I've been staying out of this, because I don't want to fan flames without truly knowing what the situation is. But I will say this:
I would tend to not buy an Emotiva product because of incidents such as these. They are arguing (evidently) that the 80s are the problem, but that argument can be turned around another way: As long as I've been on this forum, I haven't heard of any other amps (that are rated for 4 Ohm use) that shut down under anything less than the most severe abuse.
They make a nice-looking, feature-attractive product for a low price point... but I wonder if the guts are really as beefy as people hope. I'd be more inclined to give other manufacturers' budget products the nod first... and I only have M60s.
