High Value meets High Performance! Emotiva TA1 integrated amp review. 

I'm glad you're still reviewing more budget minded gear. It allows really good sounding systems accessible to alot of people, especially those who are new to the hobby. You don't even have to scrap that hard anymore or settle for used junk. Something rewarding about getting brand new gear. And knowing it's audiophile sounding.

Love the backstory brother, we all start somewhere.

Great review sounds Awesome! I especially enjoyed the story.

Thanks for the shoutout! Love the channel Nemo, great content.

I just built my first hi fi system using the Emotiva TA1 and some CSS Tori diy speakers. Honestly my mind is blown! I know my set up is cheap, but to an average guy, it’s crazy good!

Solid review & amp. Keep the stories bro; it’s the best part!

I had (still have it, I keep it as an emergency backup) the TA-100 and I loved it! Let me tell you, don't trust random forum people who might have something stuck in their craw, trust me, trust Nemo here. Emotiva gives you a LOT for your money and blows away any equivalent retail unit. Everything they make is good. As an experienced audiophile, my advice is any noob on a budget who wants brand new with a warrantee, that new smell, and a company that stands behind their product, you should start at Emotiva. I've moved back up the chain, I'm on like my 3rd or 4th system, but I still run my Emo 8 inch subs I bought last year, which blend with my 1TDX Superiors wonderfully. No complaints. I've bought a lot of gear over the years and I've bought a lot of Emotiva. I've been thrilled by every purchase and when I decided to try something else, the resale i got was fantastic. You are buying quality at a fantastic price. Do it and enjoy.

@Nemo - This is a great review!!! - Not just about the product. About how you include the other reviewers' comments as a 'community'. In this space, more 'community' is definitely welcome. Thanks

I always enjoy your vids. You have your own style that seems very authentic and relatable

Thoroughly enjoyed the back story. I think so many of us can relate - and it really helps us appreciate quality gear later in life. Hope I can upgrade to a KINKI integrated soonish!

Love the story.

Nice story. I enjoyed it. I use to be in the same boat with having cheap systems, I thought we're good. Now I'm getting back into audio and home theater. Loving the journey.

You know ,I have come full circle. I used to worry about buying the best of the best at least ,what I could afford. Now I love just listening to music on a pair of powered speakers. I enjoy it more now because they other way I was never satisfied! Always wondering about if this speaker or amp could be better then what I had. I know some people never get tired of that endless pursuit but not me. I just love listening to music now!

great vid!

I was the other guy buying the cheap garbage stuff which would break after two years , and I always hated the sound. Some friends always raved about their music and I could never understand. Now I do. Good video

Hear me out my friend. Please. I don't really care about Emotiva. They make just okay stuff in my opinion. Nothing special. Kinda dated looking. I guess I'm just a snob. I don't want or need an integrated. And if I did, it would be one around 10k. So, in short, I'm totally not interested. But I watch each and every video of yours because 1) I trust your reviews. 2) You explain everything very well and tell us exactly what we need to know. 3) You are very thorough in your reviews. But 4) You never tend to drone on too long and repeat yourself. 5) If I have friends or family or whoever I meet and they don't have the ear and the bucks to spend, I can recall your reviews and help them out...point them in a direction to get them started. In short, we (yes, all of us) appreciate each and every review. You rock! Keep up the solid work. And please tell Sean to get off his ass and get to reviewing too. Thanks.

As always your a master in expressing the right info wothout no nonsense or too much babble. You should review there new TA2 integrated amp with 135w@8ohms and available high pass and low pass filter. Ive bought it as soon as it came out and i believe is and incredible bargain for the power and the available filter settings for 1000 bucks!!. As always thank you for your input.

When I added the Topping E30 dac and later the DX3 Pro + dac / headphone amplifier to my Emotiva PT-100 preamplifier, they made a huge improvement in sound quality.

Guttenberg loves bright speakers. He returned the original Buchart S400s with no review. Great personal story btw.

Grand one dude. I feel the Rotel A11 Tribute is worth weighting this 'supposed Beast' with.

What a great backstory and review. I always seem to take allot away from watching your reviews. Perhaps your channel is a bit underrated or under appreciated. Anyways have you considered reviewing the new Emotiva XDA DAC? There is allot of people wondering how it compares to the PT100 👍🏻🔈

Thanks for sharing your story, it was a good one. What a wonderful review! I've been extremely happy with my Emotiva products. I don't have a use for a unit like this at the moment, but it would be at the top of the short list if I were starting all over with my first system. I went with the IOTAVX SA3 when I was starting. Though, I'd be curious how you rate the TA1 VS the SA3?

i prefer the simplicity of intergrated amps especially for apartment living. another nice sounding amp at this price point is the nad c316bee. beautiful classic ab sound topology with the ability to punch way above its 40 wpc rated power. i've had it for about 5 years and still love it.

I keep going back n forth on going 70's retro receiver or this for my next system.

Emotiva marketing team triggered watching their video host using the amp as a portable table for his laptop

The TA1 is in my crosshairs! Also considering the B2+ speakers

Ever considering talking about the DSP room correction path vs the more analogue path? Seems like the DSP solution is playing out in things like the Kefs and the Vanatoos. But it sort of defeats the purpose of having a higher end dac if it is just going to be re processed. This seems like in interesting in between. I have a pretty happy exp with my two sets of Vanatoo's that are pure DSP/bi amp'd class D solutions. I thought of doing a customer mini DSP HD system. But part of me wants a less digital example as well. Stop the bits at a quality DAC like the Ares or Bifrost use a tube preamp or something with some good quality AB amps. It seems like an equally fun path. I would love to see a conversation about the state of both directions. I hate Discord but I kinda want to get into the conversation with you. Really appreciate you are into this for the fun of it. I do hope youtube eventually helps pay for the channel content.

I have this unit combined with a (used) Bluesound Node 2i, a Topping E50 for the DAC, Elac UniFi 2.0 and a SVS SB 100 Pro. I don't have a lot to compare it to but, to my ears it sounds excellent.

Sorry I'm late to the party! Great review, Nemo! Can you tell me if the High Pass filter works if you use the pre-amp outs to hook up an external amplifier? Thank you and Happy Holidays!!!!

As always another great review. Appreciate the effort you put in to these! Do you think this would pair well with the Emotiva B1+? Which coincidentally I bought based on your review?

I've had my Energy RC series 5 channel setup for years. Went from a mid range Integra receiver to an Emotiva UMC200/XPA5. Emo blew it away. Money got tight and had to sell it. Then got an at the time flagship Denon 4520. While the Denon was better for HT, the music was lacking hard. I missed the Emo stuff. I'm not a pro or anything, but to me the Emotiva sounded more organic or natural if that makes any sense. I would listen to the same songs, same source, same room with the Denon but never had that damn this sounds good feeling. My old lady that doesn't care about gear says it doesn't sound as good as it used to. That's the tell all.

How does this Emotiva compare to the IOTA VX?

Would love to see your take on Emotiva XPA-HC1. And how would that stack up to your reference mono blocks or Buchardt Integrated, in regards to low volume level listening. Love your channel.

I wish it had tone control nobs, not iternal adjustments

Im new to the hobby. I can usw a tube pre amp to warm up the sound with no issues, corrrect? Thanks Holmes, good review.

I Ordered one of these a few months ago. I also ordered their new BASX A2 and the PT1 Preamp. Honestly I can't tell the difference between the 2. Here's an instance where all in one is as good as separates. I also own a Hegel H190 and with my Heresy's IV's these two can step in the ring together. How is the Kinki? been looking at getting it.

As of this post Emotiva TA1 is now $499.

Would you recommend pairing it with the LS50 meta? I do own this amp and the Ares II dac and it sounds fantastic with the Wharfedale EVO 4.2, but would the KEF be too bright? Great review, btw.

The Emotiva XPA-HC1 Mono Blocs look pretty cool, TOO!

Thanks for the great review. Sorry I am getting to it a month late. Just curious if you thought Kef q350 or wharfedale diamond 12.2 would be good pairings with the A1.

Hi Nemo. If you can, please try to review the new Emotiva TA2.

I recently bought a pair of SVS Ultra bookshelf speakers and am debating upgrading my system. I am wondering how this integrated amp would work with those speakers? Currently I am using an older Pioneer AV receiver. Nice receiver in its day. VSX 1021K is the receiver. It does a decent job with these speakers. I just wonder if I would notice much improvement with this Emotiva? Buy it and try it?

Ever consider reviewing the Emotiva RMC line, even just for two channel listening?

Its $499 now and you can get 10% off.

I’m looking to upgrade my hifi system’s AVR to an integrated amp. Looking at Emotiva’s TA1. I stream a lot of music via Apple Music/airplay. It doesn’t appear the TA1 is compatible with airplay. Is it possible to add on a streamer that is compatible with airplay? If not, is connecting by bluetooth as convenient and sound as good as airplay?

Would this go well with Polk S15? I bought these speakers back in 2018 but the avr I use just doesn't sound good at all, I have to turn it up a lot just to hear anything.

Ive noticed you havent done any B&W speaker reviews wondering why?

Curious to know if you have any thoughts as to how this compares to IOTAVX SA3?

Would this amp pair well with wharfedale diamond 12.2 bookshelf speakers?

Did you tried it with headphones? Curius if its as good with Headphones as with Speakers

Ever try golden ear products?

Do you know if the sub out is full range when set to full range or is it always crossed at 90hz?

so what is the improvment compared to TA100? How this compares to iota? lost time review

Dude, you talking about being 28 in 2012 threw me for a loop. I assumed you were like 30-ish

how about pairing it with Wharfedale EVO 4.2?

So the ta1 is 100watts per channel at 4ohms and thd is 1% at 4ohms is this amp worth getting if you have 4ohm speakers the 1% thd I’d driving me away from this anyone know how well these drive 150watt 4ohm studio monitors?

Gosh, I would pay for NOT BLUE light....!

So we can run 2.2 with this right

What about Audiolab 6000A comparison?

What is the "Emotiva of Europe" the dollar has gone so strong and tolls and fees...

Iota or this?

What in God's green earth are you talking about.

interesting, so after countless hours of watching reviews and reading specs and others viewpoints, I'm now considering this or the Marantz NR1200 for my buchardt audio s300 mkii se or my Jamo Concert 9 Series C93II, do you think this amp would be too much of a good thing for either of those, meaning would it sound too sharp? I'm leaning towards buying the emotiva, any other recommendations are welcome, my price range is $500-1000k thanks!