Hi @soix I had the Casanova and it was outstanding. The reasons I'm not seriously considering Theta right now is many-fold. First, they were SO far behind in getting HDMI working, plus of course the massive cost of a unit today. Lastly, they are not an enthusiast brand. They are a uber-high end billion dollar mansion builder brand. I'm not their target market/customer at all, especially not if I want to configure everything myself.
I’m also not sure Theta has the manual EQ features I’m looking for.
@nwres Yes, the Marantz would be HT only, using a Luxman stereo to handle music. My concern is just that the mass-market Japanese HT brands were just ... really so bad that I’m afraid of going back to a Japanese brand for HT.