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Cary 11a vs Anthem D2

I have a Cary 11a, but have been thinking about an Anthem D2 because it has functional ARC and is likely to be less buggy than the 11a. My main concern is the stereo sound of the D2. I know that of the 11a is excellent. Reviews of the 11a seem to go out of there way to praise it, not so reviews of the D2. Any of you had the opportunity to compare the sound of the two? I suppose one possibility is to buy a D2, compare it with the 11a in my system, then sell one. I think the used prices of an 11a and D2 are similar. I am aware the D2 will not process lossless codecs, but I assume my Oppo 93 can do that and send PCM to the D2.

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programmergeek
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I had the Cary went to the d2. Sound was a tad better out of the Cary but I could balance the d2 to my room better. Also the d2 didn't have all the issues, bugs the Cary had and they never fixed. Also as a bonus the video processing in the d2 is terrific. It is a much better piece.
programmergeek
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My main issue with the cary is the sound would drop out and never come back on. I had ot for 16 monthes. Bought it new spent many hours puttin in patches and never got it fixed finally made them take it back. But for 16 months I had tv where I woudl reboot a processor several times a hour. There where also many other issues.
programmergeek
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Really my dealer Audio Connection stood up for me and they took it back after many empty promises from Cary and a little annoyance on my part. Cary didn't want it back. Cary kept telling me they would fix it just wait another 2 months every time. The unit even went back to them and got replaced after they did some hardware changes to correct issues. But the new one was no better.
programmergeek
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Some people have it some don't all depends on the source. Although other processors have similar issues my anthum d2v had a issue as well never had a issue with the denon or onkyo or yammaha's. Funny how the cheap stuff works. The west is just not good at that stuff.
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