Emotiva XMC-1 owners....

From the website....

As a PWM, the signal is reclocked, amplified in the digital domain, reclocked again, and then demodulated to drive a speaker directly.

From international rectifier...

A Class D audio amplifier is basically a switch-
ing amplifier or PWM amplifier.

And then from wikipedia...

Home Theatre systems. In particular the economical "home theatre in a box" systems are almost universally equipped with class-D amplifiers. On account of modest performance requirements and straightforward design, direct conversion from digital audio to PWM without feedback is most common.

I'm sure you will enjoy your Kratos, but it is not new technology. It is quite commonly used. I was just curious what class-D (switching amp) chip they were using because there are only a couple in that power range.

I think what makes them unique is the caps and custom power supply. Which makes a huge difference in any component if the parts are quality and how they are wired/configured. Then as a whole could create amazing quality, lowest distortion, higher resolution and dynamics.

I concur.... It seems that the linear PS that they are using is quite HQ from what I have read.

Yes, I'm hoping to get my 2 channel Kratos amp very soon. My setup now is not good at all.

"recommending from Pioneer or Onkyo shows me where you are at audio wise and you therefore loose any credibility"

The subjectivity of most all aspects of audio puts credibility in the lap of the owner and nobody else.

With most manufactures their methods and materials are an open book. but there is one that feels the less you know the cheaper they can offer their products. With most customers the thought of questionable manufacturing and materials raise a red flag while other simply can't resist the unexplained savings.

How's this for credibility?

http://emotivalounge.proboards.com/thread/33613/emotiva-manufacturing-practices