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Emotiva TA-100 Integrated Amp, A Review
As mentioned in a previous post, late last year I spent quite some time trying to figure out a good stack to support a turntable. When it came to amplifiers, I had three choices: Marantz PM6006, Cambridge Topaz SR20 and Emotiva TA-100. After asking around forums and social media, it was apparent that all three were equally well received; the main differentiator being the brand name in many instances with the Emotiva being perhaps being the lesser known. Instead of laboring about this decision for days, given all three are, on paper, mostly equivalent, I decided to add all three to my amazon cart and simply wait until the turntable shipped and then place the order based on stock, price, etc. When push came to shove, turned out the Marantz price had increased about $100, the Cambirdge was only available from a couple of third-party vendors who had a few negative dings in the last 90 days; the Emotiva was the only one available directly from amazon, in stock and same price it always was. And so that’s how it worked out.
Audition stack: MacBook Pro (Tidal), FM Radio and U-Turn Orbit turntable as sources. KEF Q150 and Focal Elegia as outputs.
Unboxing: simple and straight forward. Nothing fancy, but again, not every product and customer needs Apple-like unboxing experience.
