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Anthem MRX 500 Receiver

Published May 06, 2011 By HD Living

Highlights

  • Anthem Room Correction (ARC)
  • A very beefy amp – more “real” power than the competition!
  • Dual-processor audio DSP
  • Video conversion from Composite Video and Component Video to HDMI
  • Scaling up to 1080p60
  • 1080p24 mode
  • Doby Volume
  • AM/FM Tuner
  • 3D Support via software upgrade

MRX500

What makes Anthem MRX receivers much better value for the money than other high-end receivers?

  • Anthem Quality!
  • Anthem Performance!
  • Exclusive Anthem Technology … like the award-winning Anthem Room Correction included (see more on ARC tab, above).
  • Price! Extraordinary for everything you get!
  • Power to spare! Every model offers 7 channels of power — more continuous power than anything in their price range: MRX 700: 120 watts per channel, MRX 500: 100 watts per channel, MRX 300: 80 watts per channel

…plus all the other stuff you really want to be able to do

  • Yes, you can play music from a flash drive or USB hard disk drive (MRX 700/500).
  • Yes, you can listen to Internet radio (MRX 700/500) via built-in ethernet port; HD radio too on the MRX 700.
  • Yes, they’re 3D ready.
  • Yes, they’re intuitive with user-friendly menus.

Anthem Room Correction

Even when the finest speakers are perfectly positioned, the room itself can have a dramatic negative impact on sound quality. Room dimensions, dead spots, archways, even furniture can turn a room into an additional instrument adding unwanted coloration and resonance to music and movies.

ARC adjusts for the room’s effect on the speakers in a way that mimics our hearing. Now your Anthem gear and your Paradigm speakers can do what they do best: allow you to lose yourself in the music or movie you’re watching. How does ARC do what it does?

  • ARC analyzes each speaker’s in-room response then sets output levels, crossover frequencies and room correction parameters for each one.
  • ARC applies correction for up to 7 channels plus the sub!
  • ARC applies Super-Efficient Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) filters in addition to Anthem’s custom topology…all that means no ‘engine’ noise, this baby runs quickly and quietly.
  • Unlike other room correction systems, ARC allows for multiple microphone measurements, that way everyone in the room gets a better listen, not just those sitting directly between the speakers.
  • Processing power to spare!
  • ARCuracy! The connected PC’s 64-bit floating point processor calculates the correction curves to the n’th degree of accuracy.
  • Separate configurations for music and movies.
  • Applies correction to peaks and dips in room response – since rooms have both we get a far more natural and accurate response tackling both!
  • Fully automated or manual setup – you choose which procedure you want to use!

Learn more about the Anthem MRX 500

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