Emotiva Story.

Kex

GV#27 wrote: »

They should be back soon now that the Carver thread has been delegated to the HOS.

I didn't read that thread, although maybe I will if I get bored. I was busy learning all about SPEARKERS. Apparently, if you use these, unlike standard speakers, it doesn't matter what wire you use! Now wouldn't that be interesting?! There were no pics in the thread, and to be honest, I didn't read much of that thread either, so I have no idea how you can tell the difference between spearkers and regular speakers ... although the lamp cord coming out the back would probably be a clue.

broncsrule21@

GV#27 wrote: »

They should be back soon now that the Carver thread has been delegated to the HOS.

Whats does HOS and STFU stand for?:D

And that thread was just getting interesting.....

hearingimpared

HOS = Hall of Shame (area in the Polk archives)

Ron Temple

hearingimpared wrote: »

HOS = Hall of Shame (area in the Polk archives)

Is that where the Tasteful Babe thread is locked up? I better check that out :D.

zombie boy 2000

What's up guys? Anything going on here?

hearingimpared

Ron Temple wrote: »

Is that where the Tasteful Babe thread is locked up? I better check that out :D.

Indeed it is.

tonyb

Too bad Paddy's Day has passed,we could have talked patrick into releasing the TBT thread from the depths of hell.

cnh

I was starting to worry that that underwater volcano cable thread was going to overtake Ricardo's. Was also wondering if anyone plans to 'save' this thread from tomorrow's supposed VIRUS attack??

cnh

heiney9

Please discuss..............


03-14-09: Nypr2003
I have just purchased from Emotiva the RSP-2 Preamp,XPA-2 stereo amp and their ERT-8.3 Reference Tower Speakers and after 5 days of breakin in the whole system all I can say is "WOW", "Unbelievable","REMARKABLE".

I used to own a Parasound Halo system consisting of their famous stereophile class A rated JC1 Monoblocks,their A51 5 channel amplifier,A21 Stereo amp and their C1 processor and I used to think that after trying the FPB Krell's and other High end amps or Preamps I though that there was nothing else better than the Halos within that price range over $15K plus.

I sold my system last year because of lack of time due to my job. I felt that there was no reason to keep such a nice system in my house since I was not using it. So I sold it here on Audiogon and decided that later on I will get more or less the same system when I have more time to be able to enjoy it.

Well the time is here now and I started looking to put together a very nice system again and the first thing that came to mind was Parasound Halo Line again. That was until I came across the Emotiva Products website.

I spent quite amount of time reading about their products specially their preamps and amps. I did a side by side comparison of the Parasound Halos amps and the Emotiva amps. The Emotiva amps seem to be much better amps than the Halos exept for the fact that the Halos are THX certified and used a MOSFET driver stage and JFET input stage as opposed to Emotiva using a Triple Darlington with ON semiconductor output stages. Besides the Emotiva amps offer more power than the Halos.

I know what most of you all will say. That's just in the specs! It's the sound that matters! Yes, you are right and I will get to that in a minute.

Being quite familiar with the Halos since I owned them for almost 2 years and was very happy with their warmth and neutral sound I think that qialifies me to make a very good comparison.

Now going back to the Emotiva RSP-2 Preamp and their XPA-2 stereo amplifier. As I said before after giving them around 5 days of a good break-in period of about 16 hours a day I decided to sit down for a good listening session.

First let me say that the RSP-2 is one of the most analog sounding preamps I have ever come across. In the past have auditioned or owned many Preamps such as ,BAT tube Preamps,Classe,Proceed,Parasound Halo,Rotel,Adcom,McIntosh and Musical Fidelity and none of these Preamps have sounded as analog as the Emotiva RSP-2 Preamp. How these people at Emotiva do it its beyond me. Besides being a great sounding preamp it is a beautiful unit. It has so many features that it is hard to believe that for the price of $699 you can get features that you can only get at Preamps costing over 3 to 6 times more. The performance of the Emotiva RSP-2 Preamp is so good that you can only get this kind of performance in preamps costing way over $3K+ or more. I highly recommend this Preamp. It's really that good. in fact I had my eyes set on a Parasound JC2 Preamp and I am so glad that I didn't buy. Now I am extremely happy with my Emotiva RSP-2.

Now the XPA-2 Stereo Amplifier. What a beautiful looking unit! The Sound? Oustanding! Warmth,Neutral,Extremely Analog Sounding.Not a hint of brightness. Powerfull! Powerfull Powerfull! It has the same sound as the Halos JC1's but with more extension and more dynamics of the FPB of the Krells and still analog sounding. Between the Emotiva RSP-2 Preamp and the XPA-2 Amp it is a marriage made in heaven. It's the perfect combination.

And the ERT-8.3. Reference Speakers. Do not let the price fool you. These speakers delivered one of the most natural and clear sounds that I have only be able to hear in speakers costing over $5K+. I have owned them so I know that it will be impossible to hear a pair of $1600 speakers sound this good. But how wrong I have been. These are truly Reference Speakers.The bass extension is remarkable.I don't even need a subwoofer.Emotiva rates these speakers at Frequency response: 45hz-20Khz +/-2db byt trust me these speakers go way lower than 45hz.

Emotiva is coming out with a new Reference CD player, the ERC-1 and I have put myself on their waiting list. I know that it will be an outstanding Cd player.

Emotiva has put together a "True Reference" Line of products that proves that you can still obtain "High End Performance" without paying "High End Prices". I used to be one of the many believers that had the mentality that you needed to pay top money to get a top high end performance equipment. Guess what? Not Any more.

Emotiva has proved me wrong and.. I Stand Corrected"

Best regards to all,


I found this on-line. Sort of a lofty review............wouldn't you say

mmadden28

heiney9 wrote: »

Please discuss..............


I found this on-line. Sort of a lofty review............wouldn't you say

I agree-way over the top.

shack

Another EMU fanboy with a totally unbiased reveiw.

Those EMU boys are totally kicking John Curl's ****....:rolleyes:

shack

BTW...EMU CS will still not take my calls.

comfortablycurt

Wow...that was a way over the top review. I'm having trouble even believing that this is real...sounds like an Emo executives cousin got some free products in exchange for a ridiculously glowing review to me...lol

Shack-sorry to hear about your bad luck. Perhaps if you persist with your choice to not purchase any Emotiva products they'll start taking you more seriously.;)

moe

There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.Sure pie is ok,I've had some damn good pie,but cake(are the ones at Dairy Queen really cake?) Who knows? but it's pretty frikin' good.

shack

comfortablycurt wrote:

Shack-sorry to hear about your bad luck. Perhaps if you persist with your choice to not purchase any Emotiva products they'll start taking you more seriously.;)

I was only trying to be nice and let them know I would not be ordering any EMO gear....just in case they were holding something for me.

F1nut

Please discuss..............


03-14-09: Nypr2003
I have just purchased from Emotiva the RSP-2 Preamp,XPA-2 stereo amp and their ERT-8.3 Reference Tower Speakers and after 5 days of breakin in the whole system all I can say is "WOW", "Unbelievable","REMARKABLE".

You can read more comments/reviews here, http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr_memb.pl?&&memb&zzNypr2003

I've actually communicated with Carlos in the past, he has owned what he says he has. I'd have to say he's a tad excitable and seems to run thru a lot of gear. Perhaps he couldn't resist the Kool-Aid.

heiney9

F1nut wrote: »

You can read more comments/reviews here, http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr_memb.pl?&&memb&zzNypr2003

I've actually communicated with Carlos in the past, he has owned what he says he has. I'd have to say he's a tad excitable and seems to run thru a lot of gear. Perhaps he couldn't resist the Kool-Aid.

5 days seems like a very short time period to be making such lofty claims. I was surprised to see such an "over the top" review so I thought I'd post it. Yes, it is from Audiogon. Many times initial impressions are way off base; both positively and negatively. I had things that sounded way off initially but after spending a couple months with it, I did a complete 180; same for an initial positive impression.

One other nitpik is he says he compares them side by side with the JC1's except then he states he sold those amps over a year ago .

Anyway thought I'd bump this thread for Ricardo as we don't want the spearker cable thread to over take the EMU thread.

H9

Marty913

F1nut wrote: »

I'd have to say he's a tad excitable and seems to run thru a lot of gear. Perhaps he couldn't resist the Kool-Aid.

For some people in this hobby, it's the sound of the music that brings tears of joy to their eyes. For others it's the sound of the UPS truck pulling up out front. Nothing really wrong with that but I rather read reviews from the former and not the later.

F1nut

5 days seems like a very short time period to be making such lofty claims.

I couldn't agree more, hence my comments.

dkg999

Folks, when it's "world class" gear maybe you don't need no stink'in 5 days to know it's the best? I'm just say'in!

Systems

Reading between the lines I get the idea he kind'a likes it.Hopefully it will stay working for him.

comfortablycurt

shack wrote: »

I was only trying to be nice and let them know I would not be ordering any EMO gear....just in case they were holding something for me.

If you'd like, I could give them a call later on. Just to let them know that you won't be purchasing any of their products. I've gotta give them a call anyway, just to let them know that I've decided to purchase products from another company and won't be purchasing anything from them.

shack

comfortablycurt wrote:

If you'd like, I could give them a call later on. Just to let them know that you won't be purchasing any of their products. I've gotta give them a call anyway, just to let them know that I've decided to purchase products from another company and won't be purchasing anything from them.

That's fine...but they probably won't believe it unless they hear it directly from me...but it's worth a shot.

Kex

heiney9 wrote: »

Please discuss.................

I found this on-line. Sort of a lofty review............wouldn't you say

Reads pretty much like an official Audioholics review of every and any piece of gear they ever tested from Emotiva. Maybe he likes to post glowing reviews for his stuff before he puts it up for sale, since he apparently changes his equipment very frequently.

I have liked most of the cars I have ever owned, for different reasons, and much of the audio gear I currently own, for my own reasons, but I can also tell you exactly what I find to be the shortcomings of all of these cars and all of my audio/video gear. I can tell you where I agree and disagree with both praise and criticism in "official" reviews for either category, and to what extent I agree or disagree. I rarely find anything to be that perfect, so a review like that one is completely useless to any decision making process related to a possible purchase IMO.

Lowell_M

dkg999 wrote: »

Folks, when it's "world class" gear maybe you don't need no stink'in 5 days to know it's the best? I'm just say'in!

lucky for him, its World Reference Class...

comfortablycurt

shack wrote: »

That's fine...but they probably won't believe it unless they hear it directly from me...but it's worth a shot.

Well, I tried calling them. As soon as I started explaining to them that neither you or myself would be purchasing any products from them at any point, for any reason, they hung up on me.

Absolutely terrible customer service. My choice to not purchase any Emotiva gear continues.

MikeC78

They seriously did that?? Wow.

That's true world class customer service right there...

cnh

I would like to thank Ricardo and everyone else above for helping me decide which 2 channel power amp to purchase. I bypassed the Emu farm for an Adcom GFA-555 (N.Pass design). Add me to the no call list.

cnh

Dawgfish

It's ashamed you did do so CNH. I own two GFA-555s and a GFA-545. I like the way my XPA sounds better than all of them, but that's for me. Sometimes it's best to listen for yourself and see what you like best instead of what others have to say. I wouldn't call myself an Emotiva fanboy or a basher of other equipment. I own other amps and have had them for some time. I have had my Emotiva for three months now and I still like the way it sounds, even compared to other amps out there with more prestiege that I own. I find it ironic that some of the same folks who are ripping this guy for writing a glowing report of a product they don't care for after he listened to it for 5 days, are basing their claims after listining to an Emotiva amp for a weekend. I agree, you can't right an honest and thorough review of a product after only listening for 5 days. But quite honestly some of you formed your opinion about the Emotiva amp after listening to it for a weekend. So how is that any different? It seems to me that's like the pot calling the kettle black. I'm sorry and and I'm putting my flame retarding suit on now, but there has been a lot of double standards going on throughout these posts.

Jetmaker737

cnh wrote: »

I would like to thank Ricardo and everyone else above for helping me decide which 2 channel power amp to purchase. I bypassed the Emu farm for an Adcom GFA-555 (N.Pass design). Add me to the no call list.

cnh

This is not a thread to be basing your purchasing decisions on.