What to replace my XMC-1

[Miker 1102]

I think the 3800 is the way to go. It has the feature set and is very versatile. I may try the full dirac suite this weekend. I have been hesitant as I am moving in a year. It's been sitting here on my floor for months. I simply love the way my 4500 sounds for music with the xt 32 dialed in. Rush Hemispheres never sounded so good. I did use the 3800 for a weekend and couldn't get the music right even with the exact same settings. I am gonna give it a go with the Dirac and maybe that will do the trick. I hope your situation works out. I do have a Yamaha that does like 7.1.2 that I don't use. I could loan that to you to mess with it. It does atmos and all the other stuff. YAPO is funky. Let me know.