Key Features
Perfect for Both Home Theatre Fans and Audiophiles
The XMC-2 delivers the level of audio performance and features you would expect from separate high-end audiophile components, combined with precise bit-perfect video switching of the latest HDR and Dolby Vision 4k UHD video content, and plenty of channels to support the latest object-oriented home theatre surround sound formats (including Dolby Atmos up to 9.1.6 and DTS:X up to 7.1.4). The XMC-2 offers the full range of audio options, from native playback of DSD audio to pure analogue playback in the audiophile Reference Stereo mode, to full decoding of the latest object-oriented soundtracks. With the XMC-2 you really can have it all…. without compromise.
Operating Modes for the Discerning Listener
When used as a fully featured home theatre processor, the XMC-2 starts by decoding the audio from your movie soundtracks and surround sound discs with the best possible sound quality. Sophisticated bass management directs the low-frequency components of the audio spectrum to your subwoofer. This finely tuned digital audio is then converted into high-quality analogue audio by precision DACs and sent to your amplifiers - via a high-quality analogue ladder network volume control and audiophile-grade analogue circuitry.
If you listen to high-resolution audio downloads or other high-quality music sources which don't require all of that advanced processing, the XMC-2 offers several purist audiophile modes. High-quality digital sources, both PCM and DSD, can be converted directly to analogue by the precision high-performance DACs, bypassing all of the more advanced processing. And, if you have analogue sources which don't require any processing at all, they can be routed directly to the superb quality fully balanced analogue signal path, bypassing all digital processing.
Support for the latest Audio and Video Formats
Home theatre video is continually evolving to deliver a sharper picture, more colours, and more advanced features - which can make it difficult to keep track of what you need to take advantage of the latest video content and this year's 4k displays. The XMC-2 has eight HDMI video inputs and two HDMI video outputs, all of which support HDMI 2.0b and HDCP 2.2. The XMC-2 supports the full HDMI 2.0b 18 gBps video data rate, so it supports full 4k UHD video, at frame rates up to 4k/60, with full 12-bit colour, and 4.4.4 chroma subsampling. It also supports static and dynamic HDR, including Dolby Vision, for a brilliant picture, with pure, intense colours, and remarkable contrast. The XMC-2 provides everything you need to get the most from the latest streaming content and 4k UHD Blu-Ray discs.
The XMC-2 supports Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, the latest object-oriented surround sound formats, and Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio, the current high-quality regular surround sound formats. Of course, the XMC-2 also provides full support for all the usual analogue and digital audio formats, including PCM and DSD digital audio, via both HDMI and USB.
True Audiophile Sound Quality
Regardless of how you configure it, Emotiva designed the XMC-2 first and foremost to deliver true audiophile sound quality, so it always sounds great. As an audio component, whether playing stereo music or multi-channel surround sound, the XMC-2 delivers performance and sound quality equal to those you would expect from the best high-end analogue preamp. As a home theatre processor, the XMC-2 supports both surround sound formats like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, and the latest cutting-edge immersive formats – Dolby Atmos and DTS:X and gives you the best possible sound quality with each.
The XMC-2 combines superb quality analogue circuitry, which enables all of your high-quality music to sound its best, with precision digital processing, and plenty of channels and decoding options to ensure you the ultimate listening experience with the latest blockbuster movies and concert videos. With the XMC-2, you really can have a superb stereo music system, and a truly awesome home theatre audio system, in a single convenient, practical, and easy-to-master audio component.
Advanced Menu System and Configuration Options
Modern home theatre systems can be very complex. To make the XMC-2 powerful and flexible, yet simple to configure and operate, Emotiva developed their own custom menu and control system. Frequently used options are easy to find and access, more in-depth options are arranged logically, and the current status is always clearly displayed on the dual informative front panel OLED displays and the highly configurable on-screen display. The XMC-2 can be controlled from the front panel buttons, from its iconic solid metal remote control, or using the handy remote-control app, which is available for Apple and Windows computers, and Android phones. The XMC-2 can also be integrated into most universal remote and whole-home control systems.
Because the XMC-2 is all about power and control, it gives you unprecedented flexibility to configure your system to sound just the way you want it to. Advanced bass management supports up to three subwoofers, and lets you set independent crossover points for each set of speakers. Two entirely separate sets of manual parametric equalizers let you create custom response curves and can import settings directly from the popular Room EQ Wizard (REW). Settings can be saved as files, and exported to a computer, and saved settings can be modified using a simple XML or text editor. Precision bass and treble controls, separate from the more advanced EQ settings, make simple response adjustments easy, and true Fletcher-Munson loudness compensation keeps your music sounding good, even at very low listening levels.
The Worlds Most Advanced Automatic Room Correction System
One of the main features of the XMC-2 is the advanced Dirac Live automatic room correction system, which operates across both the time and frequency domains, taking you dramatically closer to the action in today's blockbuster movies, and lifting the veil between you and your high-resolution music files. Dirac Live is widely considered to be the most advanced room correction system available today. The powerful Dirac Live engine is built into the XMC-2 itself, while the calibration software is installed and runs on your computer when it's time to calibrate your system. Each XMC-2 includes its own calibrated measurement microphone and Dirac Interface Kit.
Designed and Assembled in the USA with Globally Sourced Components
Assembling products here in the USA gives us exceptional control over every facet of the design and production process, which helps us build the highest quality products for customers while minimizing unnecessary complications and production delays. As with many of current products, the XMC-2 is assembled in Emotiva's production centre in Franklin, Tennessee - just south of Nashville…
The Path to the Future
Home theatre technology has made rapid strides since Emotiva first introduced the XMC-1 and continues to advance at a rapid pace. The main circuitry in the XMC-2 is fully modular, so it be upgraded to keep up with the latest and greatest options as they become available.
