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Post by laserpaddy on Feb 16, 2016 5:11:15 GMT -5
Hi to everyone- have had my new amp for 3 days powering my B &W 604 S3's and I am amazed to the point of darn near shedding a tear! My musical taste ranges from classical to heavy metal- with everything in between. My speakers came to life- literally- better than the first day when I brought them home new. Tight dynamic bass- open mid range and crystal clear highs. I wont get into the esoteric audio mag descriptions (that I used to think were BS)- well I do believe they would be accurate as of day 1... Now bear in mind I am using my Pioneer VSX-32 Elite as a preamp and media is streamed- therefore a high quality stream is awesome and a low quality stream is, well- low quality- I did notice this with my other amp setups- but this XPA-2 is light years ahead My wife actually smiled...  More Emotiva products will be purchased for sure!!!!!!!!! as well as participation on this forum |
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Post by Geronimo on Feb 16, 2016 9:43:41 GMT -5
Congratulations on the XPA2! You'll enjoy it for years. Processors might change over time but not that much on amplifiers.
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Post by repeetavx on Feb 16, 2016 13:07:18 GMT -5
Laserpaddy, welcome to the forum.
Every once and a while I think about replacing my XPA-2s. So far I haven't found the right combination of improvement to price. (The once available XPRs were too big and pricey.)
The only thing that I can think of on the horizon, might be a dual balanced channel Gen 3. But unless it is really better, I won't consider it worth the price.
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Post by teaman on Feb 16, 2016 13:12:32 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum laserpaddy. Glad to hear you are enjoying your new XPA-2. I am a big fan of this amp as well. It should serve you well for years to come!
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Post by DavidR on Feb 16, 2016 13:25:47 GMT -5
If you think it sounds good now wait until you hear it with an XSP-1 G2.
Enjoy!
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Post by transchris1 on Mar 12, 2016 11:54:54 GMT -5
You got that right...my xsp1g2,xpa2,and erc3...match made in the good old usa....
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Post by Cogito on Mar 12, 2016 13:00:05 GMT -5
You got that right...my xsp1g2,xpa2,and erc3...match made in the good old usa.... All of the above is made in China, I believe. |
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Post by pdawidowski on Apr 15, 2016 14:03:30 GMT -5
HI
i have emotiva xpa2 gen 2 and when i power it off i get like a breathing sound out of the speakers . I also have the xpa 5 gen 2 and it doesnt do that anybody has any idea what that is ?
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Post by DavidR on Apr 15, 2016 16:14:15 GMT -5
I always turn the volume control knob all the way down. Shut-off the amp, then source(s)and finally the pre.
Just the reverse for power on.
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Post by garbulky on Apr 15, 2016 16:52:36 GMT -5
HI i have emotiva xpa2 gen 2 and when i power it off i get like a breathing sound out of the speakers . I also have the xpa 5 gen 2 and it doesnt do that anybody has any idea what that is ? This is probably not a good sign. That's never happened when I used an XPA-2 or any Emo amp. I don't know what it is but others might now. Maybe wizardofoz |
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Post by wizardofoz on Apr 15, 2016 21:46:19 GMT -5
Sounds like a possible amp fault with the power down isolation circuit...xpa-2 is a rather different design internally to the xpa-3/5 modules as it's also bridgable and a real pita to repair on the bench...even the guys at Emotiva don't like to have to open these puppies up
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Post by smarties on Apr 20, 2016 4:06:48 GMT -5
HI i have emotiva xpa2 gen 2 and when i power it off i get like a breathing sound out of the speakers . I also have the xpa 5 gen 2 and it doesnt do that anybody has any idea what that is ? Depends on the amp muting circuit? The couple of Audiolabs go click when you switch off (and on) so no start up pops. Had a NAD that goes pffffttttt when you switch off. Same for my ATI, if I switch off with the pre still playing music you can hear music for a couple of seconds after you switch the amp off. |
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