If you are not after Dolby Atmos then I recommend Anthem MRX 520. It’s a great price for $1800. Great features including quite arguably the best audio room correction hardware provided.
Well it looks like this thread will only make your life harder...
Pros and cons of different brands can be found elsewhere on this site + on other audio visual dedicated sites (avsforum.com etc).
In NZ many buy on price as there's no easy way to A+B an AVR due to the room correction / number of speakers involved.
Basic guideline: -
Sony -
Denon -
Marantz -
Pioneer -
Onkyo -
Yamaha -
I'd summarise by saying: If you buy an AVR without getting driving instructions / playing with the remote / GUI / app, then be prepared for some frustration... go into a retailer or get a loan unit sent to you, then you'll KNOW what it's like to live with.
Missing off the list is what I have just bought. An Anthem MRx250. 5 Channel is all I want, I don't want DSP crap, any streaming ill do via other devices.. Ditched my Yamaha RXV2500. Anthems Room Correction (ARC) is way better than Yammies YPAO!
I've used ARC on a few bits of kit and it's quite good, the app version seems problematic. But if you want proper room EQ built into an AVR, get yourself a new NAD or Arcam and play with Dirac Lite or Dirac Live (respectively). It makes ARC seem like a toy and puts everything else to shame. It's not a 5 minute setup whatsoever... it takes a long time and there's quite a bit of work to get it dialled, but it absolutely is the best software built into a receiver, when it comes to removing the room from the equation.
Modern 64-bit YPAO is a BIG step above the old version you had on your RXV2500 from 2004. Oddly enough, things have improved vastly. Although, I will say debating room correction on-line is almost impossible as everyone has different rooms, speakers, amps, placement of mics etc etc. Some forums get users behaving in a manner far more heated than any rational human should...
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