Emotiva RMC-1 Review | 28ch Dolby Atmos and DTS:X Processor 

Nice video Youthman. Emotiva has been using that metallized remote for a very long time and it's time to dump it IMO. I just got back from CEDIA, Arcam has 16CH of processing, with DIRAC working out of the box and it's $500 less than the RMC-1 with no slow boot up times or known audio dropouts. There are a lot of processors to choose from today at 11CH and beyond. Very exciting time to be in home theater!

That trade in offer is looking real tempting!

Seems like a lot of glitches and shortcomings for a $5000 unit...

Excellent review Michael. Your honesty will not only help consumers, but also the manufacturers. I'm sure they will be able to get the small quirks hammered out. For the money, you are absolutely correct, hard to beat this for 16/28 channels of processing!

This preamp is not ready for the public, sounds like they rushed to release of this unit. Even at 1500 I would not buy it with all of these problems, and yes they are big problems IMHO.

Bro, you handled this like an ace. Such a great and honest review and I hope Emotiva can make improvements based on your experience. Thank you for the wealth of info and honesty in this review.

Does this unit have any ability to store memory for presets or settings and then you can just click a button to go to those settings like the trim levels? Also other than the three portsfor extra channels is there any other ability to upgrade this or are you pretty much stuck?

Thanks for the info. I saw a video you did about separates. I have a Denon X4400h, with an Outlaw 5000. Im running a 7.4.4 system and I want to add front heights. As I need to add 2 channels what is the best way to start?. Do I need to buy a 13 channel receiver?

Great review, way too many problems for that price. Marantz or, maybe Monolith are still what I have on my radar for my next upgrade!

Great unbiased review.I have an RMC and have experienced a few of your cons as well as many pros. The UMC sounded great but it was never truly ready ,The XMC was great for me once they made some firmware changes and they even pushed 4k through it before end of life. I want to give the Dirac a chance to spin up on this with a few more firmwares to make a final decision. The $4000- $6000 field will be very crowded and all of them will likely have some issues depending on who you are and whats important.

Great video I wonder how the arcam av860 would compare

Wow! Excellent and detailed review. Thanks Youthman!

My older denon avr 1910 will play a dolby atmos encoded disc but the base track is actually dolby truehd.

Any chance to evaluate their MC 700?

very well done review. nice unit but seems to me there are a few to many bugs. think i'll stick with my Denon 4400 and monolith7x

Great review Youthman.

Great review I like how you presented it as it is. First review I have seen of the rmc-1 that shows both positives and negatives. How do you like it compared to the marantz 8805? How about the anthem 60? Everyone seems to agree the rmc-1 sounds amazing.

Is the center knob metal or plastic?

That's why i got the Marantz AV8805. thanks for the review!

Great video YM! A bit disappointing to hear about the bugs but that’s par for the course with Emotiva. At least it sounds good! Should be pointed out that the expansion boards do NOT equate to additional channels of discrete processing. Even the 28ch version will decode 9.1.6 Atmos and the extra channels can be used for speaker arrays, extra subwoofers etc. Still cool, but it won’t decode Atmos to 11.1.8 or 13.1.6 for example. That is still unique to Trinnov.

What do you think about anthem 1120 and nad t778 what you suggest or emotiva rmc1. I am sad for marantz because their receivers have hidden display...

great review as usual. Your honesty always comes across. As far as sound quality goes, is the Marantz av7705 comparable?

The most honest review yet, thanks!

For $5 Grand and you have these issues?... Come on Emotiva. Monoprice, here's your chance to take the value crown from Emotiva.

Emotiva better get Dirac working before November when the Monolith HTP-1 releases, they confirmed at Cedia that it will be shipping with it. The home theater scene has been crazy this year, lots of awesome new products and even more on the horizon going into 2020~

Great video, would love to see a review on an XMC-2 if you ever get ahold of one.

I love Emotiva for 2 channel but I will stick with my Marantz AVR for Atmos.

Hi all, I'm learning a lot about home theatre right now and this is probably a really dumb question. But how come the watts per channel are not listed anywhere on Emotiva's page? I'm thinking this must be different than a normal receiver or processor cause most of the ones I see have that listed

Maybe I missed it but wondering what you thoughts are on the RMC-1 vs the Marantz AV7705. I too have the SR8012 and am currently considering separates. Also curious on your thoughts of the Emotiva 11 channel amp vs the monolith. Thanks. Loving the channel BTW.

Hey youthman. I have a question about my receiver and faulty speaker. I have a blown right channel speaker that sounds fuzzy. Our receiver has been overheating a lot and I’m thinking it’s from the blown speaker. Do you think an internal issue with my right channel speaker is the cause of my receiver overheating?

What do you think about the Sony Muteki? What's your opinion about them? Are they useful to start a small theater room?

i have had the xmc-1 since 2016, i am currently really not ready for atmos, but i have never had a glitch or hiccup with my unit since i set it up in 2016, i am still very happy with my xmc-1's sound quality, with my set up is a 70 inch 4k hdr, oppo udp 205, crown xls2502 on front ch,annels powering klipsch rf7lll's, parasound hca 2003a 3 ch amp for center and surround channels powering 3 klipsch rp 280f's, a pair of psa v3600's for subwoofers, a ps3, a sansui tu-717 tuner, denon cassette, two tripplite lcr 2400's voltage regulators/ conditioners, 2 samson pro racks, zone two is powered by a emotiva gen one xpa-2 powering two pairs of mint condition realistic mach ones in dining room, i am waiting for the issues to be worked out with the rmc-1 before i move on to atmos, i may go demo the marantz av8805 as another option.

Man... I'm sorry I didn't write this sooner... But this is by and far and away the best review of this unit! And I really do mean that despite my snarky comments below. You're honest, you give good and bad, and I really appreciate your honesty here! I wrote this on another review... but I think that the points made are decent for this unit. Your review came out in September, and we are now just days away from November... Yet, I don't think that any points I make here are outdated still.... 1) There is absolutely NO WAY, ZERO, to upgrade the unit to more than 16 channels, at this time, correct? 2) There is no way to have Bluetooth, Airplay, Cast, wifi configuration, internet radio, or other wireless or wired connectivity options, at this time, correct? 3) There is absolutely no difference between this unit for 5k, and the XMC-2 for 3k, except for the additional "expansion" ports and fully balanced connections on ALL 16 channels instead of just the front 3, correct? (They're charging 2k for a slightly bigger box and fully balanced) 4) Emotiva has a history of promising upgrades, but never actually delivering the upgrades. See XMC-1 upgrades, correct? (Specifically, they promised HDMI 2.0 when the XMC was introduced in 2014 but that upgrade wasn't released from Emotiva until 2018, and then, it was super buggy. YEARS after everyone else! And they promised Atmos support that was "coming soon" but never came out!) 5) All fully balanced, differential balanced audio outputs, coming from a digital source, is a gimmick, unless this unit in particular will produce noise / distortion within the unit, correct? 6) For 20 months that this product has been released to the public, DIRAC has been promised to be "coming soon"... Yet, it's still unavailable, correct? 7) There is absolutely no voice control options for Alexa, Google, or others, correct? For that matter, there is no future IMAX support for this too, correct? 8) The menu does run slowly, and that will never be speed up, correct? 9) It has an AES input (for a CD player to then use this as your dac) and balanced inputs (again to use for your dac), but no phono stage... that EVERYONE else has at this price point, correct? So using this as a pre-amp is out of the question is you use vinyl. Summing up my points up, you're paying 2k more than their base unit, for fully balanced connections, (which shouldn't be needed if it's a properly engineered unit) and the ability to upgrade in the future. But after being out for nearly two years, there is not one, single, upgrade, available. Not one! I don't have experience with this unit in particular, but those, are, the, FACTS. Having said that, I believe you that the sound quality is awesome and better than anyone else in this space. But based on a number of sources, it is slow, it is buggy, there is no way to stream to it directly, it's absurd that it takes a minute to boot, and it costs more than most of their competitors. (My $1,300 computer boots in 7 seconds... this takes 90 seconds and costs 3.5x more?!?!) In summing up your points, (with my added commentary) it drops audio in certain areas and can take up to 26 seconds for certain audio to start. Then 4 to 5 seconds for others. Dolby Atmos has output saying it's encoded in Dolby True HD. And while their explanation makes sense, based on what I know, it should be an Atmos signal... period. On a few occasions, there was no audio at all... This resulted in you powering the unit off, to wait another minute to let it power on again, to just play a movie. I can see this in a new feature, but have you EVER had an issue with a tech that's been out for 2 or 3 years that would require this? Then you talk about streaming, but there is absolutely no option for that. There is no Auro 3-d... which, I could care less about... Dirac live, despite being promised for almost two years now, will be available "soon". You have to upgrade, basically, a computer, using a USB drive.... because there are absolutely no other ways to connect this to the internet. The graphics aren't that hot in the config menu, which, also takes time to come up despite it's simplicity. The back is good. It can connect to what it should. :D I love the fact that you're not too concerned about balanced v. unbalanced connections. In most cases, it won't matter.... The remote is nice, but there is no backlight which is, I agree, a TOTAL pain! But, there are good features to the remote. As far as adjustments, who knows where they might be. And these issues can be resolved in the future, but for 5k it should, after 18 months of being the public, it should just work. And yes, the noise is distracting! And then the speed of the unit, it takes 90 seconds to boot. For 5k... My 1k computer takes 7 seconds. BUT, if you leave it on all the time, it turns on faster! (The HDMI stuff you talk about is common in my experience with everything.) Okay... and here is where I get SUPER mad at you! (I am kidding!) "Michael, would you recommend the RMC-1?" And you say yes... But given it's issues and lack of features, can you really? There are no upgrade options, at all, that are available at this time, right? And you're right... To get 20 to 28 or more channels, you'll have to spend a LOT more... But this unit can't be upgraded to more than the native 16 channels at this time, right? And DIRAC live has been promised now since it was introduced in march or may of last year... yet, it's still not available. Airplay or other network techs have been promised as upgrades, but those too still aren't available, correct? My hope, in pointing these things out to readers here and to you as a reviewer, is to call out Emotiva (which you did well here in a lot of ways) and say that this just isn't ready yet, especially for 5k. Yes, the sound quality is awesome! But given the lack of features, given the bugs, given the lack of actual upgrades at this point in time, given the fact that I can't play an Airplay song to this yet, it isn't worth it right now. And more importantly, you're asking more than Marantz, Anthem, Integra, Yamaha, Arcam, and others, who include a lot of these features and have a much better fit and finish. If this unit was perfect, if it had Dirac, Airplay, and worked flawlessly, I'd have no issue paying 5k for this. Especially considering potential upgrades. But at this time, with just promises from Emotiva.... I think that we should all call them out and say hey, it's not ready yet.... I can't upgrade it. And Emotiva, in my opinion, shouldn't ask 5k for a product that doesn't work great out of the box. That's just my opinion... You did a great job on the video here and you pointed out the good and the bad.... I really want to love this thing.... I know it sounds awesome. But I think it should just work the right way. Right out of the box. Just my thoughts... Best to you Michael and keep up the good work!

For the audio problem, have you tried to exit separately with two hdmi, one for video and one for audio ?

hy 1 Year later is the Emotiva RMC-1 getting better or not? New Video would be great. thanks

On the remote, I really like clicky buttons because it gives tactile feedback which makes it clear if I pressed it or not. Might actually be annoying if you're pressing the remote a lot; although, my Harmony Elite remote has clicky buttons too, and I value knowing it understood a button press. Even still, I'd be surprised if anyone actually used the remote with this unit. From what I've seen, people typically have an expensive Crestron system or use something cheaper like Logitech Harmony.

Do you have any experience with the Klipsch 3.1 sound bar and sub? 1066557 BAR 48” SOUND BAR. I have a small living room with catherdial ceilings. Also thinking about going with JBL JBLBAR51BLKAM 5.1. I'm thinking the Klipsch is pry better build.

hi i believe you have an emotiva rmc1 as well. I have no problems using my 4k apple tv, oppo 203, zidoo 1000 4k media player with it except for my ps4 pro. Everything gets picture immediately but not the ps4 pro, i have to switch input several times before ps4 handshakes with the sony projector. Also i use a 1.3 hdmi cable 10meters long which are made by QED and the other spare made by Chord. Do you have a similar problem if so how do i correct it? thanks!

My Marantz gets It's firmware updates automatically. Delayed sound and having to manually update the Emotiva unit is enough of a negative for me to stay on the Marantz bandwagon!

If people buy an Emotiva RMC-1 today, is it still buggy, or have some of the problems been resolved by firmware updates?

I just ordered the marantz 8012 to upgrade from my 6011 any thoughts on the 8012 will be running the 5 main channels on a external amplifier the rest off of the 8012

I freaking want one of these so BAD!!!. Now that DTS:X Pro is coming and the restrictions lifted from Dolby. Man oh man.

Emotiva Has been a interesting company they use to have good products all around If you look at the new monolith AVR last I looked it is not for sale yet they are still waiting for the Dirac Live to be released for it, Emotiva should have done the same they release this and other AVR'S way to soon with a promise that has taken to long to get Looking forward to the Monolith and hope i have the funds to get it after it is released

Video: first 4 minutes "Sounds and looks great!" , next 21 minutes "Problem, problem, problem, problem, problem, problem." Come on Emotiva! You're breaking my heart! I have always been your champion but your new products across the board...... sigh.

Great info. Emotiva needs step there game up or monoprice new processor gonna take them out I was gonna get the emotiva xmc-2 but after this video passing if the flagship having issues like this

I am in the market for a Dirac enabled processor. I have Emotiva amps and love them. But I have read nothing but issues with this unit. I can't seem to find Dirac on any mainstream AVP. I guess the cost of admission for the manufacturers is too high to justify implementation. I got the MiniDSP with Dirac for car audio and boy did it work wonders for car audio. Sure wish someone like Denon or Marantz or any other company would come out with a AVP that had Dirac.

Great video but i feel at that price point there should no to very few bugs, this seems to me like a rushed product that needed some more time in the oven. Will you let us know on which amp you will be using for your home? Also, I have a great video suggestion, being that I am new this year to the home theatre I wanted to know at what price point should you consider going separates vs av receiver? For Example, If your speaker s are $2000 or below is it worth going separates? That would be a great video n when or if going seprates is worth the purchase. Anyway, just a suggestion but keep up the great content.

Sounds like a PITA pre.. even if this is YOUR unit....I'd be interested to know if EMOTIVA has fixed the latency problems. Odd they would give people a cheap looking remote. No backlit buttons? My old Pioneer Elite AVR...almost 10 years old has a few backlit buttons. Like the volume...and a few other key buttons. Knowing what I know from your videos I'd stay away from EMOTIVA as far as pre's go for now... I don't recall hearing about any latency sync problems with the Marantz pre...or any other pre for that mater. :)

Wow, those number of channels seem like overkill for home applications :-) And as such, I guess Emotiva probably wasn't pressured for a stable release. One thing with my current setup, I've been pleased that Denon's firmware updates all seem stable (my current firmware update for my OLED TV has proven to be buggy). Maybe Denon/Marantz offers this as they're more "mass produced". Also when it comes to displaying sound formats: that's another feature I like about my Denon: with the mobile app, you can easily see what the input format is and then the output (odd that the source audio would show Atmos and output TrueHD: Atmos is basically extra meta-data on top of a TrueHD core for discs and Dolby Digital+ for streaming). With the mobile remote app, I also use it more when watching content as it's really easy to access surround mode selection, subwoofer trim, and (most used) audio delay (some of my sources have lip sync issues at time: pointing the finger at Apple). I've got a standard 7.1.4 setup and have been impressed with how seamless the surround field is with 3-D audio and proper calibration. I've never been able to hear a native Auro-3D movie, but can cycle it for upmixing 5.1/7.1. It's a nice option: seems sometimes it places more emphasis overhead, even though it outputs 5 channel surround instead of 7 channel (and overall tonality and dynamics seem similar to Dolby's Surround). RE headphones: I'm a bit of an audiophile and have several expensive headphones. Even the expensive ones do have adapters for 1/4 inch to 3.5mm. There is a 3.5mm standard that's balanced (what most audiophiles are striving for now), except it's not as popular as 2.5 (now the popular mobile balanced setup). I've got a dedicated headphone amp that accepts unbalanced or balanced XLR. With my headphones, I have both unbalanced cables and balanced XLR ones. The headphone amp has outputs for unbalanced 1/4 and 3.5mm as well as XLR 4 pin and balanced 3.5mm. Headphone amp setup sounds great for music. When it comes to Dolby or DTS headphone, only time I've felt a sense of surround is when I've listened to dedicated headphone tracks (on the web). The best general purpose movie surround (from a matrix stereo for headphone) I've heard is a Sennheiser Dolby Pro Logic processor I got with a pair of headphones.

Are you going to review the monoprice pre amp?

If someone don't know where to spend their lightly earned money Well, this is emotiva 👌😉

I am quite happy with my AVR-X4400H and monolith 7X

Sounds like I should wait for the next generation on this one.

Have you tried parametric eq calculated with rew ?

It's a computer, that's a pro and a con, great for upgradeability and future development but not so good for reliability and speed of boot up and signal detection. Think for me a prefer something a little more solid and a little less glitchy like a purpose built pre/pro, not as flexible, but speedy and streamlined. Kinda surprized it's not conenctable to through a web gui, that's fairly standard these days for the higher end processors. (at least not that you mentioned)

A lot of the issues you described seems pretty common with the RMC-1. You can read about these issues all over the user forums.

Mr. YouthMan very excellent of your services sir.

Micheal didn’t you know that Atmos is only metadata within TrueHD 😜 No offensive, love your work 🙏🏼

Time to see them hate comments. Other receivers may also display as TrueHD, just that all you have to do is to bypass the surround codec to get it. It probably shows both ATMOS and TrueHD to show that the signal is 'not that native atmos' and it is using the codec for atmos, since it is identifiable. Most, if not all processors, including receivers, do the same thing, only difference is the display. Wait Denon AV8805 and AV7705?! And good luck having a firmware update for your remote.

You bought this unit two years ago. Now that you have been using for a while, what is your take. Has Emotiva put the software update for room correction yet? I am debating between Marrantz AV 8005 vs Emotiva RMC-1

It's now 1.5 years later and from what I can gather none of the advertised expansion modules to upgrade and expand the RMC-1 to its potential have ever materialized ?

How long ago did this processor come out?? Almost a year ago?? I know this is one owner’s experience, but it seems glitchy as hell! I would be, and this is just my opinion, very pissed to have spent that amount of $$$ for a half cooked (I might be exaggerating here) piece of electronics hoping for a firmware to come out and fix the bugs....I’ll keep my Denon 8500

It look hard set up. Lot a wire so hook up. You can add More.

Grate review. Thanks. Don’t know what changed, but your video looks darker then before. Just FYI. 👍🏽

Which one is the Best. .... Emotiva RMC 1 OR Marantz AV 8805. Please suggest. ...

Try reviewing a low level AVR to compare what you get for a few hundred dollars. Sony STR-DN1080 for example. It should be a stable AVR, but I didn't find a good review comparing it to high-end equipment.

Sounds pretty buggy for $5k. Great review. Thank you.

Sorry Not worth 5k. They skipped so many minor details and features that a $200 receiver has. Way too many software and hardware issues for that price range. The main attraction is the expansion ports 🤷🏾‍♂️ Something as simple as AirPlay or a decent GUI???? Come on. I hope they watch these reviews and make improvements.

The sub woofer would be powered likely by a rack mounted amplifier that takes XLR.

Can we expect a review of monoprices new pre amp processor???

Sounds like yet another clunky processor from Emotiva....

Audio Control is King!

I heard this Emotiva has way too many bugs therefore making it kind of a dealbreaker for me. That $5 grand can be spent on a better processors. That upcoming 16 channel processor from Lyngdorf looks really cool, my processor of choice if I was entering the world of separates.

Would you buy it for $2500?

Yeah no, there are too many negatives with the RMC-1 to justify spending so much money and getting one. I'll stick with Onkyo.

Youthman please check out Spider far From Home. The Atmos track is SOUNDLICIOUS, It’s awesome 👏.

Great review but that is way to many channels lol And like P Cs now seems that the Audio industry is starting just to throw products out the door and see if anyone wises up to the errors the products have .

Not a big deal with the remote in my opinion, I feel most people with a dedicated theater have a Harmony or similar device to control everything. My brother has an RMC-1 and has experienced very little issues with his and his 9.1.6 system. Running faster 2.1 HDMI cables seem to help speed these 4K processors a lot due to the amount of info you are sending down the line. Lol at the Monoprice, that unit has been pushed back so many times already and we have yet to see anything beyond vaporware.

I will hold on to my sony 1080 for a bit longer :( until l something comes out that just works, picking the perfect amp/receiver, for the right price, it's like really stressful, so you wait and wait another year, you think you found what you been looking for, and it's full of BUGS flip lol

Too many flaws for such an expensive unit..... This is my problem with Emotiva lately, they seem to be not paying attention to the details for Quality control. I would only consider buying Outlaw if i am on a budget.

Yeah, too many issues for $5k.

Cedia Expos. Monoprice introduces new product Monolith M-215 dual 15″ ported sub. It’s a monster coming out in Nov. I get a feelings you might upgrade your PB 16 Ultra. Hope you will a chance to review it.

this what i love a bout you-tube, most people will have to suck it and see, and pay out money for something they don,t no anything about. so it takes people like your self who knows what they are talking about, to help us all from getting upset when something that is as mush use as a chocolate fire grad, so thank you Youthman have there been any updates, dates on it yet?? as it dos sound like its a lot software, problems, ?? thank for your video youthman, uk steven,

Yeah, they are very buggy. My friend just returned his XMC-2 (same firmware as the RMC) in Jan 2021. He had the same issues and for $3000 it is just unacceptable so he returned it and got the Rotel. That Atmos explanation is complete bs also. Atmos sits on top of True-HD and not in it. If you know that your source is not touching the audio then it should absolutely say Atmos. My Marantz had a similar issue using the Fire Cube and Apple 4k because besides streaming from the internet (Prime and Netflix) they messed with the audio and the Marantz only read multi-channel in with Plex. Once I got the Nvidia Shield everything was perfect and the Marantz now reads Atmos and DTS:X. So if you are feeding off of a BDP then the Emotiva should absolutely say Atmos since it should be bitstream. I would recommend Emotive Amplifiers and Speakers any day, but when it comes to processing I would steer anybody to go with someone else. It is a real shame too because when it worked he said it sounded phenomenal even without DIRAC which he never used since he returned it. He is very happy with the Rotel.

thank you Youthman but I'll stick with my Marantz 7013

Come on, metal remote controller is the Emotiva signature! 😩

Marantz 8805 all the way for the money £3500 money left for a decent blu-Ray player 👍

That is alot of money to end up with a unit that should be perfect! To many glitches and this should have been taken care of before release! And for 5K I would want to see Auro 3D available especially since it is to have the capability of 28 channels. I will stick with Marantz!

I think I'll get a Denon 8500 and call it a day.

Seems like we're gonna have very different reviews 😉 Sucks you got a bad unit.

Damn, I don't think I have seen you be so critical of a product like this one. Is it really so cumbersome?

There is no way this is worth the money their asking. but that's normal for this company. Their amps seem alright but they never can build a processor that doesn't have glitches. I will gladly keep my Marantz AV8805.Rock solid build quality, doesn't glitch also sounds great. I've owned it for over a year and never had any issues. Lets see this Emotive do that. not happening. Actually any Marantz or Yamaha Aventage would be a better product for your money than this headache.

Have u been in the Sun 🌞🌊🍸

PS4 plays 4k Blu-ray discs and supports Atmos eh?? Hmmmm. Might need to check that Micheal...

Too many issues! I am going to stick with Rotel amps and 8K series Marantz Processor

wow bitter sweet but that's super disappointing especially when you spend that much money for a premium product that's $5000 .. great review thought

We have to be realistic a $5000 surround processor that has audio dropouts when playing newly released current format movies and does not have the ability to tell the owner its actually decoding Dolby Atmos must be viewed as seriously flawed. When I put on a Dolby Atmos movie I want to see the Dolby Atmos logo displayed. The double-talk Emotiva provides that it really is Dolby Atmos it just doesn't display the Dolby Atmos logos is typical of Emotiva Audio. If a $700 receiver can show me I'm playing Dolby Atmos then I expect a $5000 state of the art surround processor to provide that basic information. There's no reason at all a $5,000 surround processor should have drop outs. At least when I had my Oppo players if there were flaws Oppo acknowledged the flaws while they worked on fixes. It usually took five or six software upgrades but they eventually corrected the issues.That was annoying but they would eventually fix it. Youthman is very accurate in his reviews.The details he provides in his reviews is extensive. I tried the Emotiva xmc-1. I purchase the unit new with the 4k video board installed and I had multiple problems.This included dropouts, handshake issue, and a loss in the ability to switch between resolutions. I also loss the ability to change display colors. Last thing I agree with Youthman if Emotiva thought he received a defective unit they should have sent him another one. I thought Youthman bent over backwards providing positives of the RMC-1. I keep complimenting Youth man because I've read thousands of reviews since 1974 and his reviews are very accurate. Another outstanding reviewer is Zero Fidelity like Youthman he just calls it like it is. Hopefully Emotiva Audio will get the drop-out problem fixed.

Nice review but I disagree with the conclusions, not worth the money with all those issues

Nope not true if u using the same preset for like say bluray and tv and you adjust the trims for bluray them u switch over to the tv input the trims not gonna change I have the xmc1 that's how they work

I think it is worth $5000