I have Emotiva UMC-200 right now-Before that I had a Emotiva UMC-1(bottom of the line)-I just got a Anthem D-2+ARC-BUT have not hooked up the Anthem yet-I AM WONDERING THE SAME ABOUT THE EMOTIVA 200 VS EMOTIVA XMC-1-The Emotiva 200 sounds a lot better THAN UMC-1 but that's not saying much-The 200 high end IS NOT ROLLED & SOUNDS REAL GOOD- IF I HAD HEARD 200 BEFORE I BOUGHT THE ANTHEM I WOULD NOT HAVE NOT BOUGHT IT-(HAVE NOT HOOKED UP THE ANTHEM YET)-SO WHAT DOES THE XMC-1 REALLY SOUND LIKE?I AM USING A HALO 5 CHANNEL AMP WHICH IS THE BEST AMP I HAVE HEARD SO FAR!cruzinthrutheyears-THX!
Emotiva UMC-200 vs XMC-1 processor.......
I used to own a UMC-200 home theatre processor and it was the best I'd owned. I scaled my system down to 2 channel with an Audiozen 2 channel amp, tube pre and dac all with seperate power supplies. I don't think it can get better than that. But movies are only two channel with lots of front end information. I am trying to decide wether to wait for the new Dolby Atmos and DTS-X processors later this year or try an Emotiva XMC-1. It seems to have all the connections I would need. Not sure about the Dirac Live if it is stable enough or not. Can anyone tell my the quality difference to the UMC-200 to the XMC-1 for 5 times the price tag. Please explain in any details possible. Thx in advance!!