I am still not sure other than the bass managment what the LMC-1 is missing that I would like to see it have. I find the inputs to be more then I would ever use and the hdmi and dvi thing is a non factor for me because my tv has two hdmi three component and two RGB hookups. I have to run everything to my tv because the wife hates to have to turn on the receiver to watch tv. Other than the bass managment the features seem to me to match up to alot of the Adcom,Rotel and the likes preamps that still sell for over a $1000.