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Q: How do you find the Emotiva products in general? I almost had Mrs. convinced before because of the blue LED lights on their products. LOL. There's a few of their products (processor, amps, cd player) I'd like to get someday. Also, have you had a chance to hear their speakers? Price seems quite affordable... I'm looking at building the mini-man cave now and their in-wall's would work very well...
I have Jamo's but I'm not sure how their product range is at the price point you were probably looking at. I have one of their S420 5.0 setups that I got for $240 ... I find it hard to imagine a company that puts out a 5.0 system at that price range would also make something suitable to be powered with what you have.
I think Emotiva makes good stuff especially for the price. My only experience with them so far is the fact that their product is now sitting in my living room upstairs waiting for everything to be done downstairs. I've listened to the amp temporarily and it does a job an Amp should do. The subwoofer is still questionable and i can always use it to power the rear and have a new unit in the fronts. I'm still opened to any changes as my build isn't finished. I agree with Gunner that SVS makes great products, but if I can get similar performance out of Emotiva at a fraction of the cost, i definately will not hesitate to swing that route.
It would be very difficult for me to part ways with serious cash on products that i can't audition, especially ones that effect the overall sound (amp's should not, unless they are real crap).
I've always liked Marantz receivers and really enjoy their ability to playback music, hence the reason i went with the Marantz. Even over the new Integra that has tons of features and especially the EXT32.
Now, Jamo makes good stuff. Just beacuse they have 5.0 setup that costs low, doesn't mean they don't have setups that cost in the thousands. Even B&W and KEF's have HTIB's in a box. There is a huge market that these companies would be missing if they didn't have an offerig in that price range.