Down to 2 preamps


I have narrowed it down to 2 preamps.  I have demoed an anthem str preamp at home and happy with it, I had demoed it because the store did not have the avm 60 or mrx 720 in stock and I wanted something close to them with arc, yes I know the str is better.
My question is I am doing 2 ch and HT in the same room. I will never go to 11.1 but I will do 5 ch and atmos. I have a 2 ch bat amp and a 3 ch b&k amp. Does the avm 60 really have any benefit over the mrx 720. I could do either one, but if I could save the extra $$$ I could put it towards something else. The audio store carries both marantz 8805 and anthem. He suggested to stay will anthem. Plus the 8805 is pricey and I think anthem is a easier setup for me. So it's the 60 or 720.  Thanks for the help, Pete.
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i believe the avm 60 is the de-amplified version of the 1120 avr (which appears to have almost identical specs to the 720), so the difference would be whether the inboard amps on the 720 are better than the bat/b&k). the conventional wisdom is that, all things being equal, separates are better, and bat makes an awfully nice amp, so i'd be inclined to go that route (tho theoretically if you used the 720 as a processor only there shouldn't be a hug difference).