Anthem AVM90 AV Processor Review

[madrac]

No, it does not have level adjust for each channel (L/R/C etc..) at the inputs.

The input level adjust affects all channels together for the chosen input.

Correct, not at the inputs but you can adjust levels via the webui whilst in use. Alternately, you could set up a speaker profile with selected speakers boosted/cut and create a virtual input with it. IE, blueray movies normal, blueray movies center+3 db

 

[Moonbase]

Bumping up the centre is not something I’ve had to do. If you’re spending this kind of money, you would assume you have pretty decent speakers too. If the centre is correctly setup and located I.e not in a cabinet all should be good.
You could always just use night mode for bad recordings.

 

[Deleted member 58670]

What if you want to bump up the dialog (the center channel content) on movies, and you're running a phantom center setup? You can't do that on Anthem.

 

[peng]

Oh wow so neither Anthem has what the denon x8500h has which is the ability to adjust any speaker up or down anytime you want?

I was wondering about what he said about that too. The fact is, from what I can see, the ability to adjust any speaker level up or down is there. It can be done within ARC G, the app, or the web interface. I do find that with Anthem it could be confusing because depending on where/how it is done, ARC G seems to do something funny whereas others such as Audyssey (x8500h) will just do what you expect, say if you increase the trim level of front left by 1.5 dB, it will just do that and not anything else.

 

[Moonbase]

Not tried it ,but if you have no centre then on either unit using night mode would be a simple solution?