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Post by brian1963 on Jan 5, 2017 14:44:12 GMT -5
First post! Im far from someone with vast amounts of Stereo knowledge but I do know what sounds good to me. I just got a pt-100 preamp,a-300 amp, and a erc-3 cd player a few weeks ago and to say Im pleased is an understatement. Ive had some decent systems in the past but nothing that puts a smile on my face like this. Even music I don't care for gets played more just to hear what I've been missing. Using klipsch rp280f speakers I was getting headaches from running the tone controls to hot I guess before I had to crank the controls on other systems to get some sparkle. Now running them flat or just a fuzz of treble I am thrilled with the sound. Im one that likes to get bang for the buck and can't see how spending thousands more could get you a lot better sound. Im not poor but between the 3 or 4 hobbies I enjoy I feel I've nailed it as far as what I was wanting sound wise for coin spent. If this equipment is still working like this 10 years from now I don't see how I could not have gotten my moneys worth. Im not going to try and explain the sound using big terms I'm just going to say this. WOW! And thanks to Emotiva for putting out a product that sounds so fine and feels so professional. Bringing great music to the masses is a great thing in my opinion. Love the pt-100 and I love it having FM. Im listening to FM right now. The cd player is out of this world.
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Post by knucklehead on Jan 5, 2017 15:07:23 GMT -5
The A-300 is the latest version of the venerable UPA-2. It morphed into the XPA-200 and UPA-200 - and now the A-300. Great amps IMO. The only one I owned was the UPA-2 for a while. They are all very good amps. Good to see you found the right amp.
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Post by novisnick on Jan 5, 2017 15:08:30 GMT -5
First post! Im far from someone with vast amounts of Stereo knowledge but I do know what sounds good to me. I just got a pt-100 preamp,a-300 amp, and a erc-3 cd player a few weeks ago and to say Im pleased is an understatement. Ive had some decent systems in the past but nothing that puts a smile on my face like this. Even music I don't care for gets played more just to hear what I've been missing. Using klipsch rp280f speakers I was getting headaches from running the tone controls to hot I guess before I had to crank the controls on other systems to get some sparkle. Now running them flat or just a fuzz of treble I am thrilled with the sound. Im one that likes to get bang for the buck and can't see how spending thousands more could get you a lot better sound. Im not poor but between the 3 or 4 hobbies I enjoy I feel I've nailed it as far as what I was wanting sound wise for coin spent. If this equipment is still working like this 10 years from now I don't see how I could not have gotten my moneys worth. Im not going to try and explain the sound using big terms I'm just going to say this. WOW! And thanks to Emotiva for putting out a product that sounds so fine and feels so professional. Bringing great music to the masses is a great thing in my opinion. Love the pt-100 and I love it having FM. Im listening to FM right now. The cd player is out of this world. Nice write up! Welcome to the forum, lots of good friends to be found here. The cup-o-Knowledge sometimes overflows.   |
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Post by stiehl11 on Jan 5, 2017 15:09:30 GMT -5
Excellent! And welcome to the Lounge. My daughter just got an A-300 when she came down to visit. We bought it straight from Emotiva headquarters. We hooked it up to my bedroom system to "test it out" and I was amazed at how well the A-300 sounded.
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Post by dregoric on Jan 24, 2017 3:38:12 GMT -5
I just got a pt-100 preamp,a-300 amp Congratulations! I was thinking about buying pt-100 and asked question on this forum but it was ignored. Maybe you can help me? As I understand pt-100 has a tone controls, bass and treble. To what extent you can push up or down these controls? Is it +/- 6dB, 8 or 10? By the way, I also have Klipsch RP-280F  |
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Post by vcautokid on Jan 24, 2017 5:53:43 GMT -5
First post! Im far from someone with vast amounts of Stereo knowledge but I do know what sounds good to me. I just got a pt-100 preamp,a-300 amp, and a erc-3 cd player a few weeks ago and to say Im pleased is an understatement. Ive had some decent systems in the past but nothing that puts a smile on my face like this. Even music I don't care for gets played more just to hear what I've been missing. Using klipsch rp280f speakers I was getting headaches from running the tone controls to hot I guess before I had to crank the controls on other systems to get some sparkle. Now running them flat or just a fuzz of treble I am thrilled with the sound. Im one that likes to get bang for the buck and can't see how spending thousands more could get you a lot better sound. Im not poor but between the 3 or 4 hobbies I enjoy I feel I've nailed it as far as what I was wanting sound wise for coin spent. If this equipment is still working like this 10 years from now I don't see how I could not have gotten my moneys worth. Im not going to try and explain the sound using big terms I'm just going to say this. WOW! And thanks to Emotiva for putting out a product that sounds so fine and feels so professional. Bringing great music to the masses is a great thing in my opinion. Love the pt-100 and I love it having FM. Im listening to FM right now. The cd player is out of this world. Congratulations on your new PT-100,A-300, and ERC-3. Welcome to the Emotiva family. You are now part of what is the most you enjoy from your music with quality than ever before. I had some pretty high end spreads too. But nothing as good as the 1st amplifier I ever bought from Emotiva. The incredible XPA-2. I was, and am hooked ever since. Built first to last, this along later with other Emotiva Audio gear, let me hear more of music's hidden treasures than ever before. I am excited with the new products coming from Emotiva Audio. 2017 CES videos on YouTube for instance shows what you expect now, and coming up in the near future. Something for everyone. Some very cutting edge, and Reference Caliber gear that will amaze you. More high performance gear you can tell your family, and friends about that they too can buy, and enjoy. Emotiva Audio. The family keeps getting bigger. Again, welcome to our family here. Enjoy the forums here, and your new Emotiva gear. Let us know if you have any questions, and your thoughts. Allot of great members here ready to help, and make the music, and theater, amazing. |
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Post by vneal on Jan 24, 2017 9:00:47 GMT -5
Great review. Made me smile
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Post by garbulky on Jan 25, 2017 12:37:03 GMT -5
The A-300 is the latest version of the venerable UPA-2. It morphed into the XPA-200 and UPA-200 - and now the A-300. Great amps IMO. The only one I owned was the UPA-2 for a while. They are all very good amps. Good to see you found the right amp. Though they are in the same line (u-series), I don't know if it's the latest version of the UPA-2. I'd say it's the same version of the UPA-200 which it seems to share a lot more similarities with. The latest version of the UPA-2 would be more closely related to the XPA-200 - which is sadly no longer being sold. |
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Post by misterbrownstone on Feb 2, 2017 17:42:31 GMT -5
Earlier today I ordered a PT-100 and the A-300. Can't wait to hook it up next week and hear how great it sounds.
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Post by dregoric on Feb 21, 2017 5:38:42 GMT -5
Earlier today I ordered a PT-100 and the A-300. Can't wait to hook it up next week and hear how great it sounds. Have you received you order? What are the feelings? May be you can help me on my question above about tone controls on PT-100? |
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Post by misterbrownstone on Feb 21, 2017 20:13:43 GMT -5
I received both items and couldn't be happier. I'll start by saying that I am no audiophile and my knowledge on these things is limited but I know when music sounds great and the BasX A-300 sounds wonderful. As for the tone controls they can do +/- 10db
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Post by dregoric on Mar 1, 2017 0:52:04 GMT -5
I received both items and couldn't be happier. I'll start by saying that I am no audiophile and my knowledge on these things is limited but I know when music sounds great and the BasX A-300 sounds wonderful. As for the tone controls they can do +/- 10db Congrats! And thanks for the answer! |
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