Seems like that should be the most critical aspect, and if they're awful at that, well, why bother?
Of course, I'm not big on relying on EQ to fix issues anyway, so...
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I recently scored an excellent condition, used Anthem AVM-60 for ~$1.8K -- the going rate seems to be settling around that price point, which is roughly 1/2 of the new AVM-70, which really doesn't seem to add/improve that much over the AVM-60. Seems like a good time to shop for one on the...