So nice to hear you talk about the speakers. I can't afford one but I sure can buy the in-ear headphones. 😊

should have played them❓

I’m having the same handshake issues. I love the sound but I can’t get stuck with the anthem

Brother Mike from US Audiomart?🙂😇

No one suggests that it can outperform separates, each costing twice as much as the Atom. So he concedes that it’s a high quality one box package, then sets out to rubbish every single element because in audiophile Nerd-land, there is always something better. If you want every single part of your Headphones package to be the very best that money can buy, you buy a load of separates, spend ridiculous sums on interconnects and keep tweaking or you buy the Atom HE, curl up on the sofa and just enjoy the music.

Thanks for the review. I own the Senn HD 800s and the Sony MDR-Z1R. I can only get one amplifier. Which one do think is a better pairing for both headphones, the HDV 820 or the TA-ZH1 ES? I listen mostly to classical and heavy metal.

I totally agree on the stand height being a bit too low on the Reference 1 stands. It puts the tweeter height at 34”, which is a few inches lower than ear level when seated. Mine sounded rolled off until I toed them in and tilted them back on the stands so that the tweeters were angled up a bit. So much better now. Nice review

Just got an open box Gold Note IS-1000 Deluxe for $3k. I'm very excited to see how this compares to my experience with NAD M10

your room looks rather hard and unlistenable.

vs lyngdorf 3400

Dude, I can't believe you have $50K worth of audio equipement and literally no accoustic treatment! You're insane! You probably don't even know how much performance you're losing on these speakers and subs. At least put some QRD Diffusers on your entertainment side of the wall and absorbers on the side walls for primary, secondary and tertiary reflections. For Gods sake!

thanks for sharing your thoughts - it's all about what moves us emotionally! if / when you want to discuss room treatment feel free to get in touch !

Hi, can you advise why you chose a pair of REL s510s over a single KEF kf92? I think in another video you mentioned a single kf92 sounded better than a pair of REL. I’m relatively new to this hobby and in the market for a subwoofer. Any information is greatly appreciated.

Excellent video. This is sorely needed on KZbin.

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I had a slightly different experience with the sound signatures. I felt like the anthem was a bit more clinical / possibly technically accurate. But the Arcam was more open, magical. On the Arcam I can hear subtle sounds in the background that the anthem doesn’t bring out. The anthem sounds great at loud volumes with trueHD atmos. The Arcam makes streaming of any lesser number of channels sound just as good. I don’t know what Arcam is doing but their Dolby virtualization is off the charts better than the competition.

I installed an Anthem AVM90 because my Arcam Av40 was having serious issues. I’ve been running the AVM90 for a month and my arcam came back from repair. I installed the av40 in my office and all the sudden my 5.1 in my office with old speakers sounds better than my MUCH more expensive 7.1.4 running on the AVM90. I am about ready to buy another arcam Av41 and return the Anthem. Anthem is great but it doesn’t produce as “magical” a sound when compared the Arcam. You really have to compare the two in your home and ignore the reviews. The upmixing in the Arcam is the best I’ve heard (over Sony 7000es and Anthem - soon to test marantz AV10)

i can’t believe that MF m6s prx forgot the trigger input!! Instead, this week a new amplifier NAD C298 at 185 wpc (similar to NAD M23, 200 wpc) will replace my Parasound 2125v2 at 150 wpc (love it but I'll repurpose it to power my surround L/R channels).

I've tried the Arcam PA240 with my Arcam AVR5 but it sounded the same as the AVR5 so I returned the PA240. I've just bought the Musical Fidelity M6s prx amplifier (230 wpc) to replace my Parasound 2125v2 (I'll repurpose it to power my movies surround L/R and take that load off of my Arcam AVR5 receiver in a 7.4.4 setup). My weight requirement is < 50 lbs. I was gonna get an integrated Musical Fidelity M6si (my requirement is a Home Theater bypass and L/R balance) but it didn't have a L/R balance; but my Parasound 2100 preamp does. streaming source=Apple Music lossless

Ls 50 meta is an unrivaled speaker in its field if good positioning and dsp adjustment is made. I have never heard better in terms of dynamic range and detail.

I suggest going to look at New Record Day channel and check out his LOT video on how to set up speakers, your set ups are killing your performance, and lack of no treatment in your room is going to cause all kinds of reflection issues

Yes, for 20K you might expect that if used only for desktop...

Take your Hegel to the trash heap and don't mislead people!

All great gears but no acoustic treatment? Why?

Came here looking at these avr's. Now also looking at the av40 along with a pa720. Im in Australia and couldnt find anyone willing to do an in home demo. All return policies are sealed box returns. So, once i commit, thats it. Still hard to know of its going to work with my gear and space, but guess im going to have to bight the bullet and make a choice. Thanks for the videos.

The subwoofer in between the kc62 & kf92 that you were looking for does exist. It's the Bowers & Wilkins DB3D....

Are integrated amps or valve amps best with the reference 1 meta?

"Hi John🎉, McIntosh models are analog devices except when you feed a digital signal in and then we convert to TO analog in the DAC. Taking the digital output of a DAC to feed into a McIntosh DAC would be pointless and will not work out in sound quality. The closer you get to the original digital signal file the truer will be the sound quality. We do not digitize analog signals in our two-channel, stereo models except for specific uses. These would be Room Correction and Digital EQ in the MEN220 model. Thanks again, Ron Cornelius McIntosh" Direct quote from McIntosh. I obviously cannot speak as to why you didn't hear much if any difference. I can think of many reasons why. But I think that if you couldn't hear any substantial differences between other popular and high quality options. It speaks well of the built in solution. Makes this more and more appealing option for many looking into it this amp.

Old timers you talk too much shits.

My left testicle hurts.

Definitely helpful... thank you...!!!

for anyone landing here who is looking at the MRX1140 - it has 15 channel processing, not 13 as per the video. It also has 11 amplified channels onboard - 5 x class A/B and the rest class D

Could I use my arcam sa10 with the PA240 ?

OK, realize this is a 3 year old video I'm commenting on, but it's probably useful to point out that if you plug the digital output of a DAC into the digital input of a device, the device's DAC will always "reprocess" it using that device's DAC. So the MHA-150 "reprocessing" the signal of your other DACs is exactly what is expected. You should use the analog outputs from your other DACS to the analog inputs of the MHA-150 to avoid this.

Which one has better object placement in atmos?

Was the Naim NAC-N272 plugged straight into the mains .. or powered by a (Naim) external power supply unit ? Would seem not .. and if the N-272 sounds better than the Edge working off of its onboard power supply .. that is really saying something .. as it should sound way better with an XPS or XPS2 .. or a Teddy Pardo equivalent. The 272 will even work with Naim's top-end PSU (the 555PS) .. although the financial outlay mis-match would hardly make sense. Supposed to sound 'off-the-scale' good though .. and maybe worth bearing in mind if a cheap used one in good condition could be found (old/ailing PSUs can always be recapped/reconditioned). The N272 is generally considered to be in the 'best-ever' Naim club and great value for money. I have a ND5 XS2 streamer/DAC & a NAC202 preamp powered by a HiCap (ex-demo unit bought v cheaply) .. powering KEF R7s and R3 speakers via Linn LK240 monoblock power amps. Always wondered if I should have sold my (almost new at the time) ND5 XS2 and bought a N-272 that was on clearance offer (new) for £1800 (this is a couple of years ago). My NAC202 & HiCap are old now (recently checked serial numbers with Naim .. 2011 & 2003 respectively .. need re-capping, especially the HiCap - very old. My Linn power amps also old (I used to use a [very good] Creek 100A integrated). Am looking out for a 2nd hand Arcam P49 power amp (A+B speaker capability) .. was Arcam's top power amp when it came out in 2015 or so. Good ones can be had for a grand or so now. PS. Sorry for droning on endlessly !

Going to check out the new Arcam Radia series? Looks like the A25 has the 5th class G amp

How did you like the Lyndorf and compared to others you have heard?

I bought an Arcam AVR11. I returned it. Too many issues. No app, that's a deal breaker for me. It did sound amazing when it worked. I'm testing out a Pioneer 505 & Denon 4800.

Which amp is the most dynamic?

I own the Kef reference 3 and I used to sell Kef. I’ve found that all the kef units like a lot of power

What's difference between Reference 1 meta and 3 ? I've got 10 thousands budget I need an amplifier cable as well . Which speaker amps cable do you suggest? Thank You

What has been your favorite integrated amp so far

I bought reference 1 meta. Which would be suitable with hegel h390 or Denon Pma110 lastly nad m33 ?

Thank for sharing your thoughts. I have a question. Is your impression based out of running with balanced or unbalanced connectors?

Wrong place for the sub 😢

Great equipment, room not so much. I can't really tell if this is in a home or in a retail setup, but some soundproofing would probably make your sound much better, maybe a bass trap as well. Thanks for the overview of the CA streamer. 👍🏾

Depressing. Not really a review but a whole pile of personal opinion with zero data. Was hoping for some kind of analysis using the computer and a spectrum analyser or some of the many software analysis packages to show the differences in output between the 2 units. Oh well, at least we know both units work well with at least 4 different types of headphones. Weird that the Sony is heralded by yourself as the superior listening experience but the Sennheiser provides the best solution for DAC to headphone without any software interference in between. By this personal opinion I'd declare them both a solid tie and either would be a great audio solution if your after the optimum in headphone amplifiers.

I have quite a collection of Music that I’d like to stream from my NAS to my PMA-110, that I am currently using as a headphone amplifier so not to fight with my neighbors. I could not understand if you connected the Unity to the PMA-110, so to use its quad dac configuration, or else … also, would you recommend the Cambridge CXN V2 instead of the Unity, as input streamer to the PMA-110? I tried the direct digital (USB) connectivity from my MacBook into the DAC of the PMA-110 but was not impressed of the output with both my Sennheiser 6xx and Beyerdynamic DT880 600 Ohms edition. Maybe I am also not using the right headphones?

Arcam all the way!!! Nice review 👍