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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2013 7:11:21 GMT -5
I have been looking to upgrade to a amp with more control over the drivers and I can not believe how much more control that the XPA-2 has given me with my LSi-15's.Some serious lowend!.This amp made me a believer I have read many reviews on this amp and Not One bad one to be found on it.Joe at Emotiva gave an awesome deal on it I should have made the jump last year on this amp.The first thing I notice was how very open the sound stage is,very detailed highs are sweet.Talk about power to spare!Guys I can't thank all of you enough for posting in here on your experiences with your Emotiva amps I been a fan of Emotiva for sometime now and have made some very good friends in here.I can say this Big Dan is so right about when he said"its all about the headroom and not running out of power"Big Dan,Mr.Lonnie,and too all the Emotiva employees,I thank you Guys for your Outstanding Service.Can't wait to see what Big Dan,Mr.Lonnie and Mr.Carver has up there sleeve's oh, man this is gong to be lots of fun coming our way guys.  Mike |
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Post by geebo on May 27, 2013 7:13:41 GMT -5
In my experience, Polks love power and the XPA-2 can deliver it. Congrats on the new amp. Enjoy!
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Post by LCSeminole on May 27, 2013 7:39:02 GMT -5
In my experience with Emotiva's power amplifiers, the XPA-2/XPA-5 are their best all-around deal in their line-up, the sweet spot you might say. It's great to hear you are enjoying the XPA-2. |
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Post by Golden Ear on May 27, 2013 7:43:15 GMT -5
I have been looking to upgrade to a amp with more control over the drivers and I can not believe how much more control that the XPA-2 has given me with my LSi-15's.Some serious lowend!.This amp made me a believer I have read many reviews on this amp and Not One bad one to be found on it.Joe at Emotiva gave an awesome deal on it I should have made the jump last year on this amp.The first thing I notice was how very open the sound stage is,very detailed highs are sweet.Talk about power to spare!Guys I can't thank all of you enough for posting in here on your experiences with your Emotiva amps I been a fan of Emotiva for sometime now and have made some very good friends in here.I can say this Big Dan is so right about when he said"its all about the headroom and not running out of power"Big Dan,Mr.Lonnie,and too all the Emotiva employees,I thank you Guys for your Outstanding Service.Can't wait to see what Big Dan,Mr.Lonnie and Mr.Carver has up there sleeve's oh, man this is gong to be lots of fun coming our way guys. Mike Your UPA-1 did not made them sing and XPA-2 made it all possible? If you listen to low level and moderate how XPA-2 sound any better than UPA-1? I have LSi 15 since it came out more than 10 years ago and I went from 100 a channel to nearly double the watt and listening experience I have based on low and moderate did not change. It did made an improvement on high volume but low to moderate remain the same. |
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Post by ocezam on May 27, 2013 8:14:28 GMT -5
It did made an improvement on high volume but low to moderate remain the same. Not in my experience. I owned these speakers with the XPA-2 about 5 months. With this amp the speakers were alive, clear and accurate. When my circumstances changed (long story) I ended up with a pair of XPA-100's powering my LSi-15's for several weeks. Even at low to moderate volume, I found the XPA-100's completely flat and not dynamic. If these amps had been powering the Polks to begin with, I wound have most likely sold the speakers. The XPA-2 handled my Polks MUCH better than the XPA-100s. It was a different experience entirely. I've since moved on to Red Dragon Audio M500's and the difference is even more striking. You can read about it here: emotivalounge.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=newgear&action=display&thread=30122... |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2013 9:20:55 GMT -5
Still like my UPA-1s and yes they do a good job of driving them.Most everyone knows that the UPA-1s do a much better job driving a 8ohm load.I didn't think the XPA-2 would have improved much over the UPA-1s but it did.UPA-1s are a very musical amp just wanted more control over the driver's and the XPA-2 is doing a really nice job of it.It just handles the 4 ohm load much better for what I wanted in two channel music for me anyways.
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Post by deltadube on May 27, 2013 14:37:47 GMT -5
Still like my UPA-1s and yes they do a good job of driving them.Most everyone knows that the UPA-1s do a much better job driving a 8ohm load.I didn't think the XPA-2 would have improved much over the UPA-1s but it did.UPA-1s are a very musical amp just wanted more control over the driver's and the XPA-2 is doing a really nice job of it.It just handles the 4 ohm load much better for what I wanted in two channel music for me anyways. Glade your loving your xpa 2 Mike  yeah i dont know where Big Dan wrote its all about head room but would love to read that.. i know the PG guy said get as much power as you can afford to my 1st msg here .. Im a true believer and supporter of power and Emotiva too Mike! now lets crank up some tunes!!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2013 10:13:27 GMT -5
Bob,tunes moves and anything else inbetween! This XPA-2 is a Beast Bro not lacking anything on the lowend and more to spare on the Topend mids and highs are sweeter then ever.
I can't drive this amp to clip Bob!I got it passed -5db's the other nite and All Blues Bob all blues man no reds!Talk about headroom!
Awesome totally awesome!Bob dare I go too 0?I think my ears will start too bleed first before this Beast of an Amp would clip out on me!
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Post by ocezam on Jun 5, 2013 9:21:15 GMT -5
yeah i dont know where Big Dan wrote its all about head room but would love to read that.. I could be wrong, but I believe the quote is from a verbal conversation between Dan and another member at the Chicago road show... But I also doubt if that is the only time Dan spoke or wrote that sentiment. Many people feel the same way. Buy as much power as you can afford and never look back. .. |
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Post by deltadube on Jun 5, 2013 14:29:27 GMT -5
yeah i dont know where Big Dan wrote its all about head room but would love to read that.. I could be wrong, but I believe the quote is from a verbal conversation between Dan and another member at the Chicago road show... But I also doubt if that is the only time Dan spoke or wrote that sentiment. Many people feel the same way. Buy as much power as you can afford and never look back. .. thanks for the heads up on that Ocezam.. i am a believer in da power hearing is believing.. i hear it on my xpa 1 over the xpa 3 over the denon avr.. and a long time ago went for a 75 watt sony to 105 w yammy and speaker sounded better. for sure i am a true support of da power.. absolutely no problem with the xpa 1 on my system now i wonder about what xpr 1 would do... but i cant afford that experience.. less the lotto ticket comes in..  wonder if there is the point of too much power .. .. over at the AVS site those guys will pull out the charts and math and crap and tell you there is no diffence over 100 avr what a bunch of ding batts.. and u dont need it AVS is anti power i think..... cheers |
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Post by deltadube on Jun 5, 2013 14:39:41 GMT -5
Bob,tunes moves and anything else inbetween! This XPA-2 is a Beast Bro not lacking anything on the lowend and more to spare on the Topend mids and highs are sweeter then ever. I can't drive this amp to clip Bob!I got it passed -5db's the other nite and All Blues Bob all blues man no reds!Talk about headroom! Awesome totally awesome!Bob dare I go too 0?I think my ears will start too bleed first before this Beast of an Amp would clip out on me! -5 db that lots of power bro... still have not gone past -10 db.. its pretty loud at that level.. maybe in a few months after speakers get more broken in.. i think the speakers slowly have been sounding better over time..( i guess breakin in) just 3 months old now .. i have no idea if amp breakin.. give it all more time before i try a bit more for a tune i like the music around the -13 db lay on couch and get a massage at same time sounding great bro.. cheers |
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