I like emotiva, I had their XMC-1. And Dirac is good room correction software. That being said, the RMC-1 was supposed to be out last year, and Marantz is using the same DSPs in their new pre/pro. The XMC-1 takes 45 seconds to boot up from off, or you can run it in standby, but it’s a very high power standby (30W). I’d wait to see what the boot and power situation with the RMC-1 is before you fall in love with it.