Moderators dtel Posted August 29, 2012 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2012 It sure looks like it, it has the same address and is also a HT installer. Or does part of Emotiva run the Ht install business and use Sherbourn ? Is Sherbourn made by Emotive and made to look different, at a higher price ? I don't know, not that it really matters, I was just looking to see where Franklin Tenn is and looked at the satellite pic and noticed a couple other businesses at the same address, two buildings side by side ? http://sherbourn.com/index.php/home-theater-products/preprotuners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhoak Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/emotiva-acquires-sherbourn-technologies http://www.cepro.com/article/sherbourn_acquired_by_oem_maker_jade_design/K5/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vital Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Yes, Jade Designs also builds several other well known higher end brands for other companies as well. Some people are happy to spend more money. It's been proven in market research that most people feel better about spending more money even when they aren't getting a better deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I don't know, not that it really matters, I was just looking to see where Franklin Tenn is and looked at the satellite pic and noticed a couple other businesses at the same address, two buildings side by side ? Thinking about the Emo-fest, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elitedemo Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/processors/sherbourn-pt-7020a-processor-first-look backplates are nearly identical with exception to a few things like xlr which make the unit 4-5x more expensive ht installers use sherbourn as theres an increased price and novelities for customers willing to empty the wallet, both companies are run by the same parent company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmassey Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 One has to wonder how closely related some of these different models are. If Denon and McIntosh, which are owned by the same company, combined into one, would they lose money because the lower end Denons could possible give the higher end McIntosh models a bad name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psg Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Except Denon and McIntoshdon't share the same insides, which is what is presumed here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elitedemo Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 if I'm correct I think denon or their parent company (if they have one) owns marantz and they intend to keep marantz as the higher tier product if anything they stand to gain more because production costs probably go down and they can get some higher margins on the top tier, seems to work out rather well for these companies since plenty tend to do it, there was some company that even put a oppo 83 chasis guts included into their own bluray player and rebadged it for a couple grand, cant recall which company that was but someone can chime in about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 there was some company that even put a oppo 83 chasis guts included into their own bluray player and rebadged it for a couple grand, cant recall which company that was but someone can chime in about it Lexicon is the company and they were ran through the ringer for it. It took them a while to dig out of that hole. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 31, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2012 Thanks, sorry I didn't reply, we were busy without internet or electricity since I posted. I would love to go to emo-fest but I think I would rather use that $ for the DAC that's on sale for 199, which is a steal. Thinking about it at least. [:$] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdog Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Thanks, sorry I didn't reply, we were busy without internet or electricity since I posted. I would love to go to emo-fest but I think I would rather use that $ for the DAC that's on sale for 199, which is a steal. Thinking about it at least. If you plan to use it with USB you may want to reconsider. The USB input is adaptive not asynchronous. It also only does 16/44 from USB. The other issue is the loss of resolution when using the digital volume control. If your uses don't include the need for usb then it looks like a very well built unit for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted September 1, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted September 1, 2012 I noticed that, wasn't going to use usb, it would have to be Optical from the BR player which gives me BR disc CD's plus internet radio and also optical from the satellite box. I think it will do what I want and for $199 nothing else comes close. Right now I use the pre-outs from the Yamaha HTR as a pre-amp for 2 Ch, I think the DAC would be a big improvement. And we use 2 Ch more than anything. we only do multichannel music or movies maby once or twice a month. EDIT I couldn't remember what you were using so I looked at your profile, GREAT looking list of equipment and speakers, very nice choices. [Y][H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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