Emotiva ERC-4 CD Player Review

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4 жыл бұрын

The HiFi Brothers are back and take a look at the Emotiva ERC-4 CD Player. Are your CDs taking a back seat to other media formats? Want to try to push every ounce of digital goodness from your CDs? Well, you may not need to look much further. Watch the video and find out!
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Emotiva Product Link: emotiva.com/
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Ralph's Home Theater Setup:
- Marantz SR6012
- Emotiva XPA-3 Gen 2 | XPA Gen 3 6.0
- Samsung 82" Q80 4k TV
- SVS Ultra Towers & Ultra Center, Ultra Surround + Prime Elevations
Armando's Vintage HiFi Setup:
- Yamaha CR-820
- Akai GX-4000D Reel to Reel Player
- Yamaha YP-211 Record Player
- Pioneer CT-F700 Cassette Player
- Sonos: Connect, Playbar & Play 1s
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Disclaimer: This video was not sponsored by any of the products shown. Emotiva was gracious enough to send us the product for feedback and review. The link provided goes directly to the manufacturers website and is not an affiliate link.
#Emotiva #ERC4 #CDPlayer

Пікірлер: 47

@eastcoastjersey 4 жыл бұрын

Great video and great review. I'm interested in breaking out my CD 's ...Ralph's mug explodes Haha. Dang still in the dark with the 3 shells...

@HiFiBrothers 4 жыл бұрын

I know right....will never figure it out

@hi-fihaven2257 4 жыл бұрын

Just picked Emotiva Airmotive speakers,T1+'s, a C1+, and E2+'s. Have been looking at this player. I have a huge collection of CD's, and Hybrid SACD's. Great looking machine, looks like it is built as good as my Emotiva speakers. Love the XLR's. Great work on the review guys. Have a great day guys!

@HiFiBrothers 4 жыл бұрын

You'll love the CD Player! Great build quality and the sound output is phenomenal. Appreciate the comment!

@nathanielcruz4364 3 жыл бұрын

i realize Im kinda off topic but does anyone know a good place to stream new movies online ?

@milanjamari7128 3 жыл бұрын

@Nathaniel Cruz i dunno I use Flixportal. just search on google for it :P -milan

@nathanielcruz4364 3 жыл бұрын

@Milan Jamari Thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) I appreciate it !

@milanjamari7128 3 жыл бұрын

@Nathaniel Cruz No problem :D

@scottlowell493 2 жыл бұрын

Los hermanos de alta fielidad!

@mykandrew 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good looking CD player

@HiFiBrothers 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's pretty legit

@Chaggy1978 7 ай бұрын

I own an ERC-1 CD Player and I love it. I have heard many CD players and the ERC-1 is my favourite.

@aspataro79 4 жыл бұрын

Demolition Man!!! Yes

@CraigLafferty 3 жыл бұрын

Other transports at this price point mention specs that include read ahead buffers or clocking mechanisms that reduce jitter. There is no talk of this on their site. Do the the balanced outputs have internal balanced circuitry? Or is there a single line conversion to the XLR outputs?

@victormartinez5172 3 жыл бұрын

How reliable is the DAC when connecting a newer TV (optical input) to an older stereo receiver (analog output)? I have had issues with cheaper DACs when it comes to audio and video syncing up.

@HiFiBrothers 3 жыл бұрын

That's a very tough question as we've never had a chance to test this configuration. You may want to reach out to Emotiva directly. Our guess is that if you're going from TV optical to analog...then you may end up with sync issues regardless. Best of luck!

@danbalkey2580 2 жыл бұрын

I know this a good player if this run though my Yamaha rx 780 rec would it improve my streaming music or I would need a other dac ?

@laltromondoyoutubechannel6537 3 жыл бұрын

This is maybe a Tone Winner cd player?

@Bangkok-ik1fp 3 жыл бұрын

The majority of cd players in this range, Marantz, Denon, NAD, Yamaha, etc are coming in around the 10 pound mark. What is making this Emotiva weigh in at a comparatively staggering 21 pounds? Thx!

@tc6580 3 жыл бұрын

I ordered and returned this unit. I weighed it and only 13 pounds. Sounds good but no better than any other player similarly priced.

@MichaelLivingston-me 2 жыл бұрын

What's the CD tray made from? Plastic, metal, vibranium?

@danbalkey2580 2 жыл бұрын

What do mean by hook up my phone to it ?

@michaelcollins2473 2 жыл бұрын

If you can honestly recommend this CD player, I have serious concerns about how many CD players you have experience with.

@rianredfield5252 Жыл бұрын

They both admitted to this being their 1st reference quality player. I'm thinking that they should've spent half as much to experience similar sound quality in the likes of Cambridge Audio's axc35 or Onkyo c7030 and maybe later add a dac with the balance saved? A for effort

@phoebus 3 жыл бұрын

The Emotiva looks like a great player and I'd buy it right now if it was gapless. I have many CDs that although the "track" numbers change one song blends seamlessly into next or they are recordings of live concerts that have tracks but play continuously and there is no way I can listen to these CDs with artificial gaps inserted by the CD player, that's not the way the artist intended the recording be heard and not the way I want to hear them. As a possible way around this gap problem does anybody know of a way to rip and burn a CD to make it all appear as one track to the Emotiva?

@jackm207 2 жыл бұрын

I use the XLD ripper that can rip to various lossless formats and has the option to rip gapless or as one file which would perhaps be a solution for copying live albums without a slight hiccup between tracks…

@purplerider2362 7 ай бұрын

I used to. But that was in like high school. I have no cd burned now. And now that you brought it up. I’m getting the itch to burn a cd

@DurtySpriteEnt 3 жыл бұрын

Can I stream spotify on this

@HiFiBrothers 3 жыл бұрын

No, this is a dedicated CD player. It doesn't have a UI for streaming services.

@DurtySpriteEnt 3 жыл бұрын

@@HiFiBrothers do you anything emotiva makes that I can stream spotify to it and send audio via optical out to my processor?

@HiFiBrothers 3 жыл бұрын

@@DurtySpriteEnt check out the TA-100

@DurtySpriteEnt 3 жыл бұрын

@@HiFiBrothers I did, but it only has optical input

@HiFiBrothers 3 жыл бұрын

@@DurtySpriteEnt Not sure if you'll be able to find any products unless you replace your processor with their XMC-1

@mechantl0up 3 жыл бұрын

Lads get a freebie from Emotiva and the praises start torrenting from the very get go, and never end. I guess this was s good ad deal for both parties. The benefit to viewers, on the other hand? Nought.

@rmzidann 2 жыл бұрын

I think that’s more than a 20 lb weight CD player…

@davidpeterson4682 4 жыл бұрын

This unit does not support gapless playback. That's a deal breaker for me.

@joshuamartindale868 3 жыл бұрын

CDs or mp3s?

@davidpeterson4682 3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuamartindale868 CDs, I don't know about mp3s.

@phoebus 3 жыл бұрын

I know, how could they make a CD player that isn't gapless? I have many CDs that although the "tracks" change one song blends into the next, it's the way the artist intended the music be played and to put gaps into that is beyond me.