Parasound A23+ vs. Emotiva XPA-DR2

Emotiva is low mid-fi pretending to be high end. Those that own them and believe they are high end either have never really heard even a modest high end system, or need their ears cleaned.

I've never heard a Parasound amp I didn't like.

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The A23+ is a very good integrated amp, but the A21+ is even better.  All the soundstage, detail and clarity of the A23+ with better punch than the Emotiva.  IMO

I've owned Emotiva monoblocks and have an XPA-5 gen 2 in my bedroom system powering the center and surround speakers. I've owned the A23 (not +). I think there's some snobbery in this thread. The Emotiva are not as bad nor is the Parasound as great as some are claiming. The difference between them isn't huge, but I'd go for the Parasound, it will be more refined. It doesn't look like those speakers are hard to drive? Why do you think you need more power? 

@big_greg.......................It isn’t snobbery. I owned an  Emotiva DAC at one time and speak from experience. I had their dac and it was so bright (it shouldn’t have been as it had an Analog Device chip). It was nails on a chalkboard and I couldn’t listen to it for more than 10 minutes before leaving the room. I resorted to listening in our kitchen with the stereo in the living room. The bright blue display would burn the retinas out of your eyes. I looked inside and the power transformer was so tiny, no wonder it sounded so bad. You gets what you pay for.