The Official Emotiva Q&A thread

[PitbullMike]

Originally Posted by bigred7078

Any gear i have ever shipped to Canada has been taxed and what not.

Oh mybad thanks for clearing that up

So I guess if a family member from U.S is shipping something to another family member in Canada its gonna get taxed and what not. Thats suxs Oh well atleast I dont live in Canada LOL

[PitbullMike]

Originally Posted by john72953

that's the only thing that holds me back from ordering emo's products. The shipping and duties are outrageous (i know, not their fault). I'd love to hear their stuff, but these two monoblocks would cost me over $1,000. That's a lot of money for me.

John

john

ouch

[bigred7078]

Originally Posted by John72953

That's the only thing that holds me back from ordering EMO's products. The shipping and duties are outrageous (I know, not their fault). I'd love to hear their stuff, but these two Monoblocks would cost me over $1,000. That's a lot of money for me.

John

John

John what do you use currently to power your beautiful Totems?

EDIT: looks like a Yamaha from your gallery pics?

If so let me go on record here to say YOU of all people NEEEEED an amp knowing that you are a music lover. An amp will put new life into your musical totems, im sure you know this though. But i guess what i mean is that having an amp is worth every penny for a music lover.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by bigred7078

John what do you use currently to power your beautiful Totems?

EDIT: looks like a Yamaha from your gallery pics?

If so let me go on record here to say YOU of all people NEEEEED an amp knowing that you are a music lover. An amp will put new life into your musical totems, im sure you know this though. But i guess what i mean is that having an amp is worth every penny for a music lover.

I second that bigred . & agree John needs an amp !

[SeanMF]

Originally Posted by bigred7078

John what do you use currently to power your beautiful Totems?

EDIT: looks like a Yamaha from your gallery pics?

If so let me go on record here to say YOU of all people NEEEEED an amp knowing that you are a music lover. An amp will put new life into your musical totems, im sure you know this though. But i guess what i mean is that having an amp is worth every penny for a music lover.

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

I second that bigred . & agree John needs an amp !

I 3rd that. Do it John!!!

[JasonR]

Amp 'em John! Whether you find used on the cheap or go Emo, you are going to dig it!

[Johnny Vinyl]

There is no question that a standalone amp is required, but my upgrades for this year are spoken for (cabling and acoustic treatments).

Hopefully 2010 will see one major upgrade, and that could very well be an amp, but I'm going to have to research that some more. When the new monoblocks are released I'll send EMO an email and get the details as to shipping and the like. As long as our dollar remains relatively at par, it may be a serious option.

John

PS~ And yes, my Totem's need a quality amp to pair with!. The Yamaha 6190 isn't cutting it for 2-channel.

[PitbullMike]

The Emotiva 6.3 is a freakin beast, I was shocked at how big this thing was when I saw it. Really beats the hell out of my C/L/R 2300

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by PitbullMike

The Emotiva 6.3 is a freakin beast, I was shocked at how big this thing was when I saw it. Really beats the hell out of my C/L/R 2300

That realy looks sweet Mike , I like how the tweeter & mids are offset from being A parallel horizontal line !

[bigred7078]

Originally Posted by PitbullMike

The Emotiva 6.3 is a freakin beast, I was shocked at how big this thing was when I saw it. Really beats the hell out of my C/L/R 2300

Looks awesome man!!!!

[ZIPPO]

Originally Posted by PitbullMike

The Emotiva 6.3 is a freakin beast!

WOW

[PitbullMike]

Thanks guyz, The woman doesn't like it thou She said she feels like shes just watching the center speaker and not tv. I put my foot down and said woman its staying

[bigred7078]

Originally Posted by PitbullMike

Thanks guyz, The woman doesn't like it thou She said she feels like shes just watching the center speaker and not tv. I put my foot down and said woman its staying

can you mount the TV higher?

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by PitbullMike

Thanks guyz, The woman doesn't like it thou She said she feels like shes just watching the center speaker and not tv. I put my foot down and said woman its staying

Good for you Mike , Put that foot down

[PitbullMike]

Originally Posted by bigred7078

can you mount the TV higher?

I did but I think I should move it up an inch more. Its hard when ur the only man in the house. I had to have my girl help me lift it off the mount so I can move the two metal bars that's attached to the tv up. Its gonna be hard convincing her to do it again. I might have too put the other foot down

[SeanMF]

Originally Posted by PitbullMike

I did but I think I should move it up an inch more. Its hard when ur the only man in the house. I had to have my girl help me lift it off the mount so I can move the two metal bars that's attached to the tv up. Its gonna be hard convincing her to do it again. I might have too put the other foot down

Put that foot down Mike!!!

[bigred7078]

Originally Posted by PitbullMike

I did but I think I should move it up an inch more. Its hard when ur the only man in the house. I had to have my girl help me lift it off the mount so I can move the two metal bars that's attached to the tv up. Its gonna be hard convincing her to do it again. I might have too put the other foot down

But why not completely redo it so the center can be entirely under the tv?

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by PitbullMike

I did but I think I should move it up an inch more. Its hard when ur the only man in the house. I had to have my girl help me lift it off the mount so I can move the two metal bars that's attached to the tv up. Its gonna be hard convincing her to do it again. I might have too put the other foot down

You pay for the round trip ticket I will come & help lift the display up Mike !

[red_5ive]

Originally Posted by PitbullMike

The Emotiva 6.3 is a freakin beast, I was shocked at how big this thing was when I saw it. Really beats the hell out of my C/L/R 2300

Sweet, Mike! I swear every time I see your setup I want some MA racks! Soon... very soon...

[red_5ive]

Originally Posted by red_5ive

Just for that, I think I'm gonna keep playing it reaaaaaalllly low.

Heh, actually, I did get it to a relatively decent volume this morning and was a/b'ing it with FLAC sources streamed and output as PCM via HDMI with my PS3. The PS3 has been my source for music for a while now since my old CD player has been on the outs. Anyway, I was never completely satisfied with what I was getting out of the PS3 and is why I decided to try the ERC. There's indeed a noticeable difference, particularly with soundstage depth and detail. I'm happy so far.

Originally Posted by louhamilton

I was in the same boat with using the PS3 with my ALAC files. I was also having issues with my DTS multi-channel WAV files. What I found was that te PS3 transcodes everything to 48kHz from its native 44.1kHz. I've read a few places that this slight modification can result in loss of depth and soundstage. I don't know how accurate that is, but I feel that I get better sounding music from my Apple TV.

If it wasn't for me just buying Dirt 2, I'm not sure if my PS3 would ever get used anymore.

Hi Lou, it's been a while since this post, but I just wanted to follow-up with some impressions on the default 48kHz sampling frequency for music with the PS3. I just discovered in the "music" settings that you can set the frequency to 44.1 kHz output from the PS3. I never noticed this setting before so I'm not sure if it was a result of the ver 3.x update. Anyway, after playing with this setting, I'm MUCH more satisfied with the output from the PS3, the most noticeable difference being dynamics. I have no idea what the PS3 is doing at 48 kHz, but it really sounds like the sound is leveled and not as dynamic, which ultimately I think is taking away from the soundstage. One drawback that I found with this feature is that the PS button won't allow browsing other music files while another file is playing. As soon as you hit the PS button the PS3 prompts if you want to stop playback instead of allowing you to browse files. Anyway, I'm still going back & forth with the freq settings to be sure I'm not just hearing things, but so far I'm convinced. I may be sending back the ERC-1 and trying out a DAC.