So reducing the correction window doesn’t seem to work for me, as i wouldn’t be able to adjust the higher frequencies. Maybe a result of playing in a band when I was a young lad and just plain aging. So It’s been solid for me so far.īecause of my aging hearing and my speakers roll off the HF a little too soon in my room I need to apply a gentle rise above 4K. Once I cycled through surround modes too quickly and it went silent, but switching inputs and back again fixed it. My inputs are Roku ultra, xfinity cable, Arcam Dvd and Sony Blu ray, output to Samsung Q90t. Understand I have a simple config, only 1 sub and I am not using HDMI ARC/CEC. I have only had it a couple weeks but haven’t had to reboot other than when attaching new cables out of caution.

Of course this could just all be user error or imagination, but so far the XMC-2 is a winner for me. I know these are supposed to be comparable but after 20 or so different tries with Multi EQ I can’t get close to the clarity and detail that I’m hearing with XMC-2 and Dirac in my environment. So a subtle difference.īut using Audyssey on the Denon vs Dirac Live on the Emotiva, the XMC-2 with Dirac wins by a mile on my room and system. I’ve also been using a Denon X3700 as a pre pro and with all settings at baseline the XMC-2 sounds fuller to my ears at similar volumes as best I can tell without having a real time A/B switch. I doubt I would have taken a chance on Emotiva before joining ASR and seeing test and Emotiva eventual response. For 2-channel I usually prefer to listen to Reference Stereo (no Dirac).Īfter reading the test results and improvements I decided to take a leap of faith and bought the XMC-2, since I have a 5.1 setup and do a lot of stereo listening, and learning that the XMC-2 uses the same DAC configuration and code base for the LCR channels. The RMC-1L on the other hand is alluring.

I ran the Topping D90 and ADI RME-2 on my mains in the same setup (B&W 804 D3s, Emotiva XPA-DR2), and while they sounded very clean, I was never quite happy with the presentation. (Although I'm looking forward to an eARC future.)Įmotiva has acknowledged that they will be working on improving CEC in future firmware updates, but those certainly don't come out fast. Input -> Emotiva Remote (I don't change sources often anyways)ĪRC is also problematic to me, but I also don't have much of a reason for ARC. Fortunately the RMC lets you specific which CEC signals to pay attention to. I'm unable to use these features with my AppleTV at all, however on/off does work well. Volume control and input switching seem especially problematic on many devices. CEC is a weak point of the RMC1 line right now.

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