What is emotiva audio?

EMOTIVA AUDIO. Bring the sound of your favorite live performance or cinema experience right into your living room. Our products bring you the same great sound, cutting-edge engineering, and high-quality parts as those expensive ‘audiophile products,’ but without the high price.

What is emotiva’s goal?

We have one goal: to offer exceptionally designed, high performance products at prices that more people could afford and enjoy. Emotiva asked a simple question: “Why can’t we have amazing audio and video sound at a price that don’t threaten our mortgage?” Emotiva is comprised of true audio enthusiasts, engineers, and product specialists.

Why does my emotiva keep going into fault protect mode?

It would constantly go into fault protect mode, even with nothing plugged into it. In searching this forum, I found a thread wherein another Emotiva customer described a similar issue, and was instructed to run a blow dryer over the top of the amp–as some condition from the factory could result in excessive static buildup inside the case.

What is it like to work at emotiva?

We run a lean organization without excess overhead and redundant levels of management. Our people are passionate enthusiasts who enjoy the experience of using Emotiva products equally as much as designing and building them.

Why choose emotiva?

Emotiva asked a simple question: “Why can’t we have amazing audio and video sound at a price that don’t threaten our mortgage?” Emotiva is comprised of true audio enthusiasts, engineers, and product specialists. We run a lean organization without excess overhead and redundant levels of management.

What kind of DAC does the xda-1 offer?

The XDA-1 offers a balanced 24 bit/192kHz DAC/ pre amp designed around the AD 1955 chip set. The balanced line stage amp is combined with a differential output that is controlled by a digital volume that moves in increments of .5 steps (0-80). It has no less than six digital source inputs (1 AES/EBU, 2 coaxial, 2 optical and 1 USB: A/ B type).

Is the xda-1 really that hefty?

Yes, it is that hefty. The XDA-1’s 17 inch width is sized right for a rack mount, but is small enough and light enough to move from your main stereo system to your desk top computer.