Anthem MRX Receivers - 300, 500, 700 Owners Thread & Tweaking Guide - Page 353

Originally Posted by f468357

Yes they are mp3's and I have added all of the information through editing in windows 7 media player if it was missing. They look fine on the computer but not on the MRX.

Originally Posted by gregcss

I am very happy with my MRX-300, I bought this knowing that I would buy an external amp later. Has anyone used a Wyred amp with the MRX?

Originally Posted by drhankz


WHY - is your MRX-300 out of POWER

Originally Posted by gregcss

No, because it outputs 60x5

Originally Posted by gregcss


No, because it outputs 60x5

Originally Posted by jayray


Has the 300 clipped while in use?
John

Originally Posted by gregcss


No. I have it in a smaller room now and it will be moved to a larger one later this year. Just doing my homework, I'm not committed to anything.

Originally Posted by Old School Sound

After my 1980 Yamaha CR2040 receiver bit the biscuit I started searching for a replacement. I called the only audio shop around which was 2 hours away and asked what they sold. Anthem was one of the makes they sold. After doing a lot of research on the internet and more specifically this site I went and listened to a Denon, Pioneer and Anthem. Hated the Denon, very muddy sound, found the Pioneer very warm and well rounded and the Anthem a little bright but chose the Anthem figuring that once the ARC was calibrated it would be great.
I had the Anthem for 2 months and could not stand it anymore. In surround sound for movies it was great but for audio it was way to shrill. With only a treble and bass control (reminded me of the controls on my first portable record player) it was impossible to get the richness of the midrange to come through. So I called the store were I bought it and the owner said absolutley bring it back no restocking charge or penalties.(wow I thought customer service like that disapeared years ago, I guess thats why they have been in business for over 25 years) Anyway I traded for a Pioneer Elite and love it.

Originally Posted by Old School Sound

After my 1980 Yamaha CR2040 receiver bit the biscuit I started searching for a replacement. I called the only audio shop around which was 2 hours away and asked what they sold. Anthem was one of the makes they sold. After doing a lot of research on the internet and more specifically this site I went and listened to a Denon, Pioneer and Anthem. Hated the Denon, very muddy sound, found the Pioneer very warm and well rounded and the Anthem a little bright but chose the Anthem figuring that once the ARC was calibrated it would be great.
I had the Anthem for 2 months and could not stand it anymore. In surround sound for movies it was great but for audio it was way to shrill. With only a treble and bass control (reminded me of the controls on my first portable record player) it was impossible to get the richness of the midrange to come through. So I called the store were I bought it and the owner said absolutley bring it back no restocking charge or penalties.(wow I thought customer service like that disapeared years ago, I guess thats why they have been in business for over 25 years) Anyway I traded for a Pioneer Elite and love it.

Originally Posted by Old School Sound

After my 1980 Yamaha CR2040 receiver bit the biscuit I started searching for a replacement. I called the only audio shop around which was 2 hours away and asked what they sold. Anthem was one of the makes they sold. After doing a lot of research on the internet and more specifically this site I went and listened to a Denon, Pioneer and Anthem. Hated the Denon, very muddy sound, found the Pioneer very warm and well rounded and the Anthem a little bright but chose the Anthem figuring that once the ARC was calibrated it would be great.
I had the Anthem for 2 months and could not stand it anymore. In surround sound for movies it was great but for audio it was way to shrill. With only a treble and bass control (reminded me of the controls on my first portable record player) it was impossible to get the richness of the midrange to come through. So I called the store were I bought it and the owner said absolutley bring it back no restocking charge or penalties.(wow I thought customer service like that disapeared years ago, I guess thats why they have been in business for over 25 years) Anyway I traded for a Pioneer Elite and love it.

Originally Posted by suffolk112000

One post?
I guess ya can't make em all happy huh...

Originally Posted by Kiwicol

Hi,

I was just curious to know what settings you all preferred for Music and HT. I must admit to quite liking the Anthem Music setting as you retain the imaging from L & R and the surrounds add quite a nice balance. Are there many stereo purists out there who have been converted? I have yet to have a go at setting up arc with seperate settings for music and HT. So far I have just used the Anthem movie setting as well. I've read some comments around the dialogue through the centre(sorry center) channel sounding muddy on this setting but to be honest I have found the no issues. If anything the centre dialogue sounds excellent. Just keen to hear what others like/dislike before embarking on another round of tinkering.

Originally Posted by dglozic


I am probably in a minority here but I configured my Music setting to run only my L/R speakers full range, and nothing else. I use this for CDs, ripped music files on my HTPC and FM radio. I use Movie (full surround) for videos, Blu-rays and cable TV. This can work if your L/R speakers can go low enough to be sufficient for music. According to ARC, mine reach below 40Hz (40Hz left, 35Hz right), which is more than sufficient for most music.

People with L/R speakers that are more bass-shy will need to run the sub in the music mode. I don't use surround for music unless it is recorded that way, but I configured Movie mode to apply DPL II Movie mode to stereo signals.

Originally Posted by Spurrier Sucks

Thank you all very much for your hard work and patience. Here are my graphs from my first run of ARC. I have since upgraded to the latest FW and I believe I read it is best to rerun ARC with the new FW.




Would someone want to tell me what I am looking at? Is it good? How can I make it better? Thanks.

Originally Posted by Spurrier Sucks

Here it is.

Originally Posted by RaggedEdge

I was kind of surprised at how defensive people sounded over this post. He didn't like his Anthem, oh well, he is in the very small minority. His post didn't sound like a troll, I'm glad he shared his experience, even though I completely disagree with him.

Originally Posted by RaggedEdge


I was kind of surprised at how defensive people sounded over this post. He didn't like his Anthem, oh well, he is in the very small minority. His post didn't sound like a troll, I'm glad he shared his experience, even though I completely disagree with him.

Originally Posted by Spurrier Sucks

Re run ARC, with upgraded FW, and I think the first time looks better than the 2nd time. What do you guys think?

Originally Posted by jayray

We weren't defensive, simply trying to tell him something was likely wrong with his setup or ARC procedure which is very likely. He should have shared his experience while he had it so we could have helped. His situation wasn't the first time we heard of this kind of problem. But in the end he is allowed to buy whatever he likes
John

Originally Posted by Tigger!


+1

While I do find it a bit odd that his only post on the AVS forum... ever... is in a thread where everyone has asked for help and then received positive feedback which frequently made all the difference... and he has chosen to post up that his experience was poor without ever asking for advice.

One assumes he came across the thread earlier and simply never choose to ask for help, even though that is the norm in the thread... otherwise, if he has moved on, why is he still searching for and posting on a thread for a unit he has already gotten rid of?

As Jayray said, none of us were trying to trash him and I don't think anyone suggested he was a troll. However, if he was having issues, we wish we could have helped him... rather than him posting up after the fact when it was to late!

The post is sort of like suggesting that it was hard to find the Empire State building when you were visiting NY City... even though if you had stopped to ask anyone walking by where it was they could have all pointed to it and provided directions. Can't really blame the building for being hard to find, when it is one of the tallest in the city and you didn't didn't bother to even ask for directions

Again, we are glad he found something he likes. And for others that are reading this thread and feel something isn't quite right, at least post up your graphs, targets window, calibration levels and a description of your room, what you have done, and what your having trouble with, BEFORE you give up and move on.

We might just be able to help!

Originally Posted by Tigger!


+1

While I do find it a bit odd that his only post on the AVS forum... ever... is in a thread where everyone has asked for help and then received positive feedback which frequently made all the difference... and he has chosen to post up that his experience was poor without ever asking for advice.

One assumes he came across the thread earlier and simply never choose to ask for help, even though that is the norm in the thread... otherwise, if he has moved on, why is he still searching for and posting on a thread for a unit he has already gotten rid of?

As Jayray said, none of us were trying to trash him and I don't think anyone suggested he was a troll. However, if he was having issues, we wish we could have helped him... rather than him posting up after the fact when it was to late!

The post is sort of like suggesting that it was hard to find the Empire State building when you were visiting NY City... even though if you had stopped to ask anyone walking by where it was they could have all pointed to it and provided directions. Can't really blame the building for being hard to find, when it is one of the tallest in the city and you didn't didn't bother to even ask for directions

Again, we are glad he found something he likes. And for others that are reading this thread and feel something isn't quite right, at least post up your graphs, targets window, calibration levels and a description of your room, what you have done, and what your having trouble with, BEFORE you give up and move on.

We might just be able to help!

Originally Posted by Tigger!

Both runs look good but the second run, I think, actually looks better.

Given the new firmware will not have had any impact on the way ARC looks, the differences will be more likely due to how you placed your mic.

Even if you tried to place it in the exact same exact position, chances are you were in slightly different places then when you didyour first run or something else in the room had changed slightly.

Again, both look very good.

Originally Posted by PGriff1051

Maybe I'm losing my mind but I don't think so. With the 50.23 firmware, I can no longer play 24/192 files from my media server (Eagles, Phish from HD tracks) via the coax input unless I turn off ARC. 24/96 files work fine. Can any one else verify this? I sent an email to Anthem to inform them and get the old 50.12 firmware.

Originally Posted by PGriff1051

Got the 50.12 firmware from Anthem today and hi-res works again.

Originally Posted by sharp10


I was having problems getting the sound I was looking for. It got to the point that music even hurt my ears after a couple hrs of listening.
...
Thanks to many on this thread with suggestions and advice,......it sounds beautiful!

Originally Posted by lerxst


Hi PGriff,

Did you ever hear anything official back from Anthem with regard to 24/192 playback issues and different firmware versions on the MRX?

I was recently poking around the Anthem website and it caught my eye that for the AVM 50v and D2v, Anthem explicitly calls out PCM 24/192 as a supported feature, yet no such claim is made anywhere on any of the MRX pages.

This makes me wonder if the issue with 24/192 ceasing to work on your MRX with a firmware upgrade was the result of Anthem disabling a capability that was never claimed or intended to work in the first place?

Dan

Originally Posted by sjb266

Hey everyone.. Great thread.. Has been so helpful in the few days i've had my MRX700...

Ive done an ARC calibration and am a bit disappointed in the lack of bottom end.. I don't know if the ARC just corrected for a total bass trap of a room or if i'm doing something wrong!

My main concern is the Music profile which was done just using L/R and no sub..

My speakers are Dynaudio Confidence C2's which have a fairly decent bottom end...

Maybe all the experts here could have a look at my graphs and offer me some advice..

Cheers..

S.

Originally Posted by rwheelwright

Did you manually set the crossover to 120? If so, that is why are you not getting any bass in my opinion. If ARC set it, I'm not sure what to say but if you set it, I try changing it to say 60 or click on full range and see how you like the sound.

Originally Posted by sjb266


No i didn't set it... that's the thing that's got me scratching my head..