Most top-line models tap out at nine channels.Įnter the Anthem MRX 1120, the latest offering from the Canadian company best known for their Statement pre/pro from earlier this century. In my mind, the flagship must also include all of the required amplifiers in its one chassis, which hasn’t been easily found to date. Your flagship AVR will have to check both of those boxes as well. On the audio front, Dolby Atmos and the newcomer to the market, DTS:X, offer object-based, height-enhanced surround sound from up to 11 speakers for home systems (plus multiple subwoofers, if you’re so inclined).
Ible, with HDCP 2.2 copyright management, or else you’re out of luck if you want to watch the latest Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs. Of course, with this new technology, the HDMI specification has changed once again: In order to fully support the current 4K spec, your equipment must be at least HDMI 2.0a compat. But because most people sit too far from their displays for it to matter much, another hook was required-and it has now arrived in the form of high dynamic range (HDR) plus wide color gamut, delivered by the competing incompatible formats dubbed Dolby Vision and HDR10. This has been especially true during the past few years in which 3D has come and (thankfully) gone, and when we’ve witnessed the rise of 4K even before a final industry-wide spec was finalized! At first, 4K was boasting a bump in resolution, which is all fine and dandy. The real bummer is that even if you spend the extra cash on a flagship, there’s no such thing as totally future-proofing your investment, due to the rapidly changing landscape of the home theater business. Much like a luxury sports car, the flagship AVR is expected to have every bell and whistle under the hood in order to appeal to the well-heeled crowd that’s willing to drop a few thousand dollars on a piece of electronics.
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