Emotiva equipmet, how good is it?

As sbank said, your speakers are definately up to the task - I found a good review on the, this was the conclusion. 
`The Dreamcatchers are very attractive, and are not fussy about set up. They deserve to be mated with high quality electronics despite their diminutive size and moderate price. They are musically involving in a way that makes the listener really want to focus on listening. They are tough speakers to relegate to background music. To sum up, there is certainly lots of competition in the “budget” book shelf speaker market. But I feel the Totem Dreamcatchers are a step ahead of the class when compared to similarly priced models from Paradigm, Epos, B&W, and PSB. If shopping for speakers in the $500-$600 range, the Totem Dreamcatchers are a must listen.`

The Emotiva pieces I have liked the best are their CD players.

In your position, I would consider the following:

Musical Fidelity M2si Integrated amplifier @ $600.  Super deal at the price.  I own this amp and MF products for the last 20 years.  Reliable and nice sounding.  

https://www.upscaleaudio.com/collections/sweet-deals/products/musical-fidelity-m2si-integrated-ampli...


Or

and here comes the Class D flames.  No matter, great sounding amp.


CDA 250 power amp @$450

https://classdaudio.com/cda-250c-class-d-audio-power-amplifier.html

with this preamp

Parasound Zphono @ $250

https://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PAZPHOUSB


All in at $700.  

I own both set-ups and these would do your speakers justice and allow you add a turntable at some point.


Rich 

I've had great success with their equipment. I own two mono block amps, their Fusion receiver that I use as a preamp, and two cd players

I'm still a neophyte, but I first heard about Emotiva because of their big XSP-1 preamp, which gets great praise across the board. I follow them somewhat because I am quite interested in their PA-1 Class D monoblocks. It's driven by the same ICE power module that all the big names use, their implementation looks elegant both physically and eletrically, and you can't beat the price. I listened to a set at a dealer attached to some Focal Chorus 716's and a REL T5i and they REALLY sang. At their price point, the only real competition I've seen mentioned are the Outlaw M2200, and the argument for them is generally just that they're Class A/B and handle higher-current equipment, like Maggies, better. From my research, Emotiva exists in a VERY competitive market segment, so most of the arguments against them are going to be in relation to brand loyalty and known synergies, not any black mark against their sound or quality (save the people who've had egregiously bad experiences, of which my research has turned up few).

Wow this is all very helpful. I am going to try and audition a few items at my local shop.  They sell the Emotiva and others.  I like some of the other suggestions and am looking at those too.  I also look at the Cambridge AUDIO CXA80 and wondered if anyone had thoughts on this.



Please keep it coming it is good to be educated.