Anybody tried Emotiva ?

[topspeed]

Mike,

BIG difference in sound between the HCA's and Halo's. Audition before you buy, especially if those ribbon tweets are revealing. I like the Halo's a lot, but found the HCA's to be gritty and harsh, especially in the upper registers. YMMV.

[PeruvianSkies]

Mike,

BIG difference in sound between the HCA's and Halo's. Audition before you buy, especially if those ribbon tweets are revealing. I like the Halo's a lot, but found the HCA's to be gritty and harsh, especially in the upper registers. YMMV.

Yeah, but that is also a difference between some of the models from Parasound that have hte John Curl designs...I would stick with those, which this one is his design.

[GMichael]

The amp will have to wait. No matter how much I want it.

[basite]

...digital amp?

seeing the power consumption: I'd say no...

[GMichael]

Mike,

BIG difference in sound between the HCA's and Halo's. Audition before you buy, especially if those ribbon tweets are revealing. I like the Halo's a lot, but found the HCA's to be gritty and harsh, especially in the upper registers. YMMV.

I have noticed that the damping factor on most of the HCA's is 150+ while the Halo's are in the 1000+ range. But this HCA also has the 1000+ spec.
But, as much as I want it, it's not to be.

[Fred333]

Yea the poser consumption is a big factor for me.

[linbhunt]

I have only heard good things about their amps. Their last processor seems to have had some bugs in it, but the amps get great reviews.

[jmilton7043]

Awesome products with great sound and build quality. Customer service is first class. They are running a Holiday sale now and for the money, why not give in to separates and build a hi-end HT. I am very happy with this set (LMC-1 pre amp). Read the reviews from their website. the reviews sold me...and I am glad i gave in!

[drecar]

I have had this combo for about a month now. This combo is a serious upgrade over my previous equipment. Just strong high current performance. Before upgrading my Mission Cyrus 753s, they had never sounded so good driven by the Emotiva gear. Such clearity, dynamics and expanded sound stage. I didnt realize how good surround processing good be. The MMC1 has superior steering for the previous Onkyo TXDS575x. Build quality is also excellent. The only thing that I noticed was the front panel between the two pieces do not perfectly match, sonically they do.

When I upgraded my speakers the system amde evident that my cd changer sucked sonically. Oh, when will Pandora's box be closed?