Do Emotiva Amps Require Burn-In?

[brand]

May 30, 2014 13:49:46 GMT -5 KeithL said:

Find a lamp with an INCANDESCENT bulb; and plug it into another outlet on the same strip or device as your amp.
Turn on the lamp.
Play the amplifier as loudly as you would normally ever do.

If the lamp dims noticeably when the music gets really loud, then you probably have a problem.
If not, then don't worry about it.
Don't expect the lamp to go out, but odds are, if the voltage is dropping enough to bother the amp, then you'll see the bulb waver.

Thank you. I'll give the lamp test a try hehe

[lionear]

Jun 1, 2014 19:51:23 GMT -5 brand said:

May 30, 2014 13:49:46 GMT -5 KeithL said:

Find a lamp with an INCANDESCENT bulb; and plug it into another outlet on the same strip or device as your amp.
Turn on the lamp.
Play the amplifier as loudly as you would normally ever do.

If the lamp dims noticeably when the music gets really loud, then you probably have a problem.
If not, then don't worry about it.
Don't expect the lamp to go out, but odds are, if the voltage is dropping enough to bother the amp, then you'll see the bulb waver.

Thank you. I'll give the lamp test a try hehe

I'd say:
If the system sounds off when the music gets really loud, then you probably have a problem.  It might be the amp, or the power supply, the room or the speakers.
If not, then don't worry about it.

Don't use the lamp.  Nelson Pass says an incandescent lamp acts as a power/voltage regulator - and I've used it in the past as a power filter.  So you might be really changing things up with the lamp.

[Gary Cook]

Jun 3, 2014 20:56:25 GMT -5 lionear said:

Jun 1, 2014 19:51:23 GMT -5 brand said:

Thank you. I'll give the lamp test a try hehe

I'd say:
If the system sounds off when the music gets really loud, then you probably have a problem.  It might be the amp, or the power supply, the room or the speakers.
If not, then don't worry about it.
Don't use the lamp.  Nelson Pass says an incandescent lamp acts as a power/voltage regulator - and I've used it in the past as a power filter.  So you might be really changing things up with the lamp.

I've used the light bulb test before, it works, noticeable dimming = dedicated circuit required.
Note that it's for a quick voltage drop test (not a sound check) and I don't leave it there.


Cheers
Gary

[hcsunshine90]

hey y'all doin. i just want to tell you about my experience with my UPA-1's. i'm not sayin anybody is right or wrong here, but mine took like a week or two till there was the bass that i finally have now. there was hardly any bass at all upon first power up. now mind you i only played them for a couple few hours a day, so if you played them constantly for a day or so, one could have got the same result for burn in. i stuck with it though, i knew they would eventually burn in, i trusted in emotiva. but hey folks, here's at least one person where burn in was a real thing for sure, no doubt about it. so think what you want.

[hemster]

^Looks like in some cases, all that burn-in causes a lack of capitalization!

[Gary Cook]

Jun 11, 2014 21:30:23 GMT -5 hcsunshine90 said:

hey y'all doin. i just want to tell you about my experience with my UPA-1's. i'm not sayin anybody is right or wrong here, but mine took like a week or two till there was the bass that i finally have now. there was hardly any bass at all upon first power up. now mind you i only played them for a couple few hours a day, so if you played them constantly for a day or so, one could have got the same result for burn in. i stuck with it though, i knew they would eventually burn in, i trusted in emotiva. but hey folks, here's at least one person where burn in was a real thing for sure, no doubt about it. so think what you want.

I use an XPA-100 (a close relative of the UPA-1) as a sub woofer amp, it would have been a bit scary if it had no bass for a week or 2.


Cheers
Gary

[hcsunshine90]

yikes that WOULD be bad! cheers gary