All the bad Emotiva reviews I read concerned the XPA-2. It has a different circut protective mode that didn't seem to jive with the M-80's too well. Besides that I've heard nothing but good out of Emotiva Amps and Pre-Pro's.

My Stuff :

M80's
QS8's
VP150
EP800
Denon 4802
Emotiva XPA-3
Samsung BD-P3600
Sharp 65 Inch Aquos LCD