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Post by novisnick on Feb 28, 2017 23:28:15 GMT -5
Now available. Just recieved an e-mail today. Anybody looking to review this new amp anytime soon. Looks like a good stereo amp with 75 wpc. Thoughts? Ideas?  |
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Post by teaman on Mar 1, 2017 0:42:42 GMT -5
Now available. Just recieved an e-mail today. Anybody looking to review this new amp anytime soon. Looks like a good stereo amp with 75 wpc. Thoughts? Ideas? Kind of confusing why this is offered at all. We have the A-100 with 50 wpc and the A300 with 150 wpc. Did we really need an in-betweener? |
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Post by novisnick on Mar 1, 2017 0:55:40 GMT -5
Now available. Just recieved an e-mail today. Anybody looking to review this new amp anytime soon. Looks like a good stereo amp with 75 wpc. Thoughts? Ideas? Kind of confusing why this is offered at all. We have the A-100 with 50 wpc and the A300 with 150 wpc. Did we really need an in-betweener? Its $170.00 to get there, maybe so. |
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Post by KeithL on Mar 1, 2017 10:25:17 GMT -5
Some people like a full-sized amplifier that matches their other rack-mount equipment. Now available. Just recieved an e-mail today. Anybody looking to review this new amp anytime soon. Looks like a good stereo amp with 75 wpc. Thoughts? Ideas? Kind of confusing why this is offered at all. We have the A-100 with 50 wpc and the A300 with 150 wpc. Did we really need an in-betweener? |
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Post by cawgijoe on Mar 1, 2017 10:25:52 GMT -5
Now available. Just recieved an e-mail today. Anybody looking to review this new amp anytime soon. Looks like a good stereo amp with 75 wpc. Thoughts? Ideas? Kind of confusing why this is offered at all. We have the A-100 with 50 wpc and the A300 with 150 wpc. Did we really need an in-betweener? It's $100 cheaper than the A300. Probably hits a price point that alot of folks would be happy with. |
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Post by vcautokid on Mar 1, 2017 11:14:25 GMT -5
These days as like everything else. It is about options. The more you have, the more apt you are to find what you like. Now sure, it can get haywire real fast. But I think This amplifier makes great sense. Especially for those great efficient speakers you may have. Or an impromptu monitoring Amplifier in a project studio where you might adapt this to the 19 inch EIA rack mount standard. Or another Zone Amplifier, and multi-channel amplifier addition where the hee man power is not really needed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 16:26:25 GMT -5
If you have a thing about fans in your amps (as a few people complained about with the A-300, although the fans virtually never run), the A-150 doesn't have them. It's pretty much like the amp section of the TA-100 except with a bigger transformer and a little higher supply voltage, which nets the extra power, and it also has a larger heat sink. It also has the same form factor as the PT-100 instead of being taller like the A-300 is, so it may be the amp that "fits" into your system if you have limited clearance on your shelf, but want an amp that matches the width of your preamp and other components.
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Post by boomzilla on Mar 27, 2017 16:28:44 GMT -5
The equivalent "loudness difference" between the TA-100 with 50 WPC and this amp with 75, is miniscule.
BUT, if your speakers are inefficient, every little bit helps...
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Post by novisnick on Mar 27, 2017 18:31:40 GMT -5
The equivalent "loudness difference" between the TA-100 with 50 WPC and this amp with 75, is miniscule. BUT, if your speakers are inefficient, every little bit helps... The TA-100 does an admirable job driving my KEF LS50's which do dip below 4 ohms, not room shaking but very nice sound. |
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Post by gzubeck on Mar 27, 2017 19:26:36 GMT -5
The only market I can see for this amp is surround sound duty...emotiva would have been better served by increasing the power to 100 watts and bigger heatsinks.
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Post by joswald21 on May 10, 2017 11:45:12 GMT -5
Some people like a full-sized amplifier that matches their other rack-mount equipment. Kind of confusing why this is offered at all. We have the A-100 with 50 wpc and the A300 with 150 wpc. Did we really need an in-betweener? Hmmm...I believe they offered it so that I can buy one. :-) |
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Post by kewlmunky on May 10, 2017 13:59:24 GMT -5
I was considering this unit for my HE-6, but ultimately went with the A-100 as I wanted the headphone jack and volume knob.
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Post by brutiarti on May 10, 2017 14:16:47 GMT -5
For $100 more you can get the a-300.. $250 makes more sense for this amp imo
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Post by garbulky on May 10, 2017 14:58:40 GMT -5
Well the power is really not bad. It WILL drive speakers satisfactorily and sound good. I remember when I got my UPA-2 for $300. Now it's a larger mini-x for the same price. But I guess that was a long time ago...
However at $300 you have competition from cheap receivers and integrated units at that price range like Sherwood and Harman Kardon
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Post by brutiarti on May 10, 2017 15:23:28 GMT -5
You can get the Onkyo m-5010 for $249 also
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Post by joswald21 on May 13, 2017 13:01:18 GMT -5
You can get the Onkyo m-5010 for $249 also For $50, I'll give the business to Emotiva for... - Build-quality rep
- M-5010's odd 4 ohm power spec
- BasX A-150 will look good on top of my BasX PT-100
- Little guys vs big guys
- Support the home team...USA, USA, USA
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Post by joswald21 on Jun 12, 2017 10:05:34 GMT -5
qq...does anyone out there own a BasX A-150? There's plenty of A-100 and A-300 references, but basically zilch/nada/squata to the A-150...?
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