My plan last year was to also go with something 16 channel. The Emotive RMC 1 was on the top of the list. That said, I also wanted something that actually worked as advertised and the RMC 1 did not qualify. The early owners seemed to be dealing with an untested half working product. The only prepro that seemed 100% at the time was the Marantz 8805. Not as many channels but good enough to hold me for a while as things evolved. Things have improved since then but I’ll wait a bit since the 8805 is meeting my current needs. In the mean time I’m prewiring for the anticipated future.
