Michi is Rotel's HiEnd no compromise kit so price is not a suprise. This stuff is up there competing with Luxman and Krell, from the previouse generation of kit Ive listened too, they do a pretty good job of it.
I’d love to demo one of these with some B&W 805D3s, should be a match made in heaven. Price is a bit out of my league really but I can dream! Maybe they will introduce an X1 with “only” 100wpc, drop the inbuilt DAC and hit an affordable price?
Why no eARC Input? The licensing cost would have been relatively low for a brand such as Rotel vs. the customer base who want high quality music alongside a high quality stereo TV system.