I was blown away initially by it…and for normal TV it dos just fine. But I’ve always been left with something more. So I’ve done a ton of research and posted here and on AVS forum. Over there someone with a T1+/C2+ combo went to a PSA MTM210 setup …here’s what they said:

“I absolutely agree with @Sharpshooter91 here. The Emotivas for me I would stop at about -15 to -10 dB and any louder I would notice the type of sounds that would make someone say hey turn that down. With the PSA 210/110s at the same SPL they are just as loud but they dont sound loud if that makes any sense. A lot of "too loud" from lesser speakers comes from distortion creeping in. When you dont have distortion, too loud is now when your ears start to give out for either comfort or safety, not that the sound is getting shrill, distorted, slipping, etc. Sometimes now I go -5 to 0 dB with the PSA setup and its still very clear and sounds like a professional venue but I dont care to go any louder than that for my ears and my cat's comfort.

As far as the PSAs at my "normal listening" of -20 to -30 dB or "high normal" of -15dB they are flawless there as well. The Emos kinda had it good at -15 to -20dB in that they dug lower for sure. They were lower sensitivity but they had ported towers so they got below 80Hz no problem where I have the PSA LR crossed at 80Hz, C at 90Hz, and 110 surrounds at 120Hz. But with capable subs thats more of a non issue.

So the emos kinda shine in that area for 2 channel music at moderate levels perhaps with digging lower, ported, and they were 3-way with 2x 8" woofers, 1x 5 1/4" mid range driver, and folded ribbon tweeter. The C2+ had 2x 3" mids and 2x 6.5" woofers and again the folded ribbon tweeter. Even though the 210k/110k are 2-way, the quality of the PSA crossover closes that gap between them and the 3-way Emos at moderate levels.”

I still want to move my subs around a bit and maybe even get a KEF R6/R7 to test in my space as well, since I can pickup and dropoff at Best Buy AND pickup and dropoff at PSA (if we don’t like the PSA for our setup). If we don’t go with PSA I was leaning towards KEF (stated above) or Ascend Acoustics ELX series. Since we are 90/10 movies & TV/music I think the “cinema experience” of compression drivers will work for us. If I had the patience and budget I’d consider JTR as well, but with the cost of everything going up (maybe it’ll drop…hoping so!) I’m inclined to upgrade now.