If you are looking for a Separate Amp the Emotiva XPA amps are Excellent. I think that one or two people had problems driving m80's with Emotivas old smaller amp The LPA-1. I can tell you from first had experience that the XPA-5 will power 2 m80's a vp150 and two qs8's amazingly! The bass that the m80's produce with the XPA-5 in stereo is incredible. In fact my wife keeps saying with bass like that why do we need a better sub?
With a price of $799(xpa-5) you can't find a better deal anywhere. I also have the Emotiva MMC-1 pre\pro which is a great processor. Plus if you purchaced a 1st gen. Emotiva processor you get a 40% discount on all future Emotiva processors
Here is a list of the other XPA amps
XPA-5: 200w x 5(8 ohms) - $799 (in stock)
XPA-3: 200w x 3(8 ohms) - $649 (shipping late June, 2008)
This amp is perfect for beefing up a system relying on a multi channel receiver. Add some power and depth to your front speakers, and experience home theater like never before. Also easily combined with a 2 or 5 channel amp.
XPA-2: 250w x 2(8 ohms) - $799 (shipping late June, 2008)
Designed to either work in tandem with other amps as part of a drop-dead 5.1 or 7.1 system, or as a 2 channel, power hungry music listener's dream. Bridgeable into a very powerful monoblock.
XPA-1: 500w x 1(8 ohms)/1,000w x 1(4 ohms) - $899 (shipping August, 2008)
