Audiotroy
Yes the Audio Control Maestro M9 is quite spectacular for movies and is no doubt superior sounding to both the McIntosh MX122 & the NAD M17 v2.
It'd be interesting to see how the Maestro M9 would stack up against the Lyngdorf MP-50 & the McIntosh MX160 and other high end processors.
For my reference theater room setup I recently traded in the Lyngdorf MP-50 for the Trinnov Altitude and is definitely a step up performance wise. Before I had the Lyngdorf MP-50 I had been using the Classe SSP 800 for years and it was phenomenal sounding pre pro for both stereo music and surround movies. But I had been using it strictly for HT movies.
The reason I sold the SSP 800 and bought the Lyngdorf was because I wanted Dolby Atmos, DTS-X.
