emotiva mono block amps any good?

Tony, that's good research. Reviews of the XPA have been very mixed, but the XPR looks like a step forward. Funny...I was wondering about the Class A wattage myself.

Yeah, I ran across a post in a thread that said that the XPR actually does less than 1 watt in class A before it switches to class H, whatever that is.

At this point, however, I'm not willing to discount any advancement in technology, in light of what has been accomplished with class D technology.

Now you'll have to excuse my ignorance, but isn't it not so good to put the caps so far away from the amp modules? I don't know. I wish someone would chime in with some first hand experience.

Oh, I also ran across a couple of posts in the Emotiva forums that were made by Emotiva employees and according to them, they had to specify a dedicated 20 amp line because it was necessary to accommodate the amount of current drawn during testing. They said that in real world use it was very unlikely that a dedicated 20 amp line would be necessary.

I was expecting about 10 watts class A from an amp that massive.
From when I was researching Bob Carver designs; an explanation...

Class G amplifiers (which use "rail switching" to decrease power consumption and increase efficiency) are more efficient than class AB amplifiers. These amplifiers provide several power rails at different voltages and switch between them as the signal output approaches each level. Thus, the amplifier increases efficiency by reducing the wasted power at the output transistors.

Class H amplifiers take the idea of class G one step further creating an infinitely variable supply rail. This is done by modulating the supply rails so that the rails are only a few volts larger than the output signal at any given time. The output stage operates at its maximum efficiency all the time. Switched-mode power supplies can be used to create the tracking rails. Significant efficiency gains can be achieved but with the drawback of more complicated supply design and reduced THD performance.

Tonyangel
The link you graciously provided to us , is actually of the XPR-2 .I know that because I own one,I just purchased one,the xpr-1 has four push buttons on the faceplate,among other differences. The XPR-2 is a great amp and has a lot of power,in fact I had the cops at my door the first weekend I played it,somebody in the neighbourhood was annoyed at how loud the music was played and called the police ,they just told me to lower the volume. I am seriously considering the XPR-1's for my reference system.
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George

Emotiva...mid fi, or upper mid fi stuff, really. But yeah, good for the money. I think a lot of people are exaggerating when it comes to sound and in comparison to many high end brands. Probably because of the low price, high power, and because it's a "hot" product at the moment. Believe me, I've argued plenty with Emotiva-heads on You Tube and what not. They get quite rambunctious when you give your opinion! I got one guy, who thinks all amps sound the same, telling me Emotiva is equivalent to Pass Labs, McIntosh, and Accuphase. Ridiculous b.s., imo. One things for sure, there hasn't been a product like this that has polarized audiophiles in a long time. I guess you either love it or hate it.