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Post by leonski on Apr 5, 2016 16:25:26 GMT -5
SOME people, myself included, think that power conditioners 'suck the life' out of an amp. This after several tests.
If you live where lightning is a problem AT ALL, I'd recommend a Whole House surge protector. Make sure your service is grounded per NEC.
Cable / Small Dish and Telephone are also paths for bad juju to enter your house.
Speakers do NOT have watts. Ignore 'power' ratings as such. Look rather at Sensitivity. Don't drive 'em to painful levels or distortion. As Voice Coils heat up, my understanding is that
the power handling ability actually DROPS.
Unless you are partially deaf, and run it LOUD most of the time, I wouldn't worry.
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Post by novisnick on Apr 6, 2016 10:52:08 GMT -5
It would appear that at this point no gen 3 are in the wild or no one on this board has thoughts about their sound. This thread is for comments about the XPA gen 3 amp sound and actual use. Look here, maybe soon we will begin to gat answers. emotivalounge.proboards.com/thread/46530/got-xpa-gen-3 |
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Post by novisnick on Apr 6, 2016 13:28:27 GMT -5
It would appear that at this point no gen 3 are in the wild or no one on this board has thoughts about their sound. This thread is for comments about the XPA gen 3 amp sound and actual use. Look here, maybe soon we will begin to gat answers. emotivalounge.proboards.com/thread/46530/got-xpa-gen-3Not quite seeing how I posted in the wrong thread. I posted on the general board and made my own thread. I didn't post in a specific thread or hijack a thread. My question is simply asking, based upon rated power output ratings for each of the amps in question relative to my speakers I want to use an amp with, if one would be more suitable than the other to use. That's all I'm asking.... I guess I missed all that, sorry my friend.  No harm no foul!  That thread should,,,,,,eventually,,,,,,,,,,,be a good read!!,,,,,,,,,I hope!  |
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Post by leonski on Apr 6, 2016 13:36:17 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice. I am new to separate amps so this is all new to me. So would you say there really isn't much difference in the gen 2 and gen 3, or would you say one over the other? This is entirely subjective. I have no idea what you like about your current setup. Or even what 'better' means to you. Not that it'll really help, but maybe some reviews will happen sooner than later? Since you so rarely read a BAD review, I wonder how much help that will actually be? If EMO maintains the 'house sound', and they will, you'll be OK with either. Don't forget that the G3 amps are NOT a 'clean sheet' design, but rather leverage XPR amps and an 'H' power supply instead of a conventional, single rail design. Depending on how much power you NEED rather than WANT, you may want to keep an eye on the new 'd' amps of the Emersa line. |
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Post by HTfanHungary on Apr 6, 2016 16:38:38 GMT -5
This is entirely subjective. I have no idea what you like about your current setup. Or even what 'better' means to you. Not that it'll really help, but maybe some reviews will happen sooner than later? Since you so rarely read a BAD review, I wonder how much help that will actually be? If EMO maintains the 'house sound', and they will, you'll be OK with either. Don't forget that the G3 amps are NOT a 'clean sheet' design, but rather leverage XPR amps and an 'H' power supply instead of a conventional, single rail design. Depending on how much power you NEED rather than WANT, you may want to keep an eye on the new 'd' amps of the Emersa line. Lol. hell, thats half of my problem. I guess I don't know how much power I need or want other than I don't want to overpower them. I guess I would like to have enough power that will make them perform optimally to their design, which I think either one will do. I just want an amp to drive them since they are made to be driven by an external amp, and frankly any power that an external amp will provide will be better than what a mid range home theater receiver can deliver. I'm not looking to purchase just anything, but I know I have come to the right place to purchase for the price range we are in. I could purchase something for 40 percent more money made by one of the same large scale home theater receiver manufacturers like Marantz or Onkyo, but I am confident that it won't compare to what Emotiva provides since the Emotiva products are supposedly both better built, cleaner, and deliver higher power and value. I am more concerned about feeding my speakers too much power, but as you said earlier in the thread, it should not be a concern. I know a lot of this is subjective. I guess I'm just wanting to purchase the right unit as it would best fit with my setup given what I have knowing that I won't be upgrading or adding more speakers down the road without wrecking anything knowing that either one I go with I am going to end up with a quality product. From the quality sense I am not worried, just practicality and fit for what I have. These speakers will most probably work together with the amplifier just nicely. These speakers can be driven with up to 250 Watts. What the Emotiva amp will provide you with are: wider soundstage, much more dynamics, insane volume levels if you want, much more detail and beautiful separation of different sound sources and human voice within the whole "sonic landscape". I have upgraded from a Rotel RMB-1075 to XPA-5 gen2 and the difference is still huuuuuge! I started with separates 11 years ago with that Rotel.. Now I think that the power amp is of CRITICAL significance in a system (especially if you are a home theater fan like me). This amp must be a beast as was the gen 2! |
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Post by HTfanHungary on Apr 6, 2016 17:04:03 GMT -5
These speakers will most probably work together with the amplifier just nicely. These speakers can be driven with up to 250 Watts. What the Emotiva amp will provide you with are: wider soundstage, much more dynamics, insane volume levels if you want, much more detail and beautiful separation of different sound sources and human voice within the whole "sonic landscape". I have upgraded from a Rotel RMB-1075 to XPA-5 gen2 and the difference is still huuuuuge! I started with separates 11 years ago with that Rotel.. Now I think that the power amp is of CRITICAL significance in a system (especially if you are a home theater fan like me). This amp must be a beast as was the gen 2! Thank you. It's hard for me to compare the before and after before buying since I don't really have a good place around me to audition amps prior to purchasing. Give Emotiva a chance, you won't regret it (either gen2 or gen3). This is an addictive world of exeptional sound quality! Most of us here has been infected with Emo blue for some while now.... I myself invested in an amp which was completely unknown for me before. I read some articles about pairing Emo with B&W speakers and that was all! I live in Hungary in Central Europe so autidion is not very easy here with a specific gear. However I could listen to an Emo amp paired with a set of JBL speakers... |
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Post by wilburthegoose on May 5, 2017 19:53:52 GMT -5
So - has anybody done a comparison between a Gen 2 and Gen 3?
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Post by gzubeck on May 5, 2017 22:46:50 GMT -5
So - has anybody done a comparison between a Gen 2 and Gen 3? I ran across this fairly clean video in you tube...it really give a case for trying the gen3. It might not last twenty years but I might like ten years of audio bliss for a $1000 |
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Post by wilburthegoose on May 6, 2017 5:51:39 GMT -5
Thanks, but it doesn't seem to compare the G2 to the G3.
In other words, is there any reason for a G2 owner to go to the G3?
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Post by gzubeck on May 6, 2017 15:17:48 GMT -5
Thanks, but it doesn't seem to compare the G2 to the G3. In other words, is there any reason for a G2 owner to go to the G3? Probably not...but I did want to show the video anyway so that maybe new purchasers won't be experiencing a drop-off in quality and possibly a small improvement in sound quality. |
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Post by emotifan on Jul 17, 2017 21:19:02 GMT -5
So - has anybody done a comparison between a Gen 2 and Gen 3? I ran across this fairly clean video in you tube...it really give a case for trying the gen3. It might not last twenty years but I might like ten years of audio bliss for a $1000 I don't get it. You aren't really expecting to be able to judge the sound of anything from a youtube video are you??? |
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Post by gzubeck on Sept 7, 2017 20:05:38 GMT -5
I ran across this fairly clean video in you tube...it really give a case for trying the gen3. It might not last twenty years but I might like ten years of audio bliss for a $1000 I don't get it. You aren't really expecting to be able to judge the sound of anything from a youtube video are you??? some of it you can tell...like the higher frequencies and the midrange. some youtube videos and audio are better than others but I do think you get a general facsimile of what to expect with the speakers and amplifier. I'm familiar with the speakers and the amplifier makes it sound better so...your own limited by your source material. By the way I build my own speakers and design my own crossovers... |
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