Post by baddmo4 on Jan 4, 2012 12:43:06 GMT -5
I was fortunate enough to upgrade some of my theater hardware this holiday season. Let me start of by saying, I have been a long time Carver fan. I have owned Carver equipment since my teen years in the mid 80's. I recently swapped out my Carver C 1000A receiver(1000 watts 5x200 RMS) for a Emotiva XPA-5 and UMC-1. My Carver was powering my M&K S150 (3 S150's 2 SS150's and a MX350 sub)system. I had no complaints, except a few movies would clip my system. Now the sound is more clean and accurate, no clipping. I am totally impressed with my new Emotiva gear. I had the luxury of having Ken Kreisel himself helping me properly calibrate my theater (via Email). With my new OPPO BPD-95 Bluray player and the DTS and DD HD soundtracks my theater experience is complete bliss. I highly recommend anyone looking to buy a new receiver to seriously consider buying a XPA-5 and UMC-1. It probably costs the same, or even less than big box gear.
