Anthem Statement D2 THX-Ultra II Audio and Video Controller

Anthem Statement D2

This is my personal AV preamp (original owner) which was
purchased new and is in use in our home theater. It has the newest software
installed by Paradigm. It is a dream system for the home theater advocate but
my wife wants to downgrade to something that is easier for her to set up. We
are definitely seniors now.

Overview:

The Anthem D2 has been considered one of the finest AV
preamps you can buy, for good reason. Its flexibility and amazing sound have
won over countless reviewers and consumers alike

The video processor in the Anthem D2 not only scales up to 1080p and 24 or 60 fps, it can
also perform vertical stretching for use with anamorphic lenses, making it a
one-box solution for even ultra-high-end home theater systems. It may just be the only currently
available integrated video processor to perform this task.

In the spirit of "more power is never a bad
thing," Anthem has added their own proprietary room correction software
based on scientific research done by the National Research Council, which
investigated how we humans actually hear, and used their findings to adjust and
compensate for speaker and room inadequacies. The Anthem Room Correction (ARC) was added for $399 to our  D2. The ARC is a huge step forward for this
exceptional processor and makes what has been one of the best available
significantly better. Anthem really did the room correction right on this
piece. While most companies include generic microphones, each individual microphone from Anthem is calibrated and
assigned to the software and serial number or your processor, making sure you
get nothing but the same result they obtained in their modeling of the system.

The Anthem
Statement processor offers all
most will ever need from an AV preamp. It offers four HDMI
inputs and one HDMI output, plus 10 channels of assignable
balanced and single-ended outputs, a 5.1 channel input and a whole host of
stereo analog ins, including a balanced
input. Video inputs are covered nicely with composite, S-Video and component
inputs and outputs. All these features are packed into a beautiful black case that comes in
free-standing or rack-mount versions.

The sonics of the Anthem are smooth and clear, with great
separation and detail often not found in lesser-priced and sometimes even
higher-priced AV preamps. The neutral nature of the D2 sonics are very welcome
and really stand out above the bright and harsh nature
of lesser processors, even if they eke out a few more features for wooing
customers with the "laundry list effect." It's important to trust
your ears, because in order to significantly improve on the sound of Anthem D2, you should expect to spend double or triple the
investment to get to the next level of audio performance from an AV preamp.

Features: 



Gennum VXP Digital Image Processor HDMI inputs (4) and output (1) 1080p
video upscaling from S-video, component, and HDMI inputs Dolby Digital Surround
EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx (Music, Movie, Matrix, Game), DTS-ES, DTS Neo:6 (Music,
Movie), THX (Cinema, Ultra2 Cinema, Music, Game, EX), AnthemLogic (Cinema,
Music), All Channel Stereo, All Channel Mono, Mono Academy Six-channel analog
input with bass management 



Analog Direct Mode (all inputs) Adjustable
low-pass/high-pass crossover (25-160Hz in 5Hz increments) Three-zone operation
and record path 24-bit/192kHz DACs Center-channel equalization Composite-video
inputs (7) and outputs (5) S-video inputs (7) and outputs (5) Component-video
inputs (4) and outputs (2) High-definition, broadcast-quality (1080p-compliant)
component-video switching FM/AM tuner Headphone jack Sleep timer IR emitters
(2) Trigger outputs: 50mA (2) and 200mA (1) XLR audio inputs (2) and outputs
(10) RCA audio inputs (7) Coaxial digital inputs (7) TosLink digital inputs (3)
Learning, backlit remote control 



Includes the D2, original box, power cord,
original 2 remotes, ACR original box, stand, mic,