If you are at the $2400 budget and looking for a receiver, I would suggest Marantz (if you want a warm sound) or Anthem (if you want a faster crisper clean sound).
Emotiva doesn't make receivers. I haven't listened to their new processors, but the original XMC-1 was okay but a little muddy in the sound. The current generation Emotiva amps aren't good because of their switching power supply.