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.
We were lucky enough to be part of the Anthem beta team to test out and have an advance look at their new products coming in late 2020.
If you are reading this, you are likely pretty serious about getting the best possible home theater sound. As you probably know, separate home theater components put the audio processing and switching in one component with the power to drive your speakers in either one or more amplifier boxes. This separates the low level signals from the high level signals giving you cleaner sound, plus the better amp sections found in separate power amps usually deliver far more performance than those in even the best receivers.
Anthem has revamped their AVM60 processor from last year into the AVM70 and added a new no holds barred processor with the AVM90.
Their MCA series of power amps have always been outstanding audio values for the sound they can deliver for the money. With the new series 2 versions, Anthem has made some pretty big changes for even better sound. We will go over those in a separate review.
Anthem upgraded all the models to have the industrial look of their STR two-channel products. Now, all of the pieces look perfectly matched and you can even combine the power amps with any of their home theater receivers and they are an exact cosmetic fit.
Now, let’s take a look at the new processors and what they have in common.