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Post by garbulky on May 5, 2012 13:57:09 GMT -5
The room makes a big difference chet. Nearfield might be the way to go. And certainly not an axiom m80 in that space.
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Post by dcg44s on May 5, 2012 14:30:01 GMT -5
Does anyone know how long the ERT 8.3s are going to be on clearance? Likely it is until the inventory is exhausted. |
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Post by chet on May 5, 2012 15:35:48 GMT -5
The room makes a big difference chet. Nearfield might be the way to go. And certainly not an axiom m80 in that space. haha... I was only joking about the space. The room is about 20X14X10. And, I want this to be something I can take on to my suburban sojourn. |
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Post by yves on May 5, 2012 16:07:33 GMT -5
If your listening room isn't very spacious then you can simply forget about Magnepan altogether except maybe their desktop mini bookshelves but I haven't heard those. All of the other models need at least 3 ft. of clearance from the back wall like roadrunner said, and to make them sound good you should at least double that.
Planar tweeters are overrated IMO. To my ears, the ceramic aluminum oxide dome tweeters in my pair of Canton Vento 890.2 DC are besting them but you need a power amp with a frequency response curve that stays flat as a bum up to and over 40 kHz to make them truly shine. The XPA-2 provides exactly that, and more. Lots more, to be precise. But the source is equally important so you really really also need a stellar DAC and 24/96 (or better, 24/192) music files. Otherwise the realistic holographic imaging won't be there.
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Post by garbulky on May 5, 2012 20:47:34 GMT -5
The room makes a big difference chet. Nearfield might be the way to go. And certainly not an axiom m80 in that space. haha... I was only joking about the space. The room is about 20X14X10. And, I want this to be something I can take on to my suburban sojourn. Never mind then  |
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Post by chet on May 6, 2012 16:46:32 GMT -5
Dammit! just when I thought I had everything figured out and was excited about my purchase - the UPA-1s aren't listed on the website anymore  Are they being phased out? Obsolete? Had issues? Looks like both the XPA-2 and the UPA-1 are not options. |
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Post by garbulky on May 6, 2012 17:21:38 GMT -5
Dammit! just when I thought I had everything figured out and was excited about my purchase - the UPA-1s aren't listed on the website anymore Are they being phased out? Obsolete? Had issues? Looks like both the XPA-2 and the UPA-1 are not options. Yes both of them are certainly options. The UPA-1's have been discontinued but will soon be coming back (rebadged) as the XPA-100. There are supposed to have been "upgrades" done to it. I'm skeptical whether these will be upgrades or downgrades, but it is what it is... |
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Post by chet on May 6, 2012 21:18:12 GMT -5
Oh no! I must admit - I was excited about the monoblocks. It seemed like it was the first step towards an exclusive club of audiophiles. Alas, it looks like it was not meant to be.
Anyway - I was going to wait until the end of the month before making my purchases due to work constraints. Hopefully XPA-2s will be back in stock, and UPA-1's upgrades will actually be upgrades, and not the dreaded rebranded swill as scotch.
Again - thank you all for the wonderful advice, and for helping out a newbie.
--C
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Post by roadrunner on May 6, 2012 22:07:07 GMT -5
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Frequently when Emotiva is out of stock on an item you are interested in they will have some B-Stock inventory. Just call or e-mail to find out if they have any B-Stock items available. The B-Stocks will be discounted but will looked and perform exactly as a new unit does and it also has the same warranty as the new units
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Post by flamingeye on May 6, 2012 23:08:40 GMT -5
b-stock is a good option that's how I got my IPS-1 amp and it was in excellent condition you couldn't tell it form new , I would give Emo a call if I was you
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Post by chet on May 7, 2012 14:00:47 GMT -5
That's a great suggestion. What exactly does B-stock mean?
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Post by garbulky on May 7, 2012 14:22:43 GMT -5
It's brand new, but it has been returned within the 30 day money back warrantee and is checked to make sure it's functioning correctly. Basically, no change in quality and a great deal + warranty
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Post by GreenKiwi on May 7, 2012 14:46:20 GMT -5
I've gotten b-stock and it's been great.
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Post by chet on May 7, 2012 18:21:42 GMT -5
Perfect! I have emailed them - will let everyone know when I hear back from them!
Again, thank you!
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Post by chet on May 8, 2012 18:31:21 GMT -5
No cigar. :-(
Looks like they don't have UPA-1s in b-stock. Back to the drawing board.
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Post by chet on Jun 29, 2012 17:50:55 GMT -5
I just wanted to thank everybody again for their suggestions. Today, I got delivery of my ERT 8.3. The poor FedEx guy had to lug them up three flights of stairs to my apartment. I am still waiting on my XPA-2 and XDA-1, both of which I should only be getting the end of July So, all I can report is that the speakers look great - and very menacing. I didn't pay much attention to the dimensions when I purchased the speakers, and was (pleasantly!) shocked to see the size of them. More updates, and maybe a layman's review when the rest of my gear arrives! Needless to say, I am excited, and exercising my patience as much as I can! Again, thank you all for all the suggestions. Hopefully, it is money well spent! -Chet |
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