emotiva mono block amps any good?

M-db: Thank you for directing me to the other thread. I am not an engineer and cannot comment on the internal build quality and associated materials. I did find the external build quality to be okay (not great). I don't share your view that this is because of the place of manufacturing, and I also gave up on ideology of place of manufacturing decades ago. For example my cheap Yamaha A/V receiver (purchased at Fryes) for my television was assembled in China and is superior in overall external build quality. Rather I look directly to Emotiva and their internal quality control procedures and product procurement/sourcing program for consciously producing this level of product quality. My overall assessment is that Emotiva is building an inexpensive component which produces sound quality just above the offerings at the big box retailers. For my $500 I got a 250W single channel amplifier. Others, including you, may disagree but I think it is great for listening to compressed digital music. It is not mid-fi (e.g., Krell) but it does fulfill a purpose.

Mitch4t
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Mitch, what people do or do not own is not really a trustworthy indication on what a person should go with, as hundreds of different brands are owned, and system synergy plays a key role. The main reason people tend to mention when buying Emotiva is price, and there is nothing wrong with that, but it won't help someone trying to get the last 5% out of their system.

Also, it doesn't really help further the conversation when you use phrases like "fear and paranoia", which amounts to a school yard taunt.

"The main reason people tend to mention when buying Emotiva is price, and there is nothing wrong with that, but it won't help someone trying to get the last 5% out of their system."

How do you come up with 5%? How do you know that there's not 10% or 20% left in a system to be gotten?

Krell is mid-fi now?

My point is, people looking to get that last 5% percent out of their system will not be helped by buying Emotiva. Personally I'd suggest even 10% percent, but I used 5 to be conservative. Certainly there are systems that need more help than that, though.