Tony O’Brien tunes into an impressive new mid-price Dirac Live-equipped AV receiver…

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We reviewed Anthem MRX-1120 two years ago, and while the AV Receiver range has not changed since, a series of free firmware upgrades have been released. So we jumped at the chance to review the smaller MRX-720 featuring ARC Genesis Room Correction.

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We loved Denon's AVC-X8500H AV Amplifier so much when we reviewed it last year, so we just had to get the X6500H smaller sibling in to see just how it compared to the behemoth.

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Entry level AV Receivers can often leave a lot to be desired when it comes to sound quality. Pioneer often buck this trend however, and we see if its latest LX303 stacks up.

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While the RX-A3080 may be Yamaha’s flagship AVR coming in at $2,999, on price alone it could be classified more like a mid-range AVR. And indeed, that’s exactly what I had in mind, but as it so happens, I was wrong …

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Denon has cooked up a storm with its latest AV Amplifier. How good? Read on to see if Denon's AVC-X8500H earns just one, or a trio of Michelin stars.

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NAD's T 758 AV Receiver was first released in 2011. Now in it's third evolution, read on to see just how good it really is and why it's received StereoNET's Best In Class Award - Under $2500, for 2017.

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The Surround Master from Involve Audio. This little piece of kit claims to be able to decode pretty much any type of stereo-encoded surround sound, into 2.0, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 or 5.1 discrete channels of surround sound audio.

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