New owner and new forum member

[MusicHead]

Jun 7, 2016 14:29:18 GMT -5 crash6 said:

Thanks for the insight musichead! I have to admit, I have my reservations about going from a $1300 two channel amp to a $400 two channel amp. My expectations have been adjusted, but I do love being surprised and the satisfaction that comes with finding a 90% solution at 1/4 the cost. I think the emotiva will give me that.

I still love NAD, but I see the company moving in a direction that I can't afford to follow. That and their more midrange equipment just doesn't seem to up to quality standards any more.

Finally, if I'm being perfectly honest, I really wanted to move away from the major brands for something simpler, higher quality and with a lower marketing budget. Emotiva has a really cool aesthetic, are well reviewed and sounded great to me in previous auditions. With my amp crapping out and the BASX line hitting the streets, the timing seemed right. I'm super excited about this.

Now I have to wait until August for my PT-100.... :-(

Your considerations about NAD mirror mine. When NAD started they were a revolutionary company, now not so much. I still remember how as a teenager I dreamed about the day I could afford a NAD amp :-)

I paid $450 for the Fusion 8100 just before it went out of production. For comparison, I had spent $800 for the T-752 over ten years before. In many ways the 8100 is better than the T-752, even comparing only the pre and amp sections and the power supply (the digital stuff is really not a fair comparison, 10+ years is an eternity for digital electronics).

Just like you, I do not see myself going back to NAD any time soon.

On the other hand, I still have my broken T-752 on my workbench in the basement. Someday I am going to fix it, if nothing else to make happy my old teenage self.

[gus4emo]

Jun 7, 2016 11:39:59 GMT -5 crash6 said:

Hello from West Texas! My name is Jeff and I am a long time a/v equipment enthusiast and user who has now joined the Emotiva family. As of today, I now own one of the new BASX A-300 amps with a BASX PT-100 on order (est delivery in August).

I'm a long time NAD owner who currently can't afford Masters Series gear, but can't keep up with the repairs needed for my 12 year old pre/pro and amplifier. I had a couple of multi channel set-ups in the early to mid 2000s, but decided that I'm more of a 2.1 channel type of guy.

My current set-up consists of a NAD 725bee and a newly acquired BASX A-300 amp pushing a pair of NHT Classic threes, augmented on the lower end with an SVS SB-2000, all fed from a Vizio P-series monitor (new smart cast model), an Audiogene B-1 Bluetooth receiver and an Oppo BDP 105D Universal player. VLC, Winamp and Apple lossless handle my digital tracks from my PC.

Ex-musician, father of one, Motorsport enthusiast, wanna-be wine and whiskey guy who isn't as knowledgable as he'd like to be, active military, well traveled and looking forward to communicating with all of you!

Welcome!

[crash6]

Believe it or not, I just sold my 275bee amplifier (not working) for $800. The guy who bought it says it's a common issue with a thermal protection circuit. That's $499 less than I paid for it, but pretty amazing considering its current state. I too kept my NAD 725bee stereo receiver for a secondary system to be determined. Either way, I'm done with them as primary components. I'm ready to embrace the new Emotivas at this point. My only real fear is buyers regret for not jumping straight up to the XSP-1 and XPA-3 (2 chan). I guess I'm not that brave (nor is my wallet).

[billaltman]

Jeff, so now that you have lived with the amp for a few months, can you share your impressions? I also am looking at this amp and so far have seen tons of press releases, but zero reviews or feedback on these new amps. Thanks! Bill

[Boomzilla]

Hi crash6 -

Welcome to the asylum, er, the Lounge! Yeah, that's it...

As billaltman said, we'd be MOST interested in your impressions of your new Emotiva amp!

Don't be a stranger.

Boomzilla

[butchgo]

Welcome aboard!!!!!!!
There are a lot of very well informed members here so don't ever hesitate to ask any kind of question.