Emotiva XSP-1 vs XSP-1 Gen 2

Lev,

I mistakenly hit the submit button.

Product margins may seem excessive, but if you find a full service retailer who will support you in making long term investments - well I feel they've earned their profit.

Operating a retail store involves selecting optimum equipment, setting up and rotating displays, keeping inventory, operating a store whose logistics include staff & scheduling, employee benefits and taxes, business insurance, utilities, building maintenance - to name the first few that come to mind.

That doesn't mean the conventional retailer doesn't discount, it means they can offer a reasonable discount and still stay in business. But a conventional retailer will never be able to match internet retailers' discounts because they have significantly greater fixed expenses.

The high end conventional retailer educates clients where the internet retailer relies on volume.

For my family and I, it's essential to get things right instead of making repeated attempts to create a system for enjoying music.

Life it too short to not listen to music that stirs our senses and moves our souls .

I am skeptical that the ERC-3 is anything near as wild a performer as described. One, it has a noisy transport for loading, ejecting, etc. 2, it has a budget chip for DAC duties. I had the ERC-1, and it was a disappointment. Too bright sounding, which is a weakness of all three Emotiva components I purchased.

The XPA amp would produce distortion at higher volumes when the vocalist sang an "sss". Repeatable every time, and when I replaced the amp with a Parasound Halo A21, WOW, what a difference. They offer a 30 day free trial, but you gotta pay over a $100 on average to ship a heavy amp back.

At the end of the day, there's no free lunch.

Runnin,

What XPA amplifier did you have?

Anyone have the XPR-1 mono-blocks that could share their system and experiences?

I'd like to get some feedback on these XPR-1 mono's.

Sorry Lev if I inadvertently misguided this thread.

T.J.

"Sorry Lev if I inadvertently misguided this thread."

Actually, now its fun. You will need some electrical work as the XPR-1 requires a 20 AMP circuit, and preferably a dedicated circuit for each monoblock.

XPR-1's are truly a reference level product. Send them back for a refund if you don't like them-which is extremely, highly unlikely.

I have (2) XPR-2 amps in a second system that serves me as my party rocking machine system and I have nothing bad to say.I prefer the Emotiva over the Bryston I had previously on that system.Now I know "runnin" will come in shortly to say something against the Emotiva again.

I also like to thank "Levchappy" for his informative post on the XPR-1 monoblocks, in fact now I am convinced that my next move will be buying them as I long wanted to try them in my main system.
Best
George