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Post by progressive1 on Mar 12, 2012 18:34:17 GMT -5
hello. i tried my new xpa-1's this past weekend. did some crirical listening with my reference cd's. very nice. running those with the xda-1 as a preamp in balanced mode. very dynamic sound. ease of presentation. no clicks, pops, or hums. i run an italian monitor speaker manufactured by rosso fierentino. i have the usp-1 also for the sub but prefer the xda-1 as the pre with no sub. my opinion is that subs are for home theatre. it is very hard to integrate a sub right without lowering the sound quality imho. thanks.
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Post by jdubs on Dec 14, 2012 9:38:26 GMT -5
Check into REL subs, and speak with someone at Sumiko (the distributor) about proper set-up. They are specifically designed to play UNDER large speakers. They crossover very low, and if you set them up correctly they disappear into the soundstage but with a noticable extended range. Most impressive sub line I've ever seen and made for audiophiles, not home theater.
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Post by garbulky on Dec 14, 2012 11:29:23 GMT -5
Glad to hear you like it. You appear to have a really expensive setup by rosso. The XDA-1 has a lossy digital volume control which loses audio information as you turn the volume down from maximum. You may benefit from either buying an XSP-1 or an xda-2. The XDA-2 uses an analog form of volume control which doesn't have this issue.
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Post by razel on Dec 14, 2012 13:18:15 GMT -5
Hey progressive. I had the same feeling about subs in my system as well when I had the XPA-1s. They controlled and drove the lowly 6" woofers in my bookshelfs so well and low enough that I only missed my sloppy subwoofer during movies. In fact in order for me to gain equal quality in actual sub-woofer frequencies I would have needed to spend almost double the cost of the 2 XPA-1s I had.
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