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Paradigm Cinema 100 2.0

“Even if you’ve heard a multitude of speakers in this size and price range that sound surprisingly good (and there are plenty), try to find another speaker system in this class that sounds so yummy across such a wide volume range and you’ve got your work cut out for you. The subtlest of sounds sashay into the listening space with a subtle confidence that’s impossible not to love. I’m hard pressed to think of another speaker I’ve heard of this size that sounds so wonderful at such low volumes.”
Dennis Burger // Residential Systems // Read the full review here

 

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Anthem STR Integrated Amplifier

“The Anthem STR offers superb basic performance. Its Anthem Room Correction can help clear up the room/speaker interactions that can compromise the bass performance of even the best loudspeakers, and do so without compromising the midrange and high-frequency balance that drew you to those speakers in the first place.”
Stereophile’s Products of 2018 Editors’ Choices of 2018 // Thomas J. Norton, Stereophile // View the award on Stereophile.com

 

“…the Anthem STR is a watershed product worth serious consideration. Highly recommended.”
Thomas J. Norton, Stereophile, June 2018 // Read the review here

 

“[Translated] Brilliant release; Anthem STR marks the very synthesis of life style and high end, which many audiophiles waited for.”
hi-fi.ru // Read the full review here [Russian]

 

 

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Anthem P5

“…the P5 is every bit as good as the costlier competition yet costs a touch more than many budget offerings.”
Andrew Robinson // Home Theater Review // Read the full review here

 

“With great confidence, one could purchase the Anthem P5 Multi-Channel Amplifier for a home theater system and be set for the foreseeable future as far as high powered, quality amplification is concerned.”
Christopher Zell // Audio Video Revolution // Read the full review here

 

“For anyone who is buying audio gear to achieve the best performance at any cost, the P5 needs to be at the very top of the list of auditions.”
Sandy Bird // Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity // Read the full review here

 

“It should be considered one of the very best multichannel amplifiers currently available.”
Roger Kanno // Home Theater Sound // Read the full review here

 

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Anthem P2

“From what I have heard, the outputs can be shorted and it still won’t shut down. The P2 also sounds very good, and of course, this is the most important thing about any amplifier. In any case, if you have speakers that dip into the low range of impedance and are not very sensitive, the P2 would be an excellent solution.”
John Johnson // Secrets of Home Theater // Read the full review here

 

“This Anthem trio performs well over specification in almost every test, and is certainly one of the most powerful and high-quality systems we have tested.”
D2V, P2, & P5 Combination Review // Alvin Gold // Tech Radar // Read the full review here

 

“The Anthem P2 is an extremely high-powered, well-built amplifier that doesn’t inflict its own personality on the sound. You should hear what all that beautiful power can do with your speakers.”
Jason Thorpe // SoundStage! // Read the full review here

 

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Anthem M1

“Our Pioneering Design Achievement was created to recognize those products that break new ground, technically and/or sonically. Anthem’s Statement M1 mono amplifier, which Jeff Fritz reviewed for SoundStage! Ultra last January, is a perfect fit for this award.”
Doug Schneider // SoundStage! Network // Read the full review here

 

“The Anthem Signature M1 does a number of things very well indeed. It’s immensely powerful, and goes exceptionally loud without any obvious drama, even when driving a known ‘difficult’ load, while the casework and heatsink fins remain merely warm at all power levels.”
Paul Messenger // Hi-Fi Plus // Read the full review here

 

“What I can unequivocally say is that the Anthem Statement M1 is darn near the ideal of a straight wire with gain, and at 1000W, that gain is almost unlimited.”
Jeff Fritz // SoundStage! Ultra // Read the full review here

 

“Anthem’s Statement M1 amp is a technological tour de force that outputs an enormous amount of power from what seems to be an impossibly small and lightweight package.”
Michael Fremer // Sound & Vision // Read the full review here

 

“Anthem’s M1 is an unreserved success at the cutting edge of amplifier design. It delivers stunning clarity, excellent dynamics and frankly frightening power in a form factor that is practical and energy efficient….the M1 has the ability to thrill with any genre of music. It punches way above its weight in every respect.”
Paul Miller // Hi-fi News // Read the full review here

 

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Anthem MCA 525

“…its level of musicality is as good as or better than anything in its price class, and it will even challenge some more expensive amps. The MCA 525 may look unpretentious, but don’t underestimate it. Its excellent all-around performance makes it my favourite midpriced multichannel amp.”
Roger Kanno // SoundStage! Access // Read the full review here

 

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Anthem PVA 8

“For those of us with music piped into nearly every room of the house – it’s reasonable to consider ordering more than one Anthem PVA-8 as it will bring audiophile sound to multiple speakers in various locations throughout your home with grace and ease.”
Home Theater Review // Read the full review here

 

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Anthem PVA 7

“This Anthem amp for a very modest price delivers audiophile performance – especially control – along with movie soundtrack reproduction that makes the expensive receivers sound downright lame.”
Jerry Del Colliano // Home Theater Review // Read the full review here

 

“Anthem’s PVA 7 is an audiophile’s multichannel amp. That it’s so affordable is gravy.”
Sound and Vision // Read the full review here

 

“You’ll be hard-pressed to match everything it gives you for the same price.”
Jeff Fritz // SoundStage! // Read the full review here

 

“The Anthem PVA 7 is a remarkable product. Its seven-channel capability, with its affordable price and quiet noise floor, gives you all of the tools necessary to handle any format.”
Tim Hart // Audio Video Revolution // Read the full review here

 

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Anthem PVA 2

“The Anthem PVA 2 is a well-built, solid performing amplifier. It possesses solid bass performance for a product in this price class.”
Brian Kahn // Audio Video Revolution // Read the full review here

 

“With the PVA 2, Anthem has once again demonstrated that they plan to continue defining affordable high-end performance. The highest compliment I can give the PVA 2 is that it always allowed me to lose myself in the music — and isn’t that what we listen for in any component?”
John Crossett, SoundStage! // Read the full review here

 

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