The living room system has one job: disappear into the experience. The Marantz Cinema 50 is built for exactly that.
At 9.4 channels and 110 watts per channel, it has enough power and flexibility to fill a living room properly -- front left, right, and center, surrounds, height channels for Atmos overhead effects, and dual subwoofer outputs for bass that you feel as much as hear. Whether the room is a dedicated setup or a space that doubles as a family room, the Cinema 50 scales to it.
Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, IMAX Enhanced, and Auro-3D are all on board. When a film is mixed with overhead sound -- rain falling, a helicopter passing, a score that wraps around the room -- the Cinema 50 resolves it the way the director intended. Audyssey MultEQ XT32 handles the acoustics, measuring the room and calibrating the system so the sound arriving at your seat is the sound that was designed to be there.
Seven HDMI 2.1 inputs keep the living room clean. One cable per source -- gaming console, streaming box, Blu-ray player, cable -- all switching through a single receiver to a single display. 8K passthrough and 4K/120Hz support means this receiver will not need to be replaced when the display gets upgraded.
Two-channel music holds up as well. Marantz built their reputation on the analog side of audio long before home theater existed, and that heritage is audible when the system is running a playlist rather than a film.
New in box. Ready to build around. $1,999.