Post by SeattleHTGuy on Sept 22, 2010 14:11:59 GMT -5
OK, I know its been discussed deep in this forum many times over and I know that all of the Emotiva Amps have auto protection circuitry that works and thus the big warranty but........ Here is what I am thinking of doing and why. I'd appreciate anyone blowing deep holes in my logic.
I have 3 XPA-1s, an XPA-5, and am contemplating getting the XPA-3 to give me 11 channels of power for my media room. I will be using just the Pre section of the new Denon 4311 and turning off the amps via intenral Denon control.
Currently I have all the Amps being fed through a single MP 2600 protector. All from the same circuit. I did this primarily for power cable management. Never, even with Avatar at above reference and during one of the battle scenes, have I ever seen the 20 Amp light on the MP2600 light, try as I might. In fact, only for a millisecond has the 12 Amp Light hit. Now I am running another 20 amp line to the cabinet and want to protect the units and the rest of my equipment via an outboard protection unit. I have my eyes set on the MP 7000 Pro Signature for several reasons. 1). It has Blue Lights, not Red (Gotta look nice for all that coin), 2nd, it has 4 High Current Lines in Back. I do know that MP says you can hook up HC units to other than the HC outlets. 3rd it has an always on Amp Meter. Now realistically, for all this money, I don't expect much value on the protection side. I do see some value on the whole "clean power" feature set but if I am honest with myself, I'd just kind of like to know how much these amps draw. As far as clean power, my home is fairly new and the noise floor on my amps is already pretty damn low. So, it's really more about the look, lights, a desire to protect other pieces of equipment, and a desire to get a handle on power draw.
So, I'm thinking all three XPA-1s hooked to the MP 7000. Then plug in the PC, Tivo, and Blu Ray + a network switch, remote relay power and one or more doo-dads. Then, I would plug in the Receiver (Amps Off to my existing MP 2600 as well as the XPA-5 and XPA-3. These would be on a different circuit. The neat thing here is I could set the MP 7000 to switch off until told by AC to fire up. Triggers would then come from the MP 7000 for the XPA-1s and I'm stil finalizing the XPA-3 and XPA-5 trigger issue. (They don't have trigger outs and that means some creative power up issues. Easy to do, just hard for this slow brain to visualize.
So, my question..... Knowing full well that the expensive surge units are somewhat snake oilish. Does anyone think there will be any difference adding the second dedicated line? So far, I don't seem to have a power issue. 2). Is there another less expensive 4 plug high current unit out there I'm missing - with meters? Has anyone ever lit up the amps on these amp meter front panels with a whole gaggle of XPA's and multiple dedicated circuits? I have not to date ran out of juice (or so the little light says) with just one circuit and 5 amps (Including the receiver internals as one) but perhaps others have hit the limit of power consumption.
I am just curious on what power I'm sucking and of course, I would like to protect all my other equipment to boot. It's quite possible after playing with power analysis, I will just sell the 2600 and do as Emotiva says and plug the buggers right in to the wall...
I can get the MP 7000 Pro for a little over $1K new.
I have 3 XPA-1s, an XPA-5, and am contemplating getting the XPA-3 to give me 11 channels of power for my media room. I will be using just the Pre section of the new Denon 4311 and turning off the amps via intenral Denon control.
Currently I have all the Amps being fed through a single MP 2600 protector. All from the same circuit. I did this primarily for power cable management. Never, even with Avatar at above reference and during one of the battle scenes, have I ever seen the 20 Amp light on the MP2600 light, try as I might. In fact, only for a millisecond has the 12 Amp Light hit. Now I am running another 20 amp line to the cabinet and want to protect the units and the rest of my equipment via an outboard protection unit. I have my eyes set on the MP 7000 Pro Signature for several reasons. 1). It has Blue Lights, not Red (Gotta look nice for all that coin), 2nd, it has 4 High Current Lines in Back. I do know that MP says you can hook up HC units to other than the HC outlets. 3rd it has an always on Amp Meter. Now realistically, for all this money, I don't expect much value on the protection side. I do see some value on the whole "clean power" feature set but if I am honest with myself, I'd just kind of like to know how much these amps draw. As far as clean power, my home is fairly new and the noise floor on my amps is already pretty damn low. So, it's really more about the look, lights, a desire to protect other pieces of equipment, and a desire to get a handle on power draw.
So, I'm thinking all three XPA-1s hooked to the MP 7000. Then plug in the PC, Tivo, and Blu Ray + a network switch, remote relay power and one or more doo-dads. Then, I would plug in the Receiver (Amps Off to my existing MP 2600 as well as the XPA-5 and XPA-3. These would be on a different circuit. The neat thing here is I could set the MP 7000 to switch off until told by AC to fire up. Triggers would then come from the MP 7000 for the XPA-1s and I'm stil finalizing the XPA-3 and XPA-5 trigger issue. (They don't have trigger outs and that means some creative power up issues. Easy to do, just hard for this slow brain to visualize.
So, my question..... Knowing full well that the expensive surge units are somewhat snake oilish. Does anyone think there will be any difference adding the second dedicated line? So far, I don't seem to have a power issue. 2). Is there another less expensive 4 plug high current unit out there I'm missing - with meters? Has anyone ever lit up the amps on these amp meter front panels with a whole gaggle of XPA's and multiple dedicated circuits? I have not to date ran out of juice (or so the little light says) with just one circuit and 5 amps (Including the receiver internals as one) but perhaps others have hit the limit of power consumption.
I am just curious on what power I'm sucking and of course, I would like to protect all my other equipment to boot. It's quite possible after playing with power analysis, I will just sell the 2600 and do as Emotiva says and plug the buggers right in to the wall...
I can get the MP 7000 Pro for a little over $1K new.