My next surround processor is from miniDSP!

@bartsw 

But it seems like a one-trick pony for that price? 

Not honestly sure what a one trick pony means here.

@erik_squires just a processor. A pre-pro like the Tonewinner would have been more useful if it has dirac and you feed a streamer through it.

I saw some pictures of used units for sale and the two tone silver looks hideous. That's almost enough not to buy it, short of spray painting it.

Ahhh, so, yes, it does seem to have 1 pair each of RCA and XLR inputs.  

I note though that the sample rate seems limited to 48 kHz, like so many of their products.  

@erik_squires 

HDMI 2.1 EARC/ARC compliant
HDMI 2.1 Variable Refresh Rate (VRR)

The rear panel is still printed 4K. I’d value it $1200. Too bad that's the cost of the dirac licenses. If it's 480i with dirac, it's still not worth $1200 because nobody would buy it for 480i.