Review of Emotiva Processors

You can find some feedback on these processors at emotiva lounge.com (company-sponsored forums). Their current processor (UMC-1) has been VERY buggy, but SQ is reportedly good (when it works correctly).

Emo products are pretty good for the money, more geared towards HT use than musical.

However, I think they've gotten a bit in over their heads, for whatever reason, on their processors. I myself am waiting for the XMC-1 to be released, hoping the bugs will get worked out by then.

Emotiva is an OEM manufacturer for Sherbourn electronics.

If I were you, I would do the opposite of what you're proposing, Emo amps and Rotel processor. I think that Amps are just inherently simpler to engineer than processors, which Emo can use to their advantage.

My reasoning to go for Rotel Processor and Emo amps was mainly to avoid the bugs of their UMC-1.

Instead of buying used Rotel amps and a new Emo Processor, I would rather buy new Emo amps and a used Rotel processor. Purely price point based logic. Most forum reviews I've read haven't really stated much of a difference between the SQ of these two amplifiers.

You probably won't get a decent Rotel processor for $700 like the UMC-1, but could get away with maybe $1,200 for one with updated features.