Emotiva or stick with my Anthem??

Hey sorry this thread isnt about another website and they really arent worth the mention. I would love to see any results on demo or owners of the new Emotiva if any are available.

Agreed.

Andthem is probably a bit out of my price range anyway. There should be some decent choices in between Emotiva and Anthem- thankfully it's not an either-or situation.

I own Rotel 1068 and my fathers owns Lexicon MC8 and to be honest there isnt all that much daylighte between the two.
I get around HDMI with straight HDMI video wire and internal decoder for disc player into multi channel RCA bypass........that saves A TON of cash!
I have used and like room EQ but its not a deal killer either....hell we got by without this long right?

Goatwuss, The Anthem is great, but no HDMI which means I'm
confined to a 5.1 system via analog from my BDP-05 player. I currently have two monitor audio gold series 10's as wall hangings.

Yeah honestly, I would like to hear the UMC-1 sounding terrific (if it actually ever gets released), myself. However, the proof is in the pudding.
Even a good review or two would not cement anything, imo. We, the people, still needs to get one OF these in our hands to actually see what's what! Until then, it's all sales hype, speculation, more he-said, she-said, and hopeful promises.
SO WHERE IS THE DARN THING?! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THESE AVAILABLE BY LAST CHRISTMAS, FOR HEAVEN SAKES!