Anthem MRX540, MRX740, MRX1140 Receivers Review & Comparison

Today's review is on the new Anthem MRX540, MRX740, and MRX1140 home theater receivers. These are the three latest home theater receivers from Anthem and they offer incredible performance for the money. Anthem makes some of our favorite home theater components and the MRX540, MRX740, and MRX1140 raise the bar, yet again. Along with these three new receivers, Anthem also released a new line of surround sound processors and power amps which we also have reviews on. To read our full written review on the new Anthem home theater receivers click the link below to be taken to the full article on our site. Also, if you purchase a new Anthem receiver from us, you will receive the exclusive Audio Advice tips & tricks setup guide that will walk you through how to properly set up and calibrate your new receiver and will ensure you get the most out of your new gear.

[AudioAdvice]

A note on the MRX540 Amp Matrixing. This model was originally slated to have this feature, but the initial release does not have the feature. However, Anthem plans a firmware update soon to provide the amp matrixing feature. We do not know when, but we will update this post when we find out.

[axkicker]

I love the web interface for setup. The old version was too cumbersome. The prior generation sounded so good. I can’t wait to hear this beast with all of its upgrades.

[johncourtright]

Very impressive! Excellent informative review of the new lineup of Anthem receivers. Just the right amount of detail. Subscribed.

[Amb]

As an installer, I work with many brands of receivers and processors. I’m always most impressed with Anthem’s performance and the ease of a quality room calibration. I ran my first ARC calibration with the Statement series of processors in ‘08 and I was truly amazed with the results. This new gen of products looks awesome. Looking forward to installing many of them!

[shanejohnson]

Can't wait to get my hands on one. Thanks for the review!

[chrisgargiulo]

Anthem has really raised the bar! These are killer for the money.

[tylercontarino]

Beautifully built and incredible sounding receivers!

[michaelglenn]

Excellent review! Excited for the new AVRs!

[TheFandangovideoguy]

these look FANTASTIC...out of my budget...since I really want to set up at least a 5.2.4 atmos and the only one that can do it out of the box is the 1140...almost $4K Canadian. I wonder how much better in sound quality the 1140 would that be from my Denon AVR-X4400? or is it "heressy" to even ask?! LOL...Great video! Thanks

[mayssebmasenya]

Great looking Receivers. I have the MRX 510 and it sounds beautiful, and sounded good even for music. Can’t wait go get my hand in one of the AVMs.

[mtigerhawk]

Hello Sir, how does Anthem fare against Arcam and NAD ?

[ericmarriott]

i just out a down payment on a mrx740 cant wait to get it.

[grandviewlodge]

These look like great home theater receivers

[hta]

Can’t wait to get my hands on one of these!

[JohnsmithQqqq]

The new ' amp matrixing ' has me sold. This one key feature plus the ' Anthem sound quality ' will have me purchasing the ' 540 ' model ☺️.

[SweDownhill]

Seems like they perfected this product! Well done Anthem!

[jiturashid]

There should have been a model between the 740 and 1140. A modest home theater works great with 9 powered channels. One can either do 5.2.4 or 7.2.2

[MaZEEZaM]

Great review and thanks for the setup walk-through, I have to say, being able to actually name the inputs is incredibly welcome and an upgrade the industry should have done years ago. It is such a pain in the bum having to guess what's connected to the particular channel. Also, I would love to experience the before and after the Anthem room correction system, its renown as the best for years and I've wanted to buy an Anthem amp/receiver for the room correction specifically but I bought the Yamaha became Anthem Anthem didn't have the new technology I was after. Hopefully, these new models will correct things though I am disappointed to hear the lack of HDMI 2.1.

[brazillm]

I love the look of the new web interface. Usability looks great.

[billryan]

Anthem Receivers sound great and are super value!