ELITE 5.1-CHANNEL SURROUND SOUND

Anthem's MRX 540 is exactly the kind of receiver I'd consider buying I were building a high-performance home theater in a smallish-sized room. It has everything I look for — fantastic A/V processing, robust amplification, and exceptional room calibration — without extra channels of power that would go unused.

The MRX 540's large front-panel display gives you easy-to-read status updates at a glance.

BUILT FOR HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT

This upscale receiver is an especially good choice if you plan to play premium content through it — like 4K Blu-ray discs, or uncompressed music files from a high-resolution library.

The MRX 540 is engineered to squeeze every drop of detail out of these high-res formats, and that's why it's worth considering over more modestly priced 5.1-channel receivers.

INTUITIVE WEB-BASED CONTROLS

One of the features that makes Anthem's home theater receivers stand out from the crowd is their user-friendly control interface. Access it from a web browser on your computer or smart device, and easily adjust audio settings, rename sources, and more.

ADVANCED ROOM CALIBRATION WITH ARC GENESIS

The MRX 540 includes the company's own highly regarded ARC (Anthem Room Correction) Genesis software — one of the industry's best room-correction platforms.

ARC Genesis measures the acoustics of your room with the included microphone, and then fine-tunes the output of your system to best match the unique sonic characteristics of your space. The resulting sound is clear, smooth, and ultra-detailed, with tight bass and impactful dynamics.

Note: You'll need to install the free ARC Genesis software on your Mac® or PC prior to calibration.