Posted ImcLoud
You have to get the speakers there and try them out, I have tried different amps and I like the Emo stuff in general, it sounds just like the much more expensive stuff and seems to hold up well... I am not one to spend $10K on an amp, I think the Crown XLS amps sound awesome...
But anyway you have to start somewhere, I like to play around and move stuff from here to there and change amps for this system to that one. I have found some good sounding combos with out spending much money at all, I can tell you the XPA2 is about the best sounding music amp I have ever heard and it is about the cheapest, also the dayton apa150 is a GREAT sounding integrated amp for very little money.
A quick story for you, I had an apa150 powering my Boston CS26s with a dayton sub800, the entire system cost me $325 {with the cables}, a friend of mine heard it one day at my office and asked what it was, so I told him it was a new 2.1 setup I put together for under $400 {he is a Mcintosh owner, has a beautiful 2.0 system with a 2275 powering some La scalas, that sounds incredible}, he listened for a few songs while I got my stuff together {we were going to lunch}, and had that "not too shabby" look on his face...
So at lunch he brought up the stereo system, and I told him all the components, and that I tried a few different things and them worked together, I bought all of them here and there and after trying a few combos they sounded really nice... The trick was crossing the bookshelfs with fmods and not expecting much from the $80 powered subwoofer, leave it low and set the x-over to match the fmods... When we got back to my office he listened some more and couldn't believe how good they sounded, I was surprised he was making such a big deal out of this cheap system, after all he has a lot of expensive equipment at home...
Anyway long story short he buys everything I had and duplicated the system, he tells people all the time {actually brought it up to one of the emotiva reps at the Boston meet and greet} that he listens to that cheap system more than any other system he owns... Find what you like and play music through it, that is all that matters, I have since changed that system around 5 times and got it to sound even better IMO, I tell him about changes I made and he says he wont dare touch it, he also told me that he had a friend of his wife over that heard the system and went and ordered it exactly the same rite from his pc, lol....
So buy it play with it and enjoy it, try not too obsess over what others think and say, just start with what appeals to you and go from there... I have a ton of separate systems, I have a system in pretty much every room of my house, including bathrooms, all tasteful since I am married, and obviously not all the same, all serve a different purpose..
Yeah it really does seem like cables and amps and speaker acceosries do make a difference. Add those up little by little here and there and overall you get a better sound for less money. Its good and refreshing to know that more cost dosent necessarilly mean better.
I just hung up with Eric on the phone, told him my listening prefernces (90% movies/10% music) and my room layout and size and he recommended the Mini-Lore as fronts, custom made M-Lore bipoles for sorrounds and a custom made sub that go down to 18 hz that will be crossed over at 50 with the M-Lores.
Total cost is around $2,500 which is great for my budget.
Anyway, he could've pushed me to buy the Lore's or even the eNZO's and I wouldve been sucker for it, but he suggested the M-Lores which was a very good surprise for me.
I dont understand all the negative comments about him on AVSforum...
I take it that people who did not get the speakers in time just simply stopped calling alltogether... and since he is so swamped with orders he forgot about the orders lol..
My advice is to just keep in touch once a week or something to check up on your order...
From what I read on the internet many are curious about Tekton subs as well.. For what its worth, the Tekton speakers are praised for bass performance so I am sure the custom made Tekton sub will be great. I will specifically post a review of the Tekton sub that go down to 18hz on another thread.. It's gonna be a custom made $1,000 sub designed specifically to be crossed at 50 with the M-Lores.
Anyway, he said the bipoles sorrounds will take a little longer than the sub so I am expecting my full set-up within 2 monthes.
Will post review of M-Lore 4.1 once I get them in! (skipping center because I actually prefer no center)
P.S. When I spoke to Eric tonigtht I couldnt order because it was like 9:00 p.m and he was out with his company team having dinner so I am gonna place my order tommorow. I told him that I would eventually get the eNZO's for 2.0 music maybe a year down the line and asked him what amps and cables he recommends with his eNZO's. He said he has a few of them, and that he will tell me tommorow. Will post the amps list that Eric recommends with the eNZO's once I get the list.
