I am going to wait until both the 978 & XCM-1 are reviewed to make a decision. However, another consideration is the price difference. I bought and immediately sold a refurbished Emotiva UMC-1 for $100 less than I paid for it to get a $50 Emotiva credit and a 40% off Emotiva processor upgrade card. That means it would only cost me $950 to buy the XMC-1 ( $1499 X 60% = $900 + $100 loss on UMC-1 - $50 credit).