Emotiva Audio Corporation introduced this month an affordable new preamp/surround processor, the UMC-200.

The UMC-200 includes Emotiva’s new EmoQ Gen 2 enhanced multi-channel automatic room correction, which the company says automatically adjusts your home theater system to match room acoustics for easy setup. All you have to do is plug in the included calibration microphone and let EmoQ set up the system. All adjustments can also be set manually too, including a flexible quadruple bass management system, eleven user programmable fully parametric equalizers per channel and configurable speaker crossover points and slopes. There are outputs for both balanced and unbalanced subwoofers, and the ability to bi-amp the main front channels.

The UMC-200 offers four HDMI inputs, which Emotiva says are equipped with quick switching technology. It has a Video-On-Standby feature that can send audio and video to a TV even when UMC-200 is switched into standby mode. Last Video Memory lets users continue to view the last selected video input while listening to an audio-only source.

The UMC-200’s 7.1 multichannel surround sound decoder capabilities include DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS Neo:6, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, and Pro Logic IIz. Audio connections include four pairs of stereo analog inputs and a separate 7.1 channel set of pure analog direct inputs for connecting an SACD player or external surround source, plus a full assortment of digital audio inputs (including two Toslink, two Coax S/PDIF inputs and 24-bit/192-kHz decoding). An optional Bluetooth module, which includes support for the latest apt-X high-quality audio CODECs, facilitates wireless connectivity too. Audio outputs on the UMC-200 include a full set of 7.1 main outputs, a balanced subwoofer output, a separate stereo down-mix output and two fully assignable stereo zone outputs.

The UMC-200 is available now for $699 list. For more information, go tohttp://shop.emotiva.com/products/umc200