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Post by bking on Sept 22, 2010 10:48:12 GMT -5
I am thinking of purchasing an amp for strictly two channel listening. I've narrowed down my choices to either the XPA-3 or two UPA-1's. Both have plenty of power for my requirements. Since both choices are about the same price, is there any sonic advantage to choosing one over the other?
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Post by cgolf on Sept 22, 2010 11:08:03 GMT -5
I am thinking of purchasing an amp for strictly two channel listening. I've narrowed down my choices to either the XPA-3 or two UPA-1's. Both have plenty of power for my requirements. Since both choices are about the same price, is there any sonic advantage to choosing one over the other? Anytime you can go with monblocks or separate amps for each individual speaker, then do it. I have had both setups in my system at one time or another and I prefer the UPA-1s for music. There wasn't a huge difference in SQ but there was a enough of a noticable difference in separation, soundstage, depth, etc. I'm running a pair of 1s in our game room and the sound is fantastic... ;D |
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Post by bking on Sept 22, 2010 11:23:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply. I was leaning in the direction of using two mono amps. It's good to hear from someone who has actual experience with both setups.
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Post by leadliner on Sept 22, 2010 16:22:16 GMT -5
i had the twins and the xpa-2 , i stayed with the xpa-2 cause it had more balls at lower volumes.
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Post by bking on Sept 22, 2010 17:49:37 GMT -5
Since my listening room is only 12 x 15, the XPA-2 is probably overkill.
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Post by jackfish on Sept 22, 2010 18:00:48 GMT -5
My room is about the same and a pair of UPA-1s through Magnepan MMGs is sublime. What speakers are you using?
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Post by bking on Sept 22, 2010 21:38:17 GMT -5
I have three pairs I rotate through the listening room. All were built by yours truly. And all are 4ohm impedance. First is a 2-way with Peerless drivers. The second pair is a three-way with a passive radiator. Both pairs have crossovers designed by Dennis Murphy who does the crossovers for Salk Sound. The third pair is a prototype I did for a start up speaker company. The drivers are Scanspeak and Audio Technology, with the crossover designed by Phil Bamberg of BESL. Supplementing them all when necessary is a 300 watt DIY subwoofer.
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Post by leadliner on Sept 23, 2010 19:14:35 GMT -5
just my 2 cents but with 4 ohm speakers i would go with the xpa-2.
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Post by bking on Sept 23, 2010 19:56:42 GMT -5
Aside from the fact it's more than I want to spend, I'm afraid if I did buy an amp with that much power, I might kill myself!  |
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Post by leadliner on Sept 23, 2010 20:35:41 GMT -5
lol
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Post by stiehl11 on Sept 23, 2010 22:43:22 GMT -5
Having too much available power and not using it is better than having too little and clip the signal to those wonderful speakers you have.  |
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