# Anthem MRX 1140 8K

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/anthem-mrx-1140-8k
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/av-receivers
- Placement: #6 of 18 in AV Receivers, B tier
- Brand: Anthem
- LP on this board: 590
- Last researched: 2026-08-24T23:47:20.265Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
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## Verdict

Best room correction in the business and clean current stock, but the early 8K HDMI board retrofit saga is a real mark against it for long-term ownership.

## For

- Canadian-built with 15.2 channels of processing
- ARC Genesis remains the best room correction in the category for real-world rooms
- Anthem handled the retrofit program and current stock is clean

## Against

- Early 8K units shipped with a flawed HDMI 2.1 board that required a hardware retrofit program
- The retrofit saga cost the brand goodwill

## Evidence

Consolidated from 6 cited sources across 5 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ZKelectronics | ZKelectronics | - | https://www.zkelectronics.com/compareevaluations/anthem-mrx-1140-8k/europe/denon-avc-a1h/uk | fetched and confirmed |
| Audio Science Review (ASR) Forum | amirm | B | https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/anthem-mrx1140-avr-review.67101/page-4 | fetched and confirmed |
| Seriously Into Audio Since 1974 | crutchfield.com | B | https://www.crutchfield.com/p_973M11408K/Reviews/Anthem-MRX-1140-8K.html | fetched and confirmed |
| LATE KNIGHT TALKS | LATE KNIGHT TALKS | - | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQjdKe8cs9M | fetched and confirmed |
| HiFi Corner | hificorner.co.uk | B | https://www.hificorner.co.uk/product/anthem-mrx-1140-8k-av-receiver-graded/?srsltid=AfmBOoqNvKrxL0fE39oPnLVI4Ep4VhqpCM7yVcpRobdLmslZjqn448S8 | fetched and confirmed |
| ZKelectronics | ZKelectronics | - | https://www.zkelectronics.com/compareevaluations/anthem-mrx-1140-8k/europe/denon-avr-s940h/usa | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Denon AVR-X3800H | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/denon-avr-x3800h |
| 2 | Sony STR-AN1000 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/sony-str-an1000 |
| 3 | Onkyo TX-RZ50 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/onkyo-tx-rz50 |
| 4 | Denon AVR-X4800H | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/denon-avr-x4800h |
| 5 | Denon AVR-X1800H | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/denon-avr-x1800h |
| 7 | Denon AVR-X2800H | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/denon-avr-x2800h |
| 8 | Onkyo TX-NR6100 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/onkyo-tx-nr6100 |
| 9 | Denon AVR-A1H | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/denon-avr-a1h |
| 10 | Yamaha RX-A6A | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/yamaha-rx-a6a |
| 11 | Anthem MRX 740 8K | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/anthem-mrx-740-8k |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/av-receivers.

## What this tier means

- B: Good. A solid choice with real caveats worth knowing.

## How to read this

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- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

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