Brian,
I am very much a noob to all of this but have been looking at the Emotiva amps as well as i happen to live where there HQ is. My theory is this, if you dont care about the money then who cares what a meter says, its like having a big v-8 but not driving it 150 mph, its still worth it :-)
I have heard my m22's on a different receiver (sony) from my denon and the difference is humorous so i can only imagine the difference when going to a separate amp. To me, my setup seems to almost "open up" at a louder than normal volume and that is the sound i truly love.
