Back to stereo and a minimal function home processor/preamp

There wasn’t much announced this January with regards to home theater.

Although the audio standard side of the home theater is largely set, it looks like companies are reluctant to release premium gear with the video side in flux. Until either HDR10+ Or Dolby Vision can win as the “standard”, I’m going to sell my XMC-1 and just listen to stereo.

To be honest, I wish someone would make a “skinny” processor. Just do Dolby Atmos with a minimum setup, like 5.1.2 or something, with balanced and unbalanced outs, no video processing, and don’t bother with a DAC. In fact, don’t do any digital inputs beyond HDMI and give me two balanced analog inputs (and one or two sets of single ended inputs) and let me use my own standalone DAC.  If someone could do that on the cheap, I’d be all over that.  Does anyone know of a mini-processor like that?