After the fiasco with the last couple of higher end processors flaming out only to be replaced by the rather mundane 975, it had better be something rather extraordinary. I noticed that Emotiva finally got their flagship processor out the door (a year or three after they planned). That seems like a pretty tough business to be in unless you're one of the larger players with a significant dev/engineering budget. I ultimately threw in the towel with the smaller niche players and got an Onkyo unit with Audyssey XT32 and called it a day. Life's too short.