Now On Display And In Stock! Emotiva T-2 Speakers
It has taken a while for the bigger tower in the Emo family to come out. But here it is, ready to rock your world for a grand per pair.
Emotiva T-2 Towers, $1000 Per Pair (42 1/16h, 10 11/16w, 12 1/4d, 59 lbs ea)
The T-2 tower is brand new. It’s been in the works a while and has finally landed. T-2 is the unabashed bigger brother to the already successful, moderately sized T-1 tower. Sneaking the term “bash” in here is appropriate as T-2 CAN BRING IT. To offer the sophistication of a ribbon tweeter on
top, while having significant impact down low, is a sweet combo.
T-2 shares the same Ribbon Tweeter and Midrange 5 1/4” Woven Fiber Cone driver as T-1. But T-2 is a bigger, stronger enclosure featuring two 8” Woven Fiber woofers instead of two 6s. The extra bang for your buck yields more octane and yep, more fun. If your budget tops out at $1k, you like to let ‘er rip on occasion and are not adverse to a good sized tower, bring on the new T-2.
T-2 is built in a brick outhouse of a cabinet. The one inch HDF front baffle on which the drivers are mounted is machined from a solid slab. The sides and rear are 3/4”. The front face is finished with several layers of black lacquer to resist finger prints and scratches. The sides and rear save money with black laminate. The cabinet has substantial internal bracing. The crossover is comprised of air core caps, precision resistors and film caps. This is the good stuff you expect in speakers twice the price on up.
T-2 is designed to be efficient, 91dB, dynamic and extremely powerful. The foot print is big, but if you want huge sound, SO WHAT?!
Emotiva XPA-DR-2 Power Amp $1600, 550×2 (8h, 17w, 19d, 43lbs)
Some of the best sounding amps on the planet can make that claim largely because of the immense horse power they deliver. Virtually every speaker out there sounds better with more power, assuming the quality is apples to apples on the competing amps. This holds true for speakers made these days. And… you’ll be amazed- it makes an even larger improvement on iconic speakers of yesteryear! Consider DR-2 to run old B&Ws, Kefs and numerous other HUNGRY HIPPOS! You’ll be surprised how much the old timers have left in the tank.
Bryston comes to mind as an example of more power is always an advantage, because the QUALITY is never compromised. Within the Bryston family of amps, the more power you have, the better your sound- PERIOD.
Emotiva has just introduced its best stereo power amp ever! It is a Ferrari of a stereo power amp called the DR-2. While Emo’s XPA2G3 ($1000, 300×2) is going to be plenty of amp for most of our customers, the DR-2 will be better and the price isn’t ridiculously more. DR-2 will deliver 550×2 into 8 ohms and 800×2 into 4 ohms. We have lots of great 4 ohm speakers (Bryston, Magnepan, Emotiva) that can benefit from this great amp.
DR-2 is, of course, a BALANCED amp which has RCAs inputs as well. It is made in the USA with a five year warranty. Its sound is fast, dynamic and solid. You can’t get too much of a good thing!
DR-2 will unlock real treasures from big time towers.
Emotiva Offers Two Other DR Amps!
DR-1 $1200, 650×1 @ 8 ohms (mono!), 1000w @ 4 ohms
DR-3 $2000: 450×3 @ 8 ohms, 600×3 @ 4 ohms
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