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Post by asiano on Sept 18, 2019 15:46:06 GMT -5
Just installed the XMC-2 and for the most part everything seems to be working well with the exception of my Apple TV 4K. The Apple TV device passes the Dolby Vision test upon initial startup and I can stream 4K Dolby Vision content fine. However, when I exit the program and go back to the Apple TV Main Menu to select another app - my TV (LG OLED65B7A) screen begins to flash on and off and won't lock onto the signal. I can fix it by switching the XMC-2 to another HDMI input and then back to the Apple TV input.
Has anyone else experienced this issue and can it be fixed without changing inputs?
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Post by LCSeminole on Sept 18, 2019 19:48:39 GMT -5
Just installed the XMC-2 and for the most part everything seems to be working well with the exception of my Apple TV 4K. The Apple TV device passes the Dolby Vision test upon initial startup and I can stream 4K Dolby Vision content fine. However, when I exit the program and go back to the Apple TV Main Menu to select another app - my TV (LG OLED65B7A) screen begins to flash on and off and won't lock onto the signal. I can fix it by switching the XMC-2 to another HDMI input and then back to the Apple TV input. Has anyone else experienced this issue and can it be fixed without changing inputs? I've experienced this with the RMC-1 and my AppleTV 4K as well. To get rid of the flashing I changed the video format in the AppleTV 4K settings under "Video and Audio" from 4K@60Hz to 4K@24Hz.
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Post by asiano on Sept 18, 2019 20:19:14 GMT -5
Just installed the XMC-2 and for the most part everything seems to be working well with the exception of my Apple TV 4K. The Apple TV device passes the Dolby Vision test upon initial startup and I can stream 4K Dolby Vision content fine. However, when I exit the program and go back to the Apple TV Main Menu to select another app - my TV (LG OLED65B7A) screen begins to flash on and off and won't lock onto the signal. I can fix it by switching the XMC-2 to another HDMI input and then back to the Apple TV input. Has anyone else experienced this issue and can it be fixed without changing inputs? I've experienced this with the RMC-1 and my AppleTV 4K as well. To get rid of the flashing I changed the video format in the AppleTV 4K settings under "Video and Audio" from 4K@60Hz to 4K@24Hz. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try later.
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Post by swank121 on Sept 18, 2019 22:33:08 GMT -5
Thanks a lot for the information. It is really a pity that the power consumption in Stand-By mode is still ridiculously high and that the boot-up time from power switch on hasn't improved.... So no reason for me to upgrade from the XMC-1 to XMC-2 as I'm only using it for a 5.1 setup. I thought you guys were talking about power consumption for information purposes only. This doesn’t appear to be a high priority item for high end audio but to each his own I guess 😊. If not a high priority, why so many flexible trigger output options? High end is no reason to be wasteful. I bet rogersch is not the only one happy with sonic performance of an older product but willing to upgrade for faster menus and boot time and lower power consumption. This is the kind of thing that sells new $1k phones every year. But Emotiva will decide the priorities. I would rather they work on finishing Dirac, it's the last piece needed for my setup!
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Post by klinemj on Sept 18, 2019 23:14:07 GMT -5
I am very environmentally conscious, as are my wife and kids. We recycle to an extreme, compost what we can, landfill what is left (not much), and our house is very eco-friendly with geothermal HVAC/water heating and LED lights all over and extra thick walls that are highly insulated.
For others worrying about a particular device's power consumption when they are not using it...ummm, really? How about turning it fully off. Really...if you are that concerned, do it!
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Post by Lsc on Sept 20, 2019 14:25:18 GMT -5
I thought you guys were talking about power consumption for information purposes only. This doesn’t appear to be a high priority item for high end audio but to each his own I guess 😊. If not a high priority, why so many flexible trigger output options? High end is no reason to be wasteful. I bet rogersch is not the only one happy with sonic performance of an older product but willing to upgrade for faster menus and boot time and lower power consumption. This is the kind of thing that sells new $1k phones every year. But Emotiva will decide the priorities. I would rather they work on finishing Dirac, it's the last piece needed for my setup! The trigger option is so that we don’t have to get off our ass and turn the amps on individually. I never thought they created this to save energy. My amps automatically turn off when I turn the XMC2 off. I’m afraid of a surge while the amps are on 24/7. Plus my friends who had their XPR amps on 24/7, had issue with at least one of those amps. I agree, Dirac needs to be first. I think they are losing sales because Dirac hasn’t been implemented. Plus, making the XMC1 owners wait until October while having a 15% off sale seems a little off to me. I’m glad I have the UFL and sold my XMC1 a year ago though 😎. I thought I lost out on that move but it ended in my favor. Let’s open up the floodgates and let more people have the XMC2 in their hands and have Dirac by year end please.
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Post by flamethrower1 on Sept 20, 2019 20:25:48 GMT -5
Have not been around here for a while. I am still running my original XMC1 and am completely happy with it. The one feature I would never trade away is DIRAC. My room is far less than ideal, it was well worth the Full DIRAC price I paid. Just saying
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Post by AudioHTIT on Sept 20, 2019 21:51:14 GMT -5
Have not been around here for a while. I am still running my original XMC1 and am completely happy with it. The one feature I would never trade away is DIRAC. My room is far less than ideal, it was well worth the Full DIRAC price I paid. Just saying Not sure what you’re ‘just saying’, no one’s had to actually ‘trade away’ Dirac, they’ve just had to do without it for a while, in return they get Atmos / DTS:X while their waiting. I can say in my room I’m enjoying Atmos very much, which isn’t to say I don’t want Dirac, just that I’m glad I didn’t wait for it to be available before buying. I also don’t think there’s anything wrong with sticking to the XMC-1 if you’re not interested in Atmos.
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Post by flamethrower1 on Sept 21, 2019 19:57:19 GMT -5
I only have 5 channels of amplification, its in my profile. So the ATMOS thing is no interest to me. What I was trying to say is. I would not give up what I have now for a Pre without it. Just saying
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Post by Lsc on Sept 22, 2019 0:34:49 GMT -5
I only have 5 channels of amplification, its in my profile. So the ATMOS thing is no interest to me. What I was trying to say is. I would not give up what I have now for a Pre without it. Just saying Makes sense. Emotiva needs to figure out the Dirac partnership / integration and it's timing.. While it's not expressed as much here, on other forums Emotiva has zero credibility due to the repeatedly missing of due dates and the number of bugs on their previous pre-pros and the RMC-1. My personal experience: zero issues with the UMC-200 and zero issues with the XMC-1. But I have heard the UMC-1 and RMC-1 (until firmware 1.5) has had significant issues (not turning a blind eye). While I barely miss the room correction right now because the XMC-2 is so good, I totally understand the lack of Dirac potentially having a big impact on consumer buy-in. In this day and age, room correction is a big deal and is expected on all processors. I wonder if the decision to make the XMC-1 owners wait until October have anything to do with the rediness of Dirac. Meaning the majority of the XMC-1 owners feel the same way - you already have Dirac and so you won't upgrade to the XMC-2 until Dirac is available.
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Post by cawgijoe on Sept 22, 2019 7:29:20 GMT -5
I only have 5 channels of amplification, its in my profile. So the ATMOS thing is no interest to me. What I was trying to say is. I would not give up what I have now for a Pre without it. Just saying Makes sense. Emotiva needs to figure out the Dirac partnership / integration and it's timing.. While it's not expressed as much here, on other forums Emotiva has zero credibility due to the repeatedly missing of due dates and the number of bugs on their previous pre-pros and the RMC-1. My personal experience: zero issues with the UMC-200 and zero issues with the XMC-1. But I have heard the UMC-1 and RMC-1 (until firmware 1.5) has had significant issues (not turning a blind eye). While I barely miss the room correction right now because the XMC-2 is so good, I totally understand the lack of Dirac potentially having a big impact on consumer buy-in. In this day and age, room correction is a big deal and is expected on all processors. I wonder if the decision to make the XMC-1 owners wait until October have anything to do with the rediness of Dirac. Meaning the majority of the XMC-1 owners feel the same way - you already have Dirac and so you won't upgrade to the XMC-2 until Dirac is available. I’ll update regardless. Just waiting. Too good a deal to pass up. That being said, I do want my Dirac.
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Post by ttocs on Sept 22, 2019 7:45:18 GMT -5
Makes sense. Emotiva needs to figure out the Dirac partnership / integration and it's timing.. While it's not expressed as much here, on other forums Emotiva has zero credibility due to the repeatedly missing of due dates and the number of bugs on their previous pre-pros and the RMC-1. My personal experience: zero issues with the UMC-200 and zero issues with the XMC-1. But I have heard the UMC-1 and RMC-1 (until firmware 1.5) has had significant issues (not turning a blind eye). While I barely miss the room correction right now because the XMC-2 is so good, I totally understand the lack of Dirac potentially having a big impact on consumer buy-in. In this day and age, room correction is a big deal and is expected on all processors. I wonder if the decision to make the XMC-1 owners wait until October have anything to do with the rediness of Dirac. Meaning the majority of the XMC-1 owners feel the same way - you already have Dirac and so you won't upgrade to the XMC-2 until Dirac is available. The only issue I remember having with the UMC-200 was random center channel dropout after a commercial break being in stereo and returning to 5.1, similar to XMC-1 still has occasionally. Re Dirac, I haven't run it since getting my latest mains because they have ARC for the powered woofers and the system as a whole sounds great as-is with just distance/levels adjusted manually. I do want Dirac however, and I recall having waited fairly impatiently for almost 3 months after receiving my XMC-1, but I'm confident it'll arrive eventually. It's simply unfortunate that with as much access we all have to the inner workings of a manufacturer there's still some pretty important communication, which is lacking, but is desperately needed to keep things from souring.
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Post by foggy1956 on Sept 22, 2019 8:42:52 GMT -5
Makes sense. Emotiva needs to figure out the Dirac partnership / integration and it's timing.. While it's not expressed as much here, on other forums Emotiva has zero credibility due to the repeatedly missing of due dates and the number of bugs on their previous pre-pros and the RMC-1. My personal experience: zero issues with the UMC-200 and zero issues with the XMC-1. But I have heard the UMC-1 and RMC-1 (until firmware 1.5) has had significant issues (not turning a blind eye). While I barely miss the room correction right now because the XMC-2 is so good, I totally understand the lack of Dirac potentially having a big impact on consumer buy-in. In this day and age, room correction is a big deal and is expected on all processors. I wonder if the decision to make the XMC-1 owners wait until October have anything to do with the rediness of Dirac. Meaning the majority of the XMC-1 owners feel the same way - you already have Dirac and so you won't upgrade to the XMC-2 until Dirac is available. The only issue I remember having with the UMC-200 was random center channel dropout after a commercial break being in stereo and returning to 5.1, similar to XMC-1 still has occasionally. Re Dirac, I haven't run it since getting my latest mains because they have ARC for the powered woofers and the system as a whole sounds great as-is with just distance/levels adjusted manually. I do want Dirac however, and I recall having waited fairly impatiently for almost 3 months after receiving my XMC-1, but I'm confident it'll arrive eventually. It's simply unfortunate that with as much access we all have to the inner workings of a manufacturer there's still some pretty important communication, which is lacking, but is desperately needed to keep things from souring. I believe that if you select a multichannel option for stereo under the xmc input options on the input that you lose center channel it will negate the dropouts, at least it did for me.
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Post by bluescale on Sept 22, 2019 15:30:02 GMT -5
I thought you guys were talking about power consumption for information purposes only. This doesn’t appear to be a high priority item for high end audio but to each his own I guess 😊. Well while listening a don`t mind the power consumption but otherwise, which is most of the time, I do... Then the following item will be, for the upcoming time, the latest "American Build" item we had bought: Welcome to the family. Rocinante says hello
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Post by 509Paul on Sept 22, 2019 20:46:41 GMT -5
I had no idea they made power wheels for big kids!
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Post by Gary Cook on Sept 22, 2019 21:19:34 GMT -5
Make sure your garage has fire sprinklers Cheers Gary
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Post by 509Paul on Sept 22, 2019 21:44:33 GMT -5
Make sure your garage has fire sprinklers Cheers Gary Ha! I’ll stick with my diesel truck instead of these battery powered toys!
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Post by dj7675 on Sept 23, 2019 12:42:20 GMT -5
Hello, I have a used XMC1 on the way and am considering upgrading to the XMC2 later in October/November as well. Can you save a speaker preset with 2 different set of main speakers? Let’s say you have a matching set of speakers you want to use for theater and save a present for theater, can you have another preset for 2 channel made of different main speakers? In particular with the 16 channels of the xmc2 it seems like this might be possible. Thanks!
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Post by Lsc on Sept 23, 2019 13:39:43 GMT -5
Hello, I have a used XMC1 on the way and am considering upgrading to the XMC2 later in October/November as well. Can you save a speaker preset with 2 different set of main speakers? Let’s say you have a matching set of speakers you want to use for theater and save a present for theater, can you have another preset for 2 channel made of different main speakers? In particular with the 16 channels of the xmc2 it seems like this might be possible. Thanks! I think there are 2 presets for speaker settings. Are you disconnecting and reconnecting your main speakers?
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Post by dj7675 on Sept 23, 2019 16:09:43 GMT -5
No. I was hopingwith the flexibility of 16 channels I could pick a diffferent pair for the mains on a different preset.
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