Anthem STR Integrated?
 

Is anyone running or has anyone auditioned the Anthem STR Integrated? It seems to have gotten good reviews, and I was looking for a little feedback. I have gotten myself into an integrated frame of mind recently and was looking for a decent one that isn't a budget buster....along with the budget buster of course. The DAC section is secondary at this point since I would most likely run a separate DAC into it.

Interested in the same question.

warrior... Welcome to AA! :wave:

I updated my main system replacing my Yamaha A-S2100 which I moved to another system. I narrowed my search down for a new integrated to the Anthem STR and the McIntosh MA8900. I have a couple of dealers near me that carry both and I had a chance to hear both of them. In the end I sprang for the MAC spending more than I wanted but I'm very glad I did & extremely happy with it. The new Anthem STR is very nice & I could have been very happy with it but in the end it just didn't win the day vs the MAC. Granted it has a proprietary room correction software that could have been interesting to play with but in the dedicated room at the dealer it just sounded like it was struggling a little and the soundstage sounded a bit smaller than both my Yamaha & the MAC. It has plenty of power & I'm sure once I lived with it for awhile I could have landed on the right sound but the MAC blew me away right out of the gate so I pulled the trigger.