DENON AVP-A1HDCI vs. Anthem Statement D2?

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Anthem was showing the D2v2 @ CEDIA this past week and it will be available as
an upgrade to all current users. The price is only $500 more than the current
D2 and it now has 8:2 HDMI 1.3 switching with the two outputs capable of
different scaling, and with firmware update, two independent zones.

Oh, and it will do all the new codecs once that is added.... Expected to ship THIS
fall!!!

Well, the Denon 5308 is a receiver, the AVP1 is fully loaded pre/pro, with even more features including all the new audio codecs for Blu-ray and HD DVD and I am waiting on one now. I also am currently playing with the new Anthem D2 with the ARC room correction, and I can say if you haven't heard one with the room correction, forget anything you've heard before, the ARC is incredible!

I will try to post back once I've gotten the Denon and let you know. the Anthem is a great pre/pro, but alas it does not yet have an upgrade path for the new audio codecs.

I just realized I hadn't commented about the Denon vs Anthem D2.

I have had a D2 for some time, and recently got the newest version w/ARC, and as Kal says, it is really good.

I had the Denon AVP-A1HDCI as well. What can I say, it was the first pre/pro I've had that did the new codecs, and they are AWESOME!!!!! If you haven't heard them yet, you need to. They will make DD and DTS sound like MP3's they are that good.

Now, when it came to usability in a combined music and movie system, to me their was no comparison. the Anthem sounded far better. Better weight and imaging than the Denon, which got the timbre right, but presented a wall of sound with no air or separation.

FWIW I am back to the Anthem, and anxiously awaiting the release of v2 so I can get that one!!! I can't wait to see what they can do with the new codecs!