Does anyone have any experience with Emotiva ?

Thanks everyone for you response. I may end up buying one and giving it a test drive. I always have 30 days to return it if it doesn't meet expectations.

A friend of mine dropped off the Emotiva ERC-1 while he was away over Thanksgiving. Sonically it is really a nice sounding unit and for the money I don't think you can beat it. The slot-load mechanism worked fine but I guess I'm old fashion and still like the drawer load better. Noticed in a new catalog that I just received that Krell has just introduced a CD player with the same kind of slot-load mechanism called the S-350a. Krell claims that after extensive testing they found that the slot-loading mechanism eliminated all the errors caused by the CD drawer's vibration. It will be interesting to see how this method of loading the CD will go over.

Here's a review thread: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91863

I have owned the ERC-1 for almost 6 months now (June 04-2009). It is a very good CD player. It plays the encoded signal on HD Disc (High Definition). As well as playing CD-R, CD-RW, as well as playing CDs that other player just won't play because of being scratched or rough up. Very good dynamics and bass response. The remote is well laid out, and can be used as a weapon. Used the RCA jacks first 5 month, but now use the XLR connections. The XLR jacks removes allot of the forwardness of the RCA jacks, with better staging, imaging, and depth. Still keeping the very good dynamics and bass. In my system I like it better than the Music Hall 25 with level 1 mods, and the stock OPPO 980 on regular CD'S and HD-CDs. It is very striking in appearance, easy on the eyes, well built, and sounds good. Is it worth the asking price, YES.