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Post by Hair Nick on Sept 6, 2018 11:19:45 GMT -5
Hey everyone!
This will be our official thread for all things Cedia.
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Post by Hair Nick on Sept 6, 2018 11:30:53 GMT -5
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Post by Casey Leedom on Sept 6, 2018 11:33:34 GMT -5
Huh. So has the RMC-1 been rechristened as the "RMC-2" to match the upcoming XMC-2?
Casey
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Post by Casey Leedom on Sept 6, 2018 11:37:37 GMT -5
Oh, and do we have any specifications available yet for the XMC-2?
Casey
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Post by Bonzo on Sept 6, 2018 11:40:36 GMT -5
Huh. So has the RMC-1 been rechristened as the "RMC-2" to match the upcoming XMC-2? Casey Not sure how you can tell. Pics are small and they don't zoom. At least not on my PC. |
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Post by Bonzo on Sept 6, 2018 11:44:40 GMT -5
I'll start it off big! I'd like to show you the XMC-2 and RMC-2 processors.     Nick, pics are too small to make out and don't zoom. |
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Post by garbulky on Sept 6, 2018 11:48:13 GMT -5
Nick why the tease with tiny pictures!
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Post by Bonzo on Sept 6, 2018 11:49:46 GMT -5
Huh. So has the RMC-1 been rechristened as the "RMC-2" to match the upcoming XMC-2? Casey From the small pics that I can only barely make out, it appears we have a new animal here. We have not seen the first one until today. The second one is what we saw previously as the XMC-1 Gen 3. Neither of these pics shows the RMC-1, which has expansion modules. Guessing here, we now have the real XMC-2 we have never seen, and there is now also going to be an RMC-2, which, appears to be an RMC-1 "LITE", with no expansion modules. (Perhaps this could be a cheaper option for folks who are happy without having expansion modules???) But again, I can't see the pics to see how they are labeled. |
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Post by Casey Leedom on Sept 6, 2018 11:57:37 GMT -5
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Post by Hair Nick on Sept 6, 2018 12:02:13 GMT -5
Sorry about the small pictures. The links have been updated to show the full sizes.
No dates currently on the release of the XMC-2 and RMC-2. The RMC will be the one that opens the door and those will follow.
The plan is to have the RMC-1 and the RMC-2 live together at the same time. The RMC-2 has no expansion module bays so it can't scale up to more channels like the RMC-1 can plus there are some technical specs too that make the RMC-1 more powerful, so it isn't just a small RMC-1.
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Post by ÈlTwo on Sept 6, 2018 12:07:55 GMT -5
ONLY balanced out on both units. That is a very big change.
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Post by Bonzo on Sept 6, 2018 12:08:49 GMT -5
Huh. So has the RMC-1 been rechristened as the "RMC-2" to match the upcoming XMC-2? Casey From the small pics that I can only barely make out, it appears we have a new animal here. We have not seen the first one until today. The second one is what we saw previously as the XMC-1 Gen 3. Neither of these pics shows the RMC-1, which has expansion modules. Guessing here, we now have the real XMC-2 we have never seen, and there is now also going to be an RMC-2, which, appears to be an RMC-1 "LITE", with no expansion modules. (Perhaps this could be a cheaper option for folks who are happy without having expansion modules???) But again, I can't see the pics to see how they are labeled. Damned I'm a good guesser. That's exactly what we have. Input / output wise, the XMC-2 is now basically an XMC-1 with the 4 height channels added, and 5 things removed: no 7.1 inputs, 1 less stereo input, no Zone 3 output, no analog record out, and no RCA channel outputs. The XMC-1 Gen 3 is now called the RMC-2, and appears to be a RMC-1 LITE. |
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Post by Bonzo on Sept 6, 2018 12:10:39 GMT -5
ONLY balanced out on both units. That is a very big change. We have known this for some time now. Supposedly all units will be shipped with adapters from Emotiva. |
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Post by ÈlTwo on Sept 6, 2018 12:17:06 GMT -5
I'd have to have been paying attention, and it was too long ago for me  . |
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Post by ÈlTwo on Sept 6, 2018 12:18:31 GMT -5
I'm hoping when the RMC opens the door (soon), the ATMOS upgrade for the XMC-1 will become available.
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Post by lrobertson on Sept 6, 2018 12:21:54 GMT -5
I want a better pic of that RMC-2 backplate. Curious if they intend to be able to mate it with the RMC-1 via a RMC-1 expansion module.
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Post by Casey Leedom on Sept 6, 2018 12:31:58 GMT -5
Okay, so the RMC-2 is an RMC-1 without the Expansion Module capability. There fore smaller (good), but also therefore unable to accommodate the promised Streaming Music Expansion Module (bad) because the RMC-1 (and presumably RMC-2) won't support Steaming Music Client Endpoints on the base RJ45 Ethernet (which is reserved for Control operations as I understand (and unfortunately not capable of even doing network Firmware updates)).
So what's the difference between the XMC-2 and the RMC-2? Or are they the same and in the process of having their names changed? They sound super similar right now and it may be hard to justify any price differences?
Casey
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Post by rbk123 on Sept 6, 2018 12:34:15 GMT -5
I'm curious processor/DAC-wise how different or the same the XMC-2/RMC-2 are?
Thanks for the photos Nick.
edit: Looks like Casey beat me to it
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Post by Bonzo on Sept 6, 2018 12:36:12 GMT -5
rbk123, Casey LeedomXMC-2 = 7.2.4, only the front 3 mains are fully balanced. An XMC-1 Gen 2 with more of some and quite a bit less of others. Why does it always have to be more and less, not more and more? RMC-2 = 7.3.6 (or 9.3.4?), all 16 channels fully balanced. An RMC-1 LITE, with no expansion modules and technically less powerful.
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Post by rbk123 on Sept 6, 2018 12:38:39 GMT -5
I'm more referring to the XMC2's guts; are they XMC-1 guts, or RMC-1 guts. The processors and DACs are different between the XMC1 and RMC, but perhaps not with the XMC2.
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