Has anyone really heard and seen both the Anthem D2 and the new D2V? Is there a noticible and discernable difference, especially in audio quality? Is it worth the extra money for the D2V?
the upgrade to the D2V is much more important if you have an older BD player that doesn't decode DTS-MA and Dolby TruHD to PCM. If you have a newer player, I would say the upgrade is not critical at all (as one who did it).
New features like Dolby Volume for low volume listening will be able to be added to the D2v as they become available, but not the D2, according to Anthem Tech Support.
D2V gives you decoding of lossless codecs via hdmi, also the arc is included which makes a significant sound difference in your room. The only other difference is the videoprocessor is different than earlier models i cannot say if there is much of an improvement. You can go with a D2 and alwas upgrade it if you want to down the road
I would doubt there would be any general sound quality differences but, until I get the D2V, I cannot be certain. I believe that the significant differences are in the added features and connections as they are, fundamentally, the same machine.
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