Emotiva Processor Comparison Chart
| Audio Capabilities | |
| Output Channels Supported | 16 discrete channels (up to 9.1.6) |
| Fully Balanced Analog Outputs On All Channels | ✔ |
| Reference Stereo Mode (pure analog signal path option) | ✔ |
| Subwoofers Supported | 16 discrete channels (up to 9.1.6) |
| Height Channels Supported | 6 |
| Stereo Balanced Analog Inputs | 1 Pair |
| Stereo Unbalanced Analog Inputs | 3 Pairs |
| USB Digital Audio Inputs (DAC Input) | 1 |
| Optical S/PDIF Digital Audio Inputs (Toslink) | 3 |
| Coaxial S/PDIF Digital Audio Inputs (Coax) | 3 |
| AES/EBU Digital Audio Inputs | 1 |
| AM/FM Tuner | ✔ |
| MM/MC Phono Input | External Phono Preamp Required |
| Surround Sound Formats Supported: | |
| Dolby Atmos | ✔ |
| DTS:X | ✔ |
| DTS:X Pro |
✔ (available Q1-2020) |
| Dolby TrueHD | ✔ |
| DTS Master Audio | ✔ |
| Dolby Digital | ✔ |
| DTS Digital | ✔ |
| AUDIO Features | |
| Dirac Live Automatic Room Correction |
✔ (available Q1-2020) |
| Precision Calibrated Microphone And Digitizer | Included |
| Independent Manual Parametric EQ Controls |
✔ (11 bands for each channel on each preset) |
| Native Multichannel DSD Support (via HDMI) | ✔ |
| DSD Via USB (DoP) Support | ✔ |
| High Voltage Analog Ladder Network Volume Control | Cirrus Logic CS3318 (x3) |
| Zone 2 Stereo Audio Output | ✔ |
| Tiffany Style Connectors On Unbalanced Inputs | X |
| Precision Audiophile Quality DACs (on all outputs) | AKM AK4490 (x10) |
| AKM4490 DACs Used In Differential Mono Mode (best mode) | FRONT 3 CHANNELS (left, right, center) |
| Hardware Based Interstage ASRCs For Jitter Reduction | ✔ |
| Global Bass And Treble Controls | ✔ |
| True Fletcher Munson Loudness Compensation (switchable) | ✔ |
| VIDEO Capabilities | |
| HDMI Video Level Supported | HDMI 2.0b (4k UHD, HDR, Dolby Vision; all HDMI inputs and outputs) |
| HDMI Video Bandwidth | 18 gbps |
| HDMI 2.0b Inputs | 8 |
| HDMI 2.0b Outputs | 2 |
| VIDEO Features | |
| Bit-Perfect Video Switching |
✔ (3 x Panasonic MN864788 4k UHD video switches) |
| On-Screen Display Over Live Video | ✔ |
| Video On Standby Feature | ✔ |
| Independent Audio Selection With Video | ✔ |
| SYSTEM Features | |
| Exclusive RMC/XMC Menu And Control System (operating system) |
✔ (LINUX based) |
| LiveAV Menu System (configuration changes update in real time) | ✔ |
| Universal Voltage SMPS (switch mode power supply) | ✔ |
| Graphical OLED Front Panel Display | Single |
| Front Panel Controls | Tactile Feedback Pushbuttons, Volume Knob |
| Rear Panel Expansion Bays (for future add-on modules) | X |
| Trigger Outputs | 4 (fully programmable) |
| Infrared Remote Control | All Metal Full Function IR Remote Control |
| Direct Input Selection And Level Trims (from remote control) | ✔ |
| Network-Based Remote Control | Application Control via Ethernet |
| User-Upgradable Firmware | ✔ (downloadable; via USB stick) |
| Back-Up And Restore User Configuration |
✔ (via USB stick) |
| Full Support For ARC (Audio Return Channel) and CEC | ✔ |
| EXPANSION Modules | |
| Balanced Output Channel Expansion Module | N/A |
| Subwoofer Output Expansion Module | N/A |
| Phono Preamp Input Module | N/A |
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