Suggestions on a home theater processor?

Queefee....While this might not be the official plan, I guess it could work out the way you describe. I know that Outlaw has been offering (questionably) low prices on their 990 and then on the Onkyo/Integra stuff while we wait for their 997, however they have not promised any discount on the new gear. I'm not aware of emotiva offering much of any special discount in preparation for their offering.

As always, never believe the "hype"...buy what you see available. For example, the NHT Controller was going to be a fully programmable, easily upgradeable processor and it was sold as such...but the upgrades never came, no support for HDMI 1.3 so it's obsolete with no upgrades ever coming. NHT did did go out of business (although they are back now), etc. Lots of reasons why this happened, but it certainly was not their plan...(and by the way it is an excellent controller for what was delivered).

I am so sick of hearing about EMOTIVA, my God its been 2 yrs of saying its coming soon...........leaves me with no faith in this sloppy release, its got to be the worst ever!

they are a small company...they know what they need to do and they are probably frustrated themselves at not being able to get the product out. If it does ship, we all have to wait to see if they really have a good/solid product. If it ships as described at the price we've seen, it should be a great product....but that's a very very big IF.

Other than the Audyssey MultiEQ feature, do you think that the internal electronic components of better quality and design in the Rotel RSP-1570 compared to the Onkyo/Integra and Outlaw 997 units, or vice versa?

Don't get too hung up on internal component specs and perceptions of quality....as a matter of fact, don't get too hung up on specs at all. The rotel and high end Onkyo/Integras use good components as do the phantomware boxes (997 and Emotiva). There will be ongoing techie fights between trinnov and audyssey, or Reon vs ??? and the fact is that the only thing that should matter to YOU is the sound in YOUR home.

You would be well advised to compare functions and major differences (Audyssey or no Audyssey) or no THX if that's important to YOU.

It's too easy to raise questions like which AC cord should I use, what speaker cables should I use, what interconnects should I use....and unless you are listening to acoustic (e.g. classical) music in an absolutely quiet space, it's unlikely that you will notice a difference. If you are a concert violinist, perhaps....but let your ears make the judgement...not your eyes and please, not the internet or this forum.