UMC-1 is dying a slow death, what to buy

[series rover]

My UMC-1 is dying a slow death and it is a confirmed hardware issue.  2/3 of the time it is used for movies.  1/3 is for music. 

I have a 1080p TV in my theater room (a square room) with no plan to upgrade to 4k as my internet connection is too slow to stream 4k content and I don't want to upgrade to 4k blu-ray or 4k tv until things are clearer on that front. 

My setup is :  Paradigm Studio 5.1 setup and a UPA-7  the two extra channels go to my outdoor speakers.  My UMC-1 2nd zone is setup for my outdoor speakers

I have two 40% off Emotiva cards 

Should I just get the UMC-1 repaired or buy a MC-700 or buy a XMC-1 .   Looking for recommendations, is the XMC-1 that much better? 

Taking the 40% off the MC-700 would bump it down to $300.  <--Zero wife guilt here.  

Taking the 40% off the XMC-1 would bump it down to $1020 on the ORIGINAL 1.4B HDMI VERSION OF THE XMC-1.   <-- I would have hours of fun tinkering with this one. 

Just looking for advice and thoughts.

[Loop 7]

Since 1080p is a reality for a while, maybe hold onto the discount cards and grab a UMC-200.

[dougport]

The 40% discount is based off the retail price not the sale price.

[creimes]

Dec 1, 2016 20:24:45 GMT -5 series rover said:

My UMC-1 is dying a slow death and it is a confirmed hardware issue.  2/3 of the time it is used for movies.  1/3 is for music. 

I have a 1080p TV in my theater room (a square room) with no plan to upgrade to 4k as my internet connection is too slow to stream 4k content and I don't want to upgrade to 4k blu-ray or 4k tv until things are clearer on that front. 

My setup is :  Paradigm Studio 5.1 setup and a UPA-7  the two extra channels go to my outdoor speakers.  My UMC-1 2nd zone is setup for my outdoor speakers

I have two 40% off Emotiva cards 

Should I just get the UMC-1 repaired or buy a MC-700 or buy a XMC-1 .   Looking for recommendations, is the XMC-1 that much better? 

Taking the 40% off the MC-700 would bump it down to $300.  <--Zero wife guilt here.  

Taking the 40% off the XMC-1 would bump it down to $1020 on the ORIGINAL 1.4B HDMI VERSION OF THE XMC-1.   <-- I would have hours of fun tinkering with this one. 

Just looking for advice and thoughts.

You can only take 40% of the retail price not the sale price

You could get it for $1499 though which is a really good price, I owned one and loved it and Dirac full was a blast to play with and sounded really really good IMO, there's always gonna be a "next" processor on the horizon so the choice is to wait or enjoy now

Chad