Emotiva Hi-Fi and AV separates are the fruit of Emotiva, a new brand offering audiophile performance at a highly-attainable and accessible price-point.
It’s not every day one hears of a new Hi-Fi and AV brand appearing onto the scene; Emotiva is a new company aiming to shake things up with their superb balance of great build quality, audiophile standards of audio presentation and highly affordable pricing.
Marketing hype, or an emerging audiophile bargain? Let’s investigate further!
Emotiva HiFi and AV Separates
Emotiva: It’s likely a brand-name you haven’t heard about until now, but if the recent awards and buzz in the Hi-Fi community is anything to go by, it’s a name you’re going to be hearing an awful lot about soon! At a time of great change in the Hi-Fi and AV world, Emotiva could be just what the doctor ordered!
Emotiva’s ethos is simple: offer exceptionally designed, high-performance Hi-Fi and AV equipment at prices most people can afford to pay. Emotiva was formed after founder, Dan Laufman, posed the question: “Why can’t we have amazing audio and video sound at prices that don’t threaten our mortgage?”
Emotiva set out to bring the kind of audiophile experience which was only previously attainable to the financially wealthy and committed, to the average Hi-Fi enthusiast. Emotiva set out in structuring the entire company and product design process to achieve this goal.
Emotiva is keen to point out that they’re a company comprised of true audio enthusiasts, engineers, and product specialists. Deliberately run as a lean organization without low overheads and excess management, Emotiva’s goal is to produce genuinely great Hi-Fi and AV gear, attainable by every enthusiast.
Emotiva Hi-Fi
Emotiva’s Hi-Fi range of separates is as no-nonsense and straightforward as the company itself; as Emotiva put it themselves…
The goal of putting together an exceptional audio system is to enrich your life with outstanding sound. It isn’t about spending a lot of money, or about fancy knobs and jewel-encrusted remote controls; it’s all about playing the music.
The cornerstone of Emotiva’s Hi-Fi range is the BasX range of separates which are designed to offer great sound quality, with a carefully chosen set of genuinely useful features, rock-solid performance and a simple, elegant design. This is true “essence of Hi-Fi” stuff, with no air of pretence or superfluous lifestyle-type marketing given a deliberate elbow.
Just because the BasX range is affordable though, doesn’t mean build quality and design has suffered. Emotiva builds their Hi-Fi components to last, with heavy-duty steel chassis, solid milled aluminium faceplates, and high-quality parts and construction throughout.
Emotiva wants their buyers to enjoy their products for a long time to come, and in a statement of confidence for their product’s build quality, offer a full three-year warranty on their Hi-Fi and AV equipment. Now, how’s that for value for money?
Award Winning Products
Emotiva’s commitment to quality and value has resulted in critical acclaim from press and pundits alike. It’s a reaction which validates Emotiva’s ethos and business model and proves that the “affordable high-end” is no longer a concept, it’s a reality.
In a recent test, Hi-Fi Choice magazine reviewed the PT-100 pre-amplifier and BasX A-300 power amplifier; earning a coveted “Editor’s Choice” award. Hi-Fi Choice noted that “Listening to the PT-100/A-300 after even a gifted and significantly pricier rival, is jaw-dropping”. They also opined that the Emotiva BasX A-300 represented a new “power amp benchmark”; strong recommendation indeed!
Of course, it’s not just Hi-Fi buffs which will benefit from Emotiva’s price/performance ratio; home cinema fans looking for a quality multi-channel power amplifier for a bargain price would do well to look at the BasX A-700, seven-channel power amplifier.
The BasX A-700 was recently awarded a “best buy” award from “Home Cinema Choice” Magazine, and with its winning combination of 110watts per channel, and desirable features such as a toroidal transformer linear power supply, represents incredible value for money.
If audio quality, great build, no-nonsense design and value for money are your main shopping criteria, then the range of Hi-Fi and AV separates offered by Emotiva deserve your close attention!