Quality of Airmotiv T1?

[shortyg83]

I know these are not out yet, but I was hoping someone with the company could answer. 
I am in the market for new speakers to upgrade my current front channels. They are currently Focal Chorus 716v towers.
I was originally looking to buy something used like a Focal Aria or a Bowers CM-10. These speakers retail for 4k but can be found used around 2500.
When I first saw the emotiva speakers I was excited, but then the price of 349 each scared me. I previously have built my own bookshelf speakers with a single driver and small planar. These cost me over 200 dollars before building the cabinet.
It makes me wonder about the quality of the Airmotiv t1 speakers. Not that I don't like a good deal. But I just am curious if they will be an upgrade to what I have? Or if they will be comparable quality wise to the focal aria or bowers cm10?
I know they are much more expensive but I also know Emotiva generally release better per dollar value items.
Does anyone have any info on this?

[Percussionista]

Jan 18, 2016 17:34:02 GMT -5 shortyg83 said:

I know these are not out yet, but I was hoping someone with the company could answer. 
I am in the market for new speakers to upgrade my current front channels. They are currently Focal Chorus 716v towers.
I was originally looking to buy something used like a Focal Aria or a Bowers CM-10. These speakers retail for 4k but can be found used around 2500....

Does anyone have any info on this?

1. I'm not with the company
2. I haven't heard them so I have no opinion
3. Your best bet would be to wait, patience is a virtue ;-)
4. I posted the following link in another topic which is a brief "review" from folks at the AVS forum, who stopped in at the Emotiva booth at CES 2016. They were quite impressed at first blush with the T1's (and all the others)... read and see, but you still have to wait until Emo releases them to give them a try (maybe 2nd quarter?)
5. Obviously there is a world of speakers out there, and certainly in the $2K range... Tekton Pendragon's currently on sale for $2000 - just looked!

[teaman]

I see a lot of similarities with the new Emotiva speakers when comparing to the latest line of Martin Logan's with similar technology. The kicker is that the Emotiva line is a fraction of the cost. I would wait to see what happens when they launch before buying elsewhere.

www.soundandvision.com/content/martinlogan-motion-60xt-speaker-system-review#4QYXeqEwXWtghEmu.97

[broncsrule21]

Shoulld have 30 days to try the Emotivas out. Send them back if you are not impressed enough.

[creimes]

Get these instead Click Here , they will be back in stock soon, I have them and absolutely love them and for $479 each a really amazing speaker, what are you not liking about your Focal's or just wanna try something new, Focal's IMO are really great speakers as well

Chad