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Welcome to the RMC-1
Video Switching For The Latest 4k UHD Video Standards
Home theater video is continually evolving to deliver a sharper picture, more colors, and more
advanced features - which can make it difficult to keep track of what you actually need to take
advantage of the latest video content and this year's 4k displays. The RMC-1 has eight HDMI video
inputs and two HDMI video outputs, all of which support HDMI 2.0b and HDCP 2.2. The RMC-1
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 color, and 4.4.4 chroma subsampling. It also supports static
and dynamic HDR, including Dolby Vision, for a brilliant picture, with pure, intense colors, and
remarkable contrast. The RMC-1 provides everything you need to get the most from the latest
streaming content and 4k UHD Blu-Ray discs.
Audiophile Sound Quality
Regardless of how you configure it, we designed the RMC-1 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 RMC-1 delivers performance and sound
quality equal to those you would expect from the best high-end analog preamp. As a home
theater processor, the RMC-1 supports both traditional 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 RMC-1 combines superb quality analog 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. Audiophile quality AKM4490 Verita DACs, operating in fully balanced Mono mode, are
used for all of the RMC-1's main outputs, and the highest quality analog circuitry and components
are used in the RMC-1's fully balanced analog signal paths. With the RMC-1, you really can have
a superb stereo music system, and a truly awesome home theater audio system, in a single
convenient, practical, and easy to master audio component.
Dolby Atmos™ And DTS:X™
Until recently, most popular surround sound formats offered either 5.1 or 7.1 channels, and
surround sound music and movie sound tracks were mixed to work well with the standard
speaker layouts. Some audiophiles and dedicated video fans chose to install more speakers,
including more surround channels, and even speakers above the screen, but all the existing
surround sound decoders could do was guess what to send to those speakers. The result was
sometimes interesting, but usually less than compelling.
The latest immersive surround sound formats, the most popular of which are Dolby Atmos and
DTS:X, have broken this barrier by encoding audio content based on object location rather than
static speaker channels. As a result, when decoded properly, this new immersive content can
take full advantage of larger numbers of speakers, which can include both surround speakers in a
wider variety of locations, and height speakers, specifically positioned to enable sounds to appear
above the listener, for a truly immersive three dimensional listening experience.
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