M900U vs the world

It’s all about system synergy.

Garbage in - Garbage out, and of course what are you looking for in an amp based on your speakers...

It’s a good amp, looks great. But at that price point... lots of good amps.

If resale is important to you, avoid all class D at that price point (or any price point). I don’t hate class D, but I wouldn’t pay a lot for the same modules with slight op-amp changes, etc, nicer cases etc.

You want resale down the road, Luxman does well and it’s neutral. Pass moves quickly and holds value. Levinson is a bit more detailed than both IMO. Coda builds a good amp, but may not hold it’s value. McIntosh does what it does, but it sure does hold value.

Bargain (used) but won’t hold it’s value - The SST build Ampzilla’s.

Bargain if you want a ton of power and great sounding amp(s) for the money, find some late model Parasound JC1 Monoblocks. Get the added flexibility they offer.  Probably the best bang for buck out there still.

WCSS and his thread is fun, but nothing more. He loves darn near everything he tries at first (which at those price points I would hope!). But he hasn’t had a consistent room, speaker, or anything the entire time - hard to really get a feel for any of it other than he is having a good time. I sure wouldn’t base any amp purchase based on that thread.

You keep asking about Pass in your threads, seems you want Pass Labs. Great stuff, good market for them. VERY hard to get a bad match with Pass. You might not find the absolutely perfect match for what you like... but with Pass and darn near anything I suspect you will like what you hear.

Or, get the Luxman. Having heard both on the same speakers. They are more alike than different IMO.

trudat thanks for your great post. I guess sometimes I just read certain reviews and there is hyperbole and extremes of language and they paint things with huge bold stark contrast when in reality either option is likely to lead to fantastic results.

I'm not saying the Emotiva BasX A-300 sounds as good as the M900U, but if you look at the specs, except for the instantaneous max output of the M900U, they really don't look much different. The Emotiva BasX A-300 costs $399 while the M900U costs $20,000 new. There's no way the M900U sounds 50 times better than the Emotiva BasX A-300. I use my Emotiva BasX A-300 to drive my Magnepan 20.1s because it provides 300 watts at 4 ohms. Sure, anyone with the M900U can brag about how much they spent on the amp, but I like to brag about how little I spent for something that sounds pretty darn good. Let the ridicule begin.

M900U retails for $14,995. Always important to get your facts straight. With a normal 20% Dealer discount that brings it to 12K...almost Half what you wrongly quote above.

I got sucked into Emotiva 10 years ago.  It is mid-fi pretending to be high end.  Specs can be manipulated to look good on paper. A Porsche and Yugo are both cars and both will take you to the grocery store, but they aren’t the same or even close. Comparing a $300.00 amp to a $12,000.00 amp is a joke. Emotiva is very cheap audio built to a cheap price point.  There will be no high end parts inside and a tru listener should be able to hear the differences, unless you are deaf.