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UPA-500
Sept 28, 2012 12:24:10 GMT -5
Post by roadrunner on Sept 28, 2012 12:24:10 GMT -5
hello i need your thoughts on this because I'm doubtful i have a couple of ert-8 for left and right and a 6.3 for the center channel, i don't have a procesor because im waiting for the new umc 200 or 500 now i asked for a quote for the xpa - 500 but im thinking maybe the upa 500 its enough, so the xpa-2 and the upa-500 do you think can be a good match? my room its small so maybe the xpa-500 its to much besides i can save some coins thanks You really have not provided enough information about your listening room, your intended list of A/V equipment, and your listening habits with movies/video and audio for us to provide you with an educate response to your amp needs. What are the exact dimensions of your listening room? ...the number, size, and location of doors and windows? ...the number and location of speakers, 5.1 or 7.1 channels? ...do you have an "open floor plan" with adjacent rooms? ...type of construction materials for floors, walls and ceiling, carpeting or wood/tile flooring, flat or cathedral ceilings, etc? All of these things influence the power needed for your Home Theater system. The Emotiva Reference Series speakers are very dynamic and can be driven to very high sound pressure levels, but they are not very efficient. Thus you may need XPA power amps if you like listening to music and movie soundtracks at convincing levels. The more information you can share with us the more accurate our feedback to you will be. You are off to a good start with the ERT-8.3s and the ERM-6.3 for center channel. If you have a floor plan or photographs of your listening room it would be very useful to us in tailoring our responses to you. Welcome to the Emotiva Lounge.
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UPA-500
Sept 28, 2012 13:54:24 GMT -5
Post by panterapunch on Sept 28, 2012 13:54:24 GMT -5
Hello roadrunner thanks for the welcome but ihave been here little ago in fact you recommend get the 6.3 as center thanks just im not to active in the forum well the size of the room its really tiny like 11.48 f x 9.8 and 6.8f tall the celling its wood and im thinking in 5.1 system as i said i already got the fronts and the subwoofer i tried to get at least in the warehouse sale a 6.2 for rears but they flow away now i have to think what to do . i know de xpa-5 its the ideal but maybe de ups-500 can do the job for this room. thanks for the help Attachments:
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UPA-500
Sept 28, 2012 13:57:46 GMT -5
Post by garbulky on Sept 28, 2012 13:57:46 GMT -5
Hello roadrunner thanks for the welcome but ihave been here little ago in fact you recommend get the 6.3 as center thanks just im not to active in the forum well the size of the room its really tiny like 11.48 f x 9.8 and 6.8f tall the celling its wood and im thinking in 5.1 system as i said i already got the fronts and the subwoofer i tried to get at least in the warehouse sale a 6.2 for rears but they flow away now i have to think what to do . i know de xpa-5 its the ideal but maybe de ups-500 can do the job for this room. thanks for the help I love the stand for your DAC and laptop I like unique setups.
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UPA-500
Sept 28, 2012 15:44:59 GMT -5
Post by panterapunch on Sept 28, 2012 15:44:59 GMT -5
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UPA-500
Oct 1, 2012 18:23:13 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2012 18:23:13 GMT -5
I just wanted the chime in on the upa-500 vs 80wpc receivers. I have had many, many receivers in the last few years and the upa-500 with my trusty Atlantic Technologies pre just sounds better in every regard. As a matter of fact with my inwalls and two 10" subs I have had the MPS-1,IPS-1,xpa-5,and upa-7 and I dont feel like I have lost anything with the upa-500. Now these amps I mentioned are no doubt more powerful amps but in a lot of setups like mine the upa-500 would give you all you need. Hope this might help anyone that was having some doubts about the sq of the upa-500.
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UPA-500
Oct 1, 2012 20:25:38 GMT -5
Post by roadrunner on Oct 1, 2012 20:25:38 GMT -5
Hello roadrunner thanks for the welcome but ihave been here little ago in fact you recommend get the 6.3 as center thanks just im not to active in the forum well the size of the room its really tiny like 11.48 f x 9.8 and 6.8f tall the celling its wood and im thinking in 5.1 system as i said i already got the fronts and the subwoofer i tried to get at least in the warehouse sale a 6.2 for rears but they flow away now i have to think what to do . i know de xpa-5 its the ideal but maybe de ups-500 can do the job for this room. thanks for the help With a room as small as yours the UPA-500 is likely to provide all the power you need. Your challenge is probably in finding the room to use speaker placement to optimize your potential sound quality within your listening room. Enjoy your music.
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Post by Dark Ranger on Oct 2, 2012 1:02:58 GMT -5
Hello roadrunner thanks for the welcome but ihave been here little ago in fact you recommend get the 6.3 as center thanks just im not to active in the forum well the size of the room its really tiny like 11.48 f x 9.8 and 6.8f tall the celling its wood and im thinking in 5.1 system as i said i already got the fronts and the subwoofer i tried to get at least in the warehouse sale a 6.2 for rears but they flow away now i have to think what to do . i know de xpa-5 its the ideal but maybe de ups-500 can do the job for this room. thanks for the help Hi panterapunch, I can't believe I missed this thread. Anyway, I agree with roadrunner that the UPA-500 should not be a problem in your room. I own a UPA-500 and ran a 5.1 system off that for a time. My room is actually a bit larger than yours (1,031.25 cu. ft.) and the amp never felt strained. Plenty of juice. I think you'll agree.
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Post by AudioHTIT on Oct 2, 2012 1:48:10 GMT -5
Hey, I just noticed a page back I got the price and weight exactly right on the UPA-700 over a month before release, I was wrong on height but still not bad.
"UPA-700 - Size: 17" x 4" x 16" (2RU) - Weight: 29 lbs - Price: $499?"
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UPA-500
Oct 2, 2012 12:06:33 GMT -5
Post by frenchyfranky on Oct 2, 2012 12:06:33 GMT -5
Hello roadrunner thanks for the welcome but ihave been here little ago in fact you recommend get the 6.3 as center thanks just im not to active in the forum well the size of the room its really tiny like 11.48 f x 9.8 and 6.8f tall the celling its wood and im thinking in 5.1 system as i said i already got the fronts and the subwoofer i tried to get at least in the warehouse sale a 6.2 for rears but they flow away now i have to think what to do . i know de xpa-5 its the ideal but maybe de ups-500 can do the job for this room. thanks for the help Just a small detail Pantera, I remarked that your two ERT-8.3 towers are inverted, left and right must be switched, if you place the tweeters inside instead of outside you will have a better focus and stereophonic result between the towers. On the other side, in some case the outside tweeters could be benefit for a wider stereophonic image but cause a gap in center. The same thing will apply to the center channel ERM-6.3, if you decide to place upon the TV, the tweeter of the ERM-6.3 must be down and if it place under the TV, the tweeter must be up. I own the same speakers kit and it is what I just observed myself.
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panterapunch
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UPA-500
Oct 2, 2012 13:46:06 GMT -5
Post by panterapunch on Oct 2, 2012 13:46:06 GMT -5
hello thanks for all the answers yeah the room its not the adequate but my doubt was because the 8.3 seems like lots of power with the xpa-2 they sound great and i was like not sure the difference with the upa-5 could match but i guess the processor can calibrate that, and for the inverted 8.3 i found more fuller sound placed like that i gues the hole in the center its not to extreme due to the size of the room.
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UPA-500
Oct 2, 2012 14:54:05 GMT -5
Post by garbulky on Oct 2, 2012 14:54:05 GMT -5
A processor can only do so much panterapunch. If you find the sound is better with the ERT's inverted that's great, but if you haven't already, I would try switching them back so the tweeter is in the right position to see if you notice a difference after you've re-run emoq.
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panterapunch
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UPA-500
Oct 2, 2012 15:59:51 GMT -5
Post by panterapunch on Oct 2, 2012 15:59:51 GMT -5
i dont have any procesor right now im runing stereo set up with that old gradiente as a pre and my plan its compensate the volume between the xpa-2 and the ups-500 when i get the procesor i have tried both ways and to my ears this position of tweeters sounds better in this room.
i dont remember where i read it but there is no right position of the tweeters in fact they are not labeled as right or left speaker
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UPA-500
Oct 2, 2012 18:07:21 GMT -5
Post by frenchyfranky on Oct 2, 2012 18:07:21 GMT -5
You are absolutely right, the results depend of your environment, there's no wrong left or right side for the tweeter. Only your ears and testing can tell you.
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UPA-500
Oct 20, 2012 7:47:07 GMT -5
Post by chasls2 on Oct 20, 2012 7:47:07 GMT -5
I wonder how the UPA-500 would do for my new Paradgim Inspiraton's and 490cc center? These speakers are the 30th anniveresary and there are no specs out yet for them as they are not even listed on the Paradigm site. They will be close to the Studio 20v5 and Sig2 in specs.
I use a Pioneer Elite SC61 AVR and this is for a bedroom that is 13x15.
I used a UPA-2 for some Klipsch RF7's a while back and it sure sounded nice along with a Pioneer 1120k AVR.
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UPA-500
Nov 21, 2012 14:56:33 GMT -5
Post by hapazoid on Nov 21, 2012 14:56:33 GMT -5
Hi,
I just recently joined the forum after lurking for a while.
I was wondering if I should buy the UPA-500? Will this be enough power for my speakers? I do not anticipate going to 7.1. I have the Andrew Jones designed Pioneer speakers (fs-51, cs-21, bs-21) currently. I bought these on a whim and will upgrade within the next year. Will this amplifier be enough to power future speakers? My living room is 12 x 12 and it is an open concept to the kitchen/dining area. I am in an apartment. I anticipate me using the system as 50% home theater and 50% 2.1 music.
I have been lurking on the AVSForums and only hear positive things about Emotiva, so I figured I would take the plunge.
Thanks for your help.
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UPA-500
Nov 21, 2012 15:47:49 GMT -5
Post by creimes on Nov 21, 2012 15:47:49 GMT -5
Hi, I just recently joined the forum after lurking for a while. I was wondering if I should buy the UPA-500? Will this be enough power for my speakers? I've connected my Monitor Audio RX6 towers to the UPA-500 and they sounded amazing, depends on what future speakers you will be looking at I guess, as long as they aren't really inefficient and you like making your ears bleed from deafening db's then can't see there being a problem, like I said I have turned up the volume pretty high running the UPA-500 on my RX6's and didn't have any issues that I could hear or make out and I've owned the speakers for a year and a half so I'm pretty well tuned to them I would imagine by now.
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Post by AudioHTIT on Nov 21, 2012 20:20:47 GMT -5
I'm using a UPA-700 (same power as 500) in a much larger room and it does an admirable job. While I will eventually want more power, for what you are describing I thing the UPA-500 will work very well.
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UPA-500
Nov 22, 2012 8:01:03 GMT -5
Post by hapazoid on Nov 22, 2012 8:01:03 GMT -5
That was my thought as well. I think I will buy the UPA-500 now. If my next set of speakers are harder to drive, require more power, or I want more power, I will buy an XPA-3, and use the UPA-500 to power the surrounds.
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Post by AudioHTIT on Nov 22, 2012 13:42:34 GMT -5
That was my thought as well. I think I will buy the UPA-500 now. If my next set of speakers are harder to drive, require more power, or I want more power, I will buy an XPA-3, and use the UPA-500 to power the surrounds. Sounds like a perfect plan!
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UPA-500
Jan 17, 2013 5:59:34 GMT -5
Post by lloyd2583 on Jan 17, 2013 5:59:34 GMT -5
Looking to replace receiver Onkyo TX-SR805 (i never liked the sound for music) with UMC - 200. Also, take out OPPO 981 and Sony BDP 560 and replace with OPPO 103.
Is there anything I should be thinking about that I have missed?? Although, I found out yesterday UMC-200 will not be available until March timeframe. Not the end of the world but ........ availability for new pre must be good......
Thanks,
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