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Emotiva

BasX TA1

amplifier

$499

Used market: $360*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

3 of 5 values have a recorded source
Amp Type
Integrated Stereo Amp·
Channels
2·
Speaker Outputs
·
Power Output Per Channel
{"thdPercent":0.02,"continuousWatts":60,"loadImpedance_ohms":8}, {"thdPercent":1,"continuousWatts":100,"loadImpedance_ohms":4}✓
Min Supported Impedance ohms
4✓

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Headroom Notes

60 W into 8 ohms, both channels, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, THD <0.02 %. The 100 W into 4 ohms is measured at 1 kHz and allows fifty times the distortion - 1 %. Emotiva prints the conditions next to each figure rather than in a footnote, which is why the two can be told apart at all.

Thermal Behavior

'Minimum load impedance: 4 Ohms. Rated impedance: 8 Ohms.' Two separate sentences, both in the specification list. Almost nobody else in this price class writes the first one down.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~72% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026