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Post by rajsri on Jun 27, 2015 19:16:49 GMT -5
Hello, my friend is finishing his basement dedicated 7.1 HT room with the following audio components:
Fronts: Polk RTiA9
Center: CSiA6
Surrounds & Rear: F/XiA6
Receiver: Denon AVR-X3100W
Sub: SVS PB-2000
We are thinking to use XPA-5 amp to power the 5 speakers and to use Denon receiver to power the rear surrounds. Other idea is to use XPA-7 for all speakers. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Post by novisnick on Jun 27, 2015 19:30:29 GMT -5
Hello my friend!!!
A few questions please;
What % of two channel listening to HT would you say?
What size room are you working with?
Acoustic treatment, any?
Budget?
This will get you solid answers. 8)
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Post by rajsri on Jun 27, 2015 19:55:35 GMT -5
Hello my friend!!! A few questions please; What % of two channel listening to HT would you say? What size room are you working with? Acoustic treatment, any? Budget? This will get you solid answers. 8)
100% will be movies/HD content from Cable.
Room size is 25 x 18
No acoustic treatments right away, but we plan to add them
Budget is around $2500 for amplifier(s) |
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Post by vneal on Jun 27, 2015 20:01:13 GMT -5
XPA 7
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Post by solarrdadd on Jun 27, 2015 20:30:43 GMT -5
Hello my friend!!! A few questions please; What % of two channel listening to HT would you say? What size room are you working with? Acoustic treatment, any? Budget? This will get you solid answers. 8)
Room size is 25 x 18
No acoustic treatments right away, but we plan to add them
Budget is around $2500 for amplifier(s)save your money, go with the XPA-5 and let the receiver do the SB speakers. i have a XPA-5 gen 1 power my primary 5 speakers (the front three are 4 ohm too) and the 5 handles them without breaking a sweat! good luck buddy! |
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Post by creimes on Jun 27, 2015 22:01:24 GMT -5
XPA-5 is my vote, the sale price is a really great value right now and it is a great amp, I am on my third one haha cause I'm a dummy for selling the first one and then I went to powered speakers for a bit when I sold my Gen2 XPA-5.
Chad
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2015 22:06:23 GMT -5
Xpa7.
Those polks will really appreciate the bigger power supply and more power during times when they need it. I owned those Polk towers and ran them with an xpr2. They took everything the amp could give.
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Post by deltadube on Jun 27, 2015 23:02:23 GMT -5
might as well get the xpr 5 since you have the budget for it go with the top line !!!
cheers
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Post by jlafrenz on Jun 27, 2015 23:07:37 GMT -5
I say go with the XPA-5 and use the rest of the budget for room treatments.
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Post by jackpine on Jun 28, 2015 0:14:21 GMT -5
The only reason I can see for going with the XPA-7 is if your friend thinks he might go with a pre-pro instead of a receiver down the road.
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Post by novisnick on Jun 28, 2015 0:19:30 GMT -5
The only reason I can see for going with the XPA-7 is if your friend thinks he might go with a pre-pro instead of a receiver down the road. Or he may someday start listening to two channel in which he would want a set of MONOBLOCKS!! Its been more then a few times people have started with HT only and grew and expanded to love two channel music.  Why hey stop at just one pleasure? Yea just never know. |
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Post by dudeisms7 on Jun 28, 2015 1:50:00 GMT -5
Either go with the XPA-7 and enjoy all the extra dynamic headroom on all channels.....which leans towards a more dedicated pre-amp down the road with less overall expenditures (because a dedicated separate amp is more than likely going to be the gateway drug to a dedicated pre-amp). Or get the XPA-5 and run the surrounds off of what you got, then later maybe get some monoblocks for the left and right channel, or a 2 channel amp.... But consider that all joking aside....a separate amp will more than likely lead to a separate dedicated pre-amp.
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