Emotiva ERT 8.3 towers

bopicasso
bopicasso Posts: 878
edited July 2009 in Speakers
http://emotiva.com/ert83.shtm

These just came out.. Look pretty nice!
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited February 2009
    Thanks. They looks pretty nice.

    Damm....EMO has done it again.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2009
    I don't know what about that speaker screams "pretty nice"......

    It's a basic black box with no design element to it. I realize speakers are boxes overall, but it looks like design was clearly left off the table and they said make it functional.....nothing wrong with that, but call it what it is.....
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2009
    • Precision metal film capacitors

    • Low DCR air core inductors
    Unless those are pre-production pictures, there are two no name metal film capacitors, the rest of electrolytic, and I don't see any air core inductors.

    ert_crossover.jpg
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2009
    Is Emo ever going to stop?...lol...

    Those speakers aren't really to impressive looking. Can't attest to how they sound obviously, as I've never heard them. The design is pretty bland though. It's basically a black box with speakers in it...

    I don't think I'll be looking to Emotiva for speakers in either case anyway...

    It's good to see a new company actually making it though, especially with the economy the way it is.

    Does Emotiva produce their stuff in America, or is production outsourced overseas? Anyone know?
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2009
    2 8" woofers and only 45Hz on the low side..hmmm. Looks like it's built like a brick shithouse though.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2009
    steveinaz wrote: »
    2 8" woofers and only 45Hz on the low side..hmmm
    It's sealed, no surprise.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited February 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Does Emotiva produce their stuff in America, or is production outsourced overseas? Anyone know?

    Sadly, not here.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited February 2009
    is it kicking any polk speakers ****?? :p
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2009
    Everyone is coming out with speakers these days. Didn't Monster have a line come out last year?
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited February 2009
    They look like the speaker kits you get from Parts Express and the cheapie x-overs too. Of course this is just based on the photo's. Even if they sound 1/2 way decent $799 isn't a bad price point.

    They aren't much to look at.

    H9

    P.s. Anybody search "Yamtex or Yomtex" capacitors to see what they are or where they are made----China no doubt?
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2009
    LessisNevermore wrote: »
    Sadly, not here.

    That's what I assumed...at least they're an American based company though I guess.
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    is it kicking any polk speakers ****?? :p

    I really doubt it...lol...At least not the higher end Polk's, maybe the lower end ones. Time will tell though. At this point, barely anyone's even heard them.
    AndyGwis wrote: »
    Everyone is coming out with speakers these days. Didn't Monster have a line come out last year?

    Yep...Monster came out with a line of speakers too. They're "THX Approved" whatever the hell that's supposed to mean...lol...They're also insanely expensive IIRC.

    edit-Here's a link to the Monster speakers.

    http://www.monstercable.com/speakers/home_theater_speakers.asp

    They aren't quite as expensive as I remembered them being...but they're still not cheap. I wonder if they sound any good though...
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited February 2009
    Gotta agree with Face and what others have said here. The aesthetic is bland and the marginal quality of the crossover is consistent with the price. This is quite unlike Emo's other offerings. I'm hoping that since they had an audio guru (Vance Dickason) at the table to help with the design, they'll sound better than they look.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited February 2009
    My guess is they made some speakers available for those that want to do the whole HT and have it be a one stop shop and sound better than the typical HTiB. I doubt their speaker line is a serious contender to 2ch music duty; while perhaps some of their amps and processors are.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited February 2009
    The Monsters actually did sound quite nice when I heard them last year. Frys had the on closeout for around 300 IIRC, but only cherry and no black so I passed.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2009
    heiney9 wrote: »
    My guess is they made some speakers available for those that want to do the whole HT and have it be a one stop shop and sound better than the typical HTiB. I doubt their speaker line is a serious contender to 2ch music duty; while perhaps some of their amps and processors are.

    That would be my guess. It's just the convenience factor. I'm sure it will blow away most of the HTIB setups.

    Like you said though...I doubt they'll be anything special for 2-channel duty.

    I don't think I'll be buying any myself.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2009
    It reminds me of Energy speakers, which are on firesale at CC. Seems to be apple to apple comparison.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,484
    edited February 2009
    maybe we should build our own speakers.... seems like the talent is all in place...




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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited February 2009
    Hmm, all the comments in this thread, some based on looks alone--has anybody actually heard them?
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited February 2009
    mmadden28 wrote: »
    Hmm, all the comments in this thread, some based on looks alone--has anybody actually heard them?

    May be no one from CP has heard it yet. It seems it's just available to market today from the EMO linky.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    maybe we should build our own speakers.... seems like the talent is all in place...




    j/k
    Some here do. http://face.cleanandquiet.com/store/crossover%20test.jpg
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2009
    bopicasso wrote: »
    http://emotiva.com/ert83.shtm

    These just came out.. Look pretty nice!


    Great. More 4 ohm speakers. Now we are going to be subjected to the collective wisdom of the "You can't use an AVR with 4 ohm speakers." posters when someone asks "Will my <fill in the blank> AVR handle these Emotiva speakers."
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,841
    edited February 2009
    steveinaz wrote: »
    2 8" woofers and only 45Hz on the low side..hmmm.

    Eh, my little sealed bookshelf office speakers with a single 6.5" mid/woofer hit 38Hz.

    Hmmmm.....indeed.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited February 2009
    NM.....thinking of another company
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  • Lowell_M
    Lowell_M Posts: 1,660
    edited February 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    Eh, my little sealed bookshelf office speakers with a single 6.5" mid/woofer hit 38Hz.

    Hmmmm.....indeed.

    What? No tickly my EMO tagline? Please stay more consistent Jesse.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited February 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    ...
    Does Emotiva produce their stuff in America, or is production outsourced overseas? Anyone know?

    Manufacturing is in China, however they own the factory.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited February 2009
    Face wrote: »
    and I don't see any air core inductors.
    They used plastic bobbins but it is hard to tell if there is any ferrite rods in the center of any of them:confused:
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited February 2009
    mmadden28 wrote: »
    Hmm, all the comments in this thread, some based on looks alone--has anybody actually heard them?

    Just like any other product, with speakers you can usually gauge the performance quality by the quality of the parts. The crossover obviously plays a major role in the sound of the speaker. The Emo crossover looks like $5 worth of parts. I'm not criticizing Emo because as I said before, the parts quality is consistent with the price. After all, these speakers appear to be primarily marketed as HT speakers, so I expect them to perform well in that capacity.
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited February 2009
    Time will tell if they are worth buying.
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  • speakergeek
    speakergeek Posts: 555
    edited June 2009
    Bought the ERM-6.2 monitor to use as a center channel speaker. Sweet sounding speaker. Very surprised really. BTW, have any of you actually opened up your polk speakers and had a look at the crossover? I'll say the ERM-6.2 seems MUCH better designed than the CSi30 it replaced. Hardly a crappy design (the ERM-6.2).:o BTW the inductors are air core....
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,366
    edited June 2009
    Really I don't see me spending money on them, not that i would not want to hear them, They just won't see my wallet.
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