plays digital sources in Zone 2 which is greatly appreciated. Can I Stream MQA Tracks to My Amp via Bluetooth? The procedure is much like Audyssey MultEQ XT, except that ARC runs on the PC, not within the pre/pro itself, and it displays nice, colorful graphs of each speaker’s measured response, along with the “target,” corrected response that the software has calculated. However, since the Anthem delivers up to 13 channels, I elected to make a 5.1.4 system, with four height channels fed via Dolby Atmos. “Despicable Me” is the first Dolby Vision 4K UltraHD Blu-ray with Dolby Vision. The requisite software is downloadable from Anthem’s website, but only for Windows. The AVM 60 had no trouble handling this new video format and the results were drop dead gorgeous. ARC did a wonderful job helping manage the bass response in my room, and I really appreciated being able to explore multiple ARC configurations. On the video side of things, the AVM 60 uses pass-through video so our standard scaling tests do not apply. Back then, Dolby Digital and DTS were the formats of choice and the AVM 20 retailed for $3,199 USD. These apps were for such things as internet radio or DLNA and streaming services like Pandora or Spotify. The analog video components are completely gone along with the video processor. Her album, “What’s Inside: Songs from Waitress”, includes the wonderful music that she wrote for the musical. Anthem is one of our most favorite home theater brands at Audio Advice because their products just sound so good for the money and Anthem puts all of their emphasis on giving you the best possible home theater experience. The AVM 60, together with the GoldenEar Triton One system, delivered on the promise of transforming my listening room into an immersive theater-like experience. Here is the final congratulations page of the process. The AVM 60 will output mono to two subs and ARC will measure them as one. For much of the home theater epoch, system builders who (for whatever reasons) have favored a separates-based system— built around an A/V preamplifier/processor and a suitable amplifier or amps—and have preferred such a system over the more usual A/V receiver approach have had, in essence, two choices. It is just like using the full version of ARC, but you get to act as the tripod and hold the microphone. You also get to point the phone’s microphone toward the speakers! The remaining connections are the antenna jack for the FM tuner and two USB ports which are used to update the AVM 60 (front USB) and the DTS Play-Fi module (rear USB). Combined with the natural sound of the Triton One speakers, the AVM 60 creates an emotional connection to the music that I will enjoy listening to this season. I measured the frequency response of the AVM 60 out to 96 kHz. They could select one of a few very expensive, esoteric, high-end American or European designs, with the knowledge that they would probably lag a generation or two behind in HDMI version and latest-greatest surround and video processing. The MRX Remote 2 Application recognize the DTS Neural:X surround mode and allow for more than four sources in the input list without scrolling. I tested the AVM 60 in two different setups and venues. The second harmonics at 38 kHz and 40 kHz are about 90-95 dB below 2 VRMS (6 dBV). I can’t fault Anthem for not including a premium analog audio stage in the AVM 60 considering that they have built a new stereo platform with their new STR integrated amplifier and STR preamplifier. Take one look at the AVM 60 and you immediately think that this is another member of the MRX receiver product line. Like all of Anthem’s head-end designs, the AVM 60 incorporates the company’s Anthem Room Correction (ARC), a proprietary auto-setup/EQ scheme evolved from a long-running acoustics/speaker research project conducted by Canada’s everbusy National Research Council, beginning two decades ago. One consistent hallmark of Anthem has been their outstanding customer support. Subjectively, I found ARC’s correctives to be close to identical to a top-tier Audyssey run. It can function as a leading-edge 11.2 channel processor supporting Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. The updated Dolby Atmos soundtrack is no less impressive drawing me into Ridley Scott’s vision of a future Los Angeles.
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