ASR Emitter owners .What speakers are you using?

"Stilty",I have heard the big Emmitter driving the HUGE Nola Gran Ref(at a client of mine).The amp(integrated actually)was about as good as anyone can possibly "need".It was "real/visceral"!

It was dynamic,low noise floor,amazing inner detail,best highs I have ever experienced,most importantly the dynamic flow of music was not squashed(especially on such a big speaker)and to find any "realistic" faults would have been just silly,IMO.Also,and amazingly,the bass towers of the HUGE Nola's are very demanding,but the Emitters driving them(seperately)really did them justice.Whew,I am still pressing my slacks -:)

Oh yeah,forgot to mention how "way cool" looking they are too....They'd look great around Christmas time,in a room with no lights on.

IMO,all of the ASR stuff is superb!

Best of luck

Sirspeedy,
Thanks for chiming in.
You lucky duck to get to listen to such a speaker system.

Initially I had no intentions on buying a solid state anything until I heard this ASR Emitter at my wifes cousins home.
My wife is Irish with family spread all over Europe, we visit her parents and others when we can.
The speakers I heard using this amp were the B&W 800D, I'm pretty sure that was the model.
By the end of the first cd ,I was hooked.
Then we waded through some vinyl.
I just hope I can spend lots of time with all this new stuff.

I have the Emitter I Exclusive with battery (2005 model). I have used it with the Nearfield Pipedreams Model 18 to drive the towers (with a separate Bryston amp for the bass). The combo produced an exceptionally beautiful sound, with tremendous dynamics, and with far more detail than any other amp I have used with them. Nowadays I use the ASR to drive a pair of Dunlavy Alethas, and the performance is positively killer! This system is not nearly as loud as the Nearfields, but it's difficult to imagine reproduced sound getting much more accurate AND musical than this.

As Dunlavy has long since been out of business, in-room auditioning is going to require you to buy a used pair. But with your budget you could easily go for SC-V's or SC-VI's.

Enjoy your new ASR! You're at the top of the heap!

Dahester
Thank you for your reply.

I did a search here on Audiogon for ASR Emitters, somehow your reveiw did not show up....Good job on your reveiw.

Still waiting to take delivery of my TW Raven table,I just got word that it will arrive at the end of the month.
Can't wait to get up and running again, however I still have work to do yet.

I'll have to check Dunlavy out.
Thanks again for chimeing in.

I have heard the amp mostly with European Loudspeakers. The best combo with this amp was the definately the Audiaz SARIA.Superbly built with a sound to match.www.audiaz.de