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Post by emovac on Jul 24, 2014 21:45:30 GMT -5
My XPA-2 is hooked to a Rotel RC-1082 > a 2 channel dedicated preamp. I'm a 2-channel dinosaur. Thanks for the info. You aren't the only two channel dinosaur around here. Two-channel rules!  |
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Post by Dan Laufman on Jul 25, 2014 6:53:29 GMT -5
Sorry to hear you are not delighted with your new XPA-2. Some of your comments lead me to believe there may be a problem with your connections or Bass Management settings. The XPA-2 is not thin sounding and has tremendous low end extension and slam. This is not a toy. It is one of our most popular amplifiers and there are thousands and thousands of them in service. Something else is wrong. I don't want to disparage your source, but please try another feed to the amplifier. You may be surprised by the change. The amplifier is very revealing and accurate. It will not gloss over defects in the source or program material. Also, please allow a week or so of burn in. It does make a difference. In the end, if you are not happy, we're here to make things right. Don't you wish everything in life was so painless and risk free?  We're here to help if you wish to contact us. Cheers, Big Dan |
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Post by frenchyfranky on Jul 25, 2014 8:44:39 GMT -5
Sorry to hear you are not delighted with your new XPA-2. Some of your comments lead me to believe there may be a problem with your connections or Bass Management settings. The XPA-2 is not thin sounding and has tremendous low end extension and slam. This is not a toy. It is one of our most popular amplifiers and there are thousands and thousands of them in service. Something else is wrong. I don't want to disparage your source, but please try another feed to the amplifier. You may be surprised by the change. The amplifier is very revealing and accurate. It will not gloss over defects in the source or program material. Also, please allow a week or so of burn in. It does make a difference.In the end, if you are not happy, we're here to make things right. Don't you wish everything in life was so painless and risk free? We're here to help if you wish to contact us. Cheers, Big Dan Oooops, be careful to not start again the old debate about the electronic burn-in...  Oh no! I think I just do it.  |
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Post by Loop 7 on Jul 25, 2014 10:43:56 GMT -5
I despise any forward sounding electronics so NAD was my choice for power for years. I migrated away from NAD to Emotiva because I kept having issues with build quality and their products are a bit too expensive for me. I searched high and low for a non-fatiguing sound and Emotiva (XPA-3 gen 2/UMC-200) and a Peachtree DAC for two channel got me there. Plus, I'm still stunned at Emotiva build quality to price ratio.
I would prefer an NAD Master Series amp but there's no way I could ever affford it.
Personally, I think Emotiva power is neutral. I've spent many hours listening to a friend's Parasound system. Talk about detailed, accurate, revealing, forward, bright and fatiguing.
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Post by elcoholic on Sept 29, 2014 16:14:30 GMT -5
Here's what I was happy with until my Mitsubishi croaked a few weeks back: TD 125 ll/Grace 707ll/Grace F9E/Soundsmith OCL Ruby/Emotiva XPS-1; Dual CS 5000/Grado Gold: Denon CDP; Emotiva USP1; Mitsubishi DA-A10DC/Dahlquist DQ-10's; Sony TA-n55ES Bridged/Dahlquist 1W Sub. I've been dreaming of an Ampzilla II/DQ-10 system since the mid-seventies. The DQ's are less than 2 years old since a full rebuild with Regnar kits. My dedicated room is 11 x 13, 100wpc is plenty for my listening levels. The XPA-2 is actually the cheaper alternative figuring a $700 re-build on top of the acquisition cost before all before shipping. When my beloved Mitsu 1st failed, I moved the Sony to drive the mains and in a word, the sound went from musical to dry. I my currently using a loaner Rotel RB-870BX, which is an improvement over the Sony. So this is where I am. Is the XPA-2 a likely choice for me?
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Post by ansat on Sept 29, 2014 19:47:45 GMT -5
Lol this is an long thread started by someone in March and hasn't posted since.
Tony
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Post by garbulky on Sept 29, 2014 22:48:42 GMT -5
Here's what I was happy with until my Mitsubishi croaked a few weeks back: TD 125 ll/Grace 707ll/Grace F9E/Soundsmith OCL Ruby/Emotiva XPS-1; Dual CS 5000/Grado Gold: Denon CDP; Emotiva USP1; Mitsubishi DA-A10DC/Dahlquist DQ-10's; Sony TA-n55ES Bridged/Dahlquist 1W Sub. I've been dreaming of an Ampzilla II/DQ-10 system since the mid-seventies. The DQ's are less than 2 years old since a full rebuild with Regnar kits. My dedicated room is 11 x 13, 100wpc is plenty for my listening levels. The XPA-2 is actually the cheaper alternative figuring a $700 re-build on top of the acquisition cost before all before shipping. When my beloved Mitsu 1st failed, I moved the Sony to drive the mains and in a word, the sound went from musical to dry. I my currently using a loaner Rotel RB-870BX, which is an improvement over the Sony. So this is where I am. Is the XPA-2 a likely choice for me? I'm not familiar with your gear. But make sure you have a good standalone pre-amp to drive the XPA-2. It made a difference in its strength in my setup (I tried USP-1 and XSP-1). If you don't have a pre-amp, I would reccomend the XSP-1 as it's more balanced overall in teh frequency extremes and has a bit more clarity than the USP-1. |
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Post by smfins on Sept 29, 2014 23:00:35 GMT -5
I was a huge HK fan up until their last few generations. Now, it's mainly their awful room correction. I owned probably 7 HK receivers before giving up on them about 5 years ago. It's a shame because they were definitely great receivers for a long time. As for Emotiva amps, as I stated in another thread, I recently purchased a used RPA-1 which replaced my Proceed HPA-2(Loved the Proceed!). The Emotiva ,which I believe cost $700 new compared to $3,500 for the Proceed sounds just as good. Up until this point, I had yet to find an amp that I liked as much as the HPA-2. The Emotiva RPA-1 does the job. I havent personally heard and XPA-2.
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Post by AudioHTIT on Sept 29, 2014 23:04:46 GMT -5
Here's what I was happy with until my Mitsubishi croaked a few weeks back: TD 125 ll/Grace 707ll/Grace F9E/Soundsmith OCL Ruby/Emotiva XPS-1; Dual CS 5000/Grado Gold: Denon CDP; Emotiva USP1; Mitsubishi DA-A10DC/Dahlquist DQ-10's; Sony TA-n55ES Bridged/Dahlquist 1W Sub. I've been dreaming of an Ampzilla II/DQ-10 system since the mid-seventies. The DQ's are less than 2 years old since a full rebuild with Regnar kits. My dedicated room is 11 x 13, 100wpc is plenty for my listening levels. The XPA-2 is actually the cheaper alternative figuring a $700 re-build on top of the acquisition cost before all before shipping. When my beloved Mitsu 1st failed, I moved the Sony to drive the mains and in a word, the sound went from musical to dry. I my currently using a loaner Rotel RB-870BX, which is an improvement over the Sony. So this is where I am. Is the XPA-2 a likely choice for me? Some nice classic gear there, I sold much of it during the 70's, I'm surprised some of it is still working - not because it's not good, just because it's getting up there in years - the Grace arm and cartridge is a good combo. I think the XPA-2 would mate nicely with the DQ-10's (though I'm not familiar with the rebuild kit), they can be finicky but it seems like a good match. Another good deal right now that would work well is a pair of XPA-1L's - check them out and see if there are any left on the 'secret sale'. Good luck. |
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Post by elcoholic on Sept 30, 2014 15:07:03 GMT -5
Here's what I was happy with until my Mitsubishi croaked a few weeks back: TD 125 ll/Grace 707ll/Grace F9E/Soundsmith OCL Ruby/Emotiva XPS-1; Dual CS 5000/Grado Gold: Denon CDP; Emotiva USP1; Mitsubishi DA-A10DC/Dahlquist DQ-10's; Sony TA-n55ES Bridged/Dahlquist 1W Sub. I've been dreaming of an Ampzilla II/DQ-10 system since the mid-seventies. The DQ's are less than 2 years old since a full rebuild with Regnar kits. My dedicated room is 11 x 13, 100wpc is plenty for my listening levels. The XPA-2 is actually the cheaper alternative figuring a $700 re-build on top of the acquisition cost before all before shipping. When my beloved Mitsu 1st failed, I moved the Sony to drive the mains and in a word, the sound went from musical to dry. I my currently using a loaner Rotel RB-870BX, which is an improvement over the Sony. So this is where I am. Is the XPA-2 a likely choice for me? Some nice classic gear there, I sold much of it during the 70's, I'm surprised some of it is still working - not because it's not good, just because it's getting up there in years - the Grace arm and cartridge is a good combo. I think the XPA-2 would mate nicely with the DQ-10's (though I'm not familiar with the rebuild kit), they can be finicky but it seems like a good match. Another good deal right now that would work well is a pair of XPA-1L's - check them out and see if there are any left on the 'secret sale'. Good luck. Thanks. I'm very satisfied with my main TT setup. The Sound Smith stylus was expensive, but I am so glad I got it. So much so I'm thinking about a having them re-tip my Signet TK7CLa. Back to the amps. I'm also thinking about those XPA-1L's. I'd be all over them if they went to 50W in Class A mode. That would handle most of my listening and even if the transition to A/B wasn't entirely "transparent" it wouldn't matter that much when cranking hard rock. I just hope the EMO amps are as neutral as I'm reading they are, because the DQ's don't need bright. I wan't to get back to that satisfied state of listening to the music instead of my system. Down the road I may go to a tube phono-pre, preamp or if I hit the lotto vertically bi-amp the DQ-10's with tubes to the 4-way top half and SS to the woofers. |
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Post by AudioHTIT on Sept 30, 2014 23:22:23 GMT -5
Some nice classic gear there, I sold much of it during the 70's, I'm surprised some of it is still working - not because it's not good, just because it's getting up there in years - the Grace arm and cartridge is a good combo. I think the XPA-2 would mate nicely with the DQ-10's (though I'm not familiar with the rebuild kit), they can be finicky but it seems like a good match. Another good deal right now that would work well is a pair of XPA-1L's - check them out and see if there are any left on the 'secret sale'. Good luck. Thanks. I'm very satisfied with my main TT setup. The Sound Smith stylus was expensive, but I am so glad I got it. So much so I'm thinking about a having them re-tip my Signet TK7CLa. Back to the amps. I'm also thinking about those XPA-1L's. I'd be all over them if they went to 50W in Class A mode. That would handle most of my listening and even if the transition to A/B wasn't entirely "transparent" it wouldn't matter that much when cranking hard rock. I just hope the EMO amps are as neutral as I'm reading they are, because the DQ's don't need bright. I wan't to get back to that satisfied state of listening to the music instead of my system. Down the road I may go to a tube phono-pre, preamp or if I hit the lotto vertically bi-amp the DQ-10's with tubes to the 4-way top half and SS to the woofers. I wouldn't let 15 Class A Watts keep you from the 1L's (1.5 dB?), 35 will still probably cover most of your listening, fully balanced too (and that sale price is very nice). Nothing against the XDA-2, it might have a touch more umph. |
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Post by elcoholic on Oct 1, 2014 12:44:30 GMT -5
They have the 1L's in stock too! I'm waiting to hear from the shop today on the price to rebuild the rear end in my '65 El Camino (hence the elco in elcoholic). I watched a decent Ampzilla II go for a bit over $400 on the 'bay last night, but it's not local and would need a $700 overhaul. I just may be in position to pull the trigger on a pair of 1L's very soon.
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