In the first of several forthcoming webcasts, CEO and Emotiva founder Dan Laufman and General Manager Lonnie Vaughn discuss the history and ideas behind Emotiva Audio.
"With the help of the famous loudspeaker designer Vance Dickason, they have put together a 5.0 package at a price that seems almost too good to be true. These speakers sound great, the dipole surrounds are amazing, and the boundary and tweeter adjustments mean that they'll fit almost any room."
How does a company like Emotiva separate itself from the pack and offer something that is really special?
For starters, we teamed with the very talented loudspeaker designer Vance Dickason. He literally wrote the book on loudspeaker design! Vance is a legendary figure in the audio industry and he's been behind some of the most popular and successful products on the market. We're privileged to have him as a part of the Emotiva design team.
Vance has been instrumental in the design of our loudspeakers from day one. Working closely together we designed a full line of high performance transducers for all of our new models. We don't use any "off the shelf" transducers, all Emotiva drivers are custom designed and purpose built for our products and manufactured to our exacting standards; Vance wouldn't have it any other way!
Excerpt: "...The sound has more authority to it.
For instance, the bass is tighter, kick drums have more kick, and the pluck of upright bass strings have more “pluckiness.”
Other differences include greater refinement which offers a bit more detail and clarity. It is as though a thin layer of skin has been peeled back from my CDs to reveal more music embedded on them..."
Our high performance XPA-5 5 channel amplifiers are sold out...but not for long! They'll be back in stock in late April and shipping again. The XPA-5 has been reviewed at AffordableAudio.org, and our forum is buzzing with user reviews and praise from happy customers...get on the preorder list for the next shipment now!
The UMC-1, featuring full HDMI 1.3 compatibility, is still in progress, awaiting the final codes and chips necessary to go into production. This will hopefully be very soon.. After the unit is completed and thoroughly tested by both Emotiva engineers and outside parties, it will be ready to ship. We've put a lot of work and thought into the unit, and think you'll be happy with the finished product.
Excerpt from Audioholics.com review of RPA-1:
The Emotiva RPA-1 offers one of the best values in reference quality amplifiers out there. Beautiful, powerful, and bulletproof, if this amp isn't on your father's day/mother's day/birthday/Christmas wish list, it should be.
The award winning RPA returns! Emotiva's critically acclaimed and award winning 2 channel amplifier the RPA-1 is gone, but the new RPA-2 is on its way. This is the same amp, but with a new look. It will still feature the popular analog meters as the RPA-1, but will have a solid black face with thin aluminum trim pieces, like the XPA-5.
We also have a new version of the RSP-1 called the RSP-2! It's designed to match the appearance of the RPA-2.(items pictured are renderings, not actual production models)
Our award winning ERM-1 and ERD-1 speakers are now in stock.
Award winning, you say? Yep. The ERM-1 won a Consumer excellence award from Audioholics.com when they were displayed at the CE State of the Union show last October. Click here to read the news clip.
But, wait, there's more! No, not free kitchen knives...free shipping! If you order a full set of ERM-1 and ERD-1 speakers, you'll have them shipped to you at no extra charge.
• 3 ERM-1 LCR Monitors
• 1 pair of 2 ERD-1 Surround speakers (total of 2 ERD-1s) 5 loudspeakers, total: $1,246 (price includes shipping)
• 3 ERM-1 LCR Monitors
• 2 pairs of ERD-1 Surround speakers
(total of 4 ERD-1s). 7 loudspeakers, total: $1,595 (price includes shipping)
Coming soon: SUBS!
We have both a single self-powered subwoofer (1,000 watts) and a dual passive set powered by a separate amplifier.
We know you hate to wait, but believe us, it's worth it.These subs were designed for a very tight, powerful sound.
Preorders available when shipping date is confirmed.
DRS-1 dual sub set preprodcution photos/info
Emotiva DRS-1
Subwoofer/Amplifier System (Emotiva Digital Reference Sub-1) $999.00 set (projected price)