Anthem MRX 540

Anthem's MRX 540 is exactly the kind of receiver I'd consider buying I were building a high-performance home theater in a smallish-sized room. It has everything I look for — fantastic A/V processing, robust amplification, and exceptional room calibration — without extra channels of power that would go unused. The MRX 540's large front-panel display gives you easy-to-read status updates at a glance. This upscale receiver is an especially good choice if you plan to play premium content through it — like 4K Blu-ray discs, or uncompressed music files from a high-resolution library. The MRX 540 is engineered to squeeze every drop of detail out of these high-res formats, and that's why it's worth considering over more modestly priced 5.1-channel receivers. One of the features that makes Anthem's home theater receivers stand out from the crowd is their user-friendly control interface. Access it from a web browser on your computer or smart device, and easily adjust audio settings, rename sources, and more. The MRX...