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Post by novisnick on Jul 26, 2016 23:55:19 GMT -5
Please excuse my tartness! Welcome to the nuthouse! Call this home, so many great friends to be found here! your input is always welcome!  |
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Post by garbulky on Jul 27, 2016 0:08:52 GMT -5
The gen 3 reviews are scarce. Thank you for posting your review. Sounds like you are really enjoying the nice sound!!
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Post by smooth on Jul 27, 2016 4:19:32 GMT -5
I was also considering the fact that it is a new Emotive H class design without a proven track record so I really didn't know what to expect. Would you mind elaborating on this point? Do you mean in the context of amps in general or Emotiva specifically? I've been using my MPS-1 for a decade and it's a similar design, if not the same or at least the forerunner. |
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Post by vneal on Jul 27, 2016 6:46:14 GMT -5
When are you going to replace your crappy speakers
LOL
Waiting for the next generation monos for the front
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Post by floyd94 on Jul 27, 2016 20:30:58 GMT -5
I was also considering the fact that it is a new Emotive H class design without a proven track record so I really didn't know what to expect. Would you mind elaborating on this point? Do you mean in the context of amps in general or Emotiva specifically? I've been using my MPS-1 for a decade and it's a similar design, if not the same or at least the forerunner. I meant Emotiva specifically. From what I understand It's kinda like the XPR but different. Maybe better. |
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Post by floyd94 on Jul 27, 2016 20:40:35 GMT -5
Waiting for the next generation monos for the front That would be a good move. Strong clean power will improve the CM10's prerformance. |
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Post by jmilton on Feb 22, 2017 13:39:31 GMT -5
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Post by LCSeminole on Feb 22, 2017 14:13:43 GMT -5
Thanks for review link Jim, good write up.
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Post by wilburthegoose on Mar 31, 2017 19:09:29 GMT -5
Has anybody compared the audio quality of a Gen 2 versus Gen 3?
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Post by Chappie on Jun 18, 2018 22:37:38 GMT -5
I would like to chime in and give my impressions of the XPA dr2 gen3. But let me begin with a bit of background. The UMC-200 and XPA-5 gen 2 was my introduction to Emotiva. A friend of mine had been telling me about this company that offered solid equipment at extremely affordable prices. I soon went to hear his new speakers and although good my focus was on the electronics, which by the way was Emotiva. My time with multi channel was short lived and I returned to my roots which lie in 2 channel. The UMC was replaced with an XSP-1 gen 2 and XPA-5 replaced with XPA-1L's. Now we're getting somewhere, so I thought. The 1L's were sweet amps, they had a signature sound that I still miss and remember quite well but they did not have enough power for my Mirage OMD-28's. Next came the XPA-1's gen2. I have now arrived. The 1's are simply brutes. Raw horsepower, in your face and totally honest. The 1's are a very forgiving amp and do not reveal system shortcomings, they just blast away. That was fine for awhile but my taste was changing and the new design from Emotiva intrigued me greatly. You might think I'm crazy but the mono's are gone. My new XPA dr2 arrived this past Saturday and has been running for most of the last 3 days. Vey much like the 1 L's, the dr2 also has a sweetness, but it is different. The dr2 has a presence that I can't quite put my finger on, but I hear it and know it is different in that regard from the XPA-1's. I have never heard an Emo amp with such a black background. Instruments seem to appear from out of nowhere. The dr2 also has a great depth to the soundstage. Music seems to be layered, the positioning of instruments is almost 3 dimensional. Unlike the mono's, the dr2 is the slightest bit, almost not worth mentioning, on the warm side. Again, this is very slight and could be attributed to the smoothness of it's presentation. This smoothness is evident in the balance across frequencies, there seems to just enough from the hi frequencies to the lows and everything in between, but I must give kudos to the lows. The bass is solid without being overwhelming. Emo finally added locking balanced input jacks, (THANK YOU) and the binding posts are the biggest I have ever experienced and gorgeous. If you have read this far you have probably figured out that I like this amp. The new amp design is very different from all the Emo amps that I have owned, and I have owned a few. IMHO they are the most "audiophile" sounding amps that Emo has ever produced. Good Job Emo, keep the good stuff coming. I read a review that said this amp is a game changer, if that is true and I believe it is, then Emotiva knocked this one out of the park! |
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Post by leonski on Jun 19, 2018 12:30:28 GMT -5
Are their provisions on your Mirage speakers for Biamp?
Specs call for the low/mid crossover @550hz which would be a nice place for a split in amps, too.
Specs also call for in-room sensitivity of 87db, which is reasonable and should have been good with the 1L amp.
2 speakers together should raise that to 90db than decrease for distance from speakers.
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Post by rbk123 on Jun 19, 2018 14:31:37 GMT -5
OOC, where did the original post/review for this thread go?
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Post by Chappie on Jun 19, 2018 21:14:48 GMT -5
Actually the 28's can be tri amped or tri wired. There are 3 sets of bonding posts. Low mid and high.Rarely see this design.
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Post by leonski on Jun 21, 2018 14:42:14 GMT -5
Actually the 28's can be tri amped or tri wired. There are 3 sets of bonding posts. Low mid and high.Rarely see this design. It's going the other way in some cases. Magnepan formerly had multiple binding posts but now only a pair. Crossover design is now what is known as a 'series' crossover which can't be split without redoing it a LOT. If anyone is the LEAST curious about the Series Crossover, here's a link to a very good explanation. Some of the downsides might apply to box speakers while panels (Magnepan) are more immune due to very low stored energy. sound.whsites.net/parallel-series.htmSome other speakers have dropped biamp provisions, too. Really not much to be gained going biamp, while the REAL gains of going to a line-level crossover are a more substantial project and can really get off into the weeds. But of course, at that point, the 'as issued' crossover must go. |
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