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Post by Axis on Aug 1, 2016 10:39:31 GMT -5
There's no "mystery"..... We take lots of measurements, under a lot of different test conditions.... and then, somewhere along the line, we print out some "pretty" test reports and publish them. We didn't "retire the specs" ... we just took down a few saved test report printouts. As for "professional reviews"..... to a point we "offer" units to reviewers, but most of them ask for units when they want to review them.... So, suggest to your favorite magazine reviewer that they review our amps, and have them give us a call.... I would love to see some reviews on the new GEN 3 amps, why is the mistery about this new line of products, EMO retired the specs from the web for some errors, I don´t know but Big Dan most explain what´s going on with it, and definitely facilitate equipment to reviewers. Reviews are very important fo those who can not auditioning the equipment prior to buy.
Happy listening Keith, I like seeing you, RoryB and others from Emotiva on here explaining and defending your products. With all the new products coming our way I am hoping that once they are out there in wild that there will be free flow back and forth of information about them. I would think this Lounge would be a great tool for marketing. It is you guys call on how much information we get on coming products and it is generally known why your tight lipped on it. When product descriptions, features and specs are put on your product page many questions are answered but not all. I agree with the major point that you recently posted to not dwell on specs but that listening to the products is where the fun is. Just the information I gathered from the shows Emotiva attended at the beginning of the year I have a pretty good feeling that there will be many of the new products reviewed by the Audio publications. I saw Emotiva advertising differently this product cycle. Please do not forget all those here that hunger for info. Cheers Mike |
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Post by rbk123 on Aug 1, 2016 11:59:01 GMT -5
However, to me, digital is digital!!!  |
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Post by leonski on Aug 1, 2016 12:32:55 GMT -5
The Gen3 is not Class D. Just a point of clarity. You're right, Class H. However, to me, digital is digital!!! |
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Post by pallpoul on Aug 1, 2016 13:40:26 GMT -5
what ever it's called, it sounds excellent. satisfied?
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Post by garbulky on Aug 1, 2016 15:36:05 GMT -5
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Post by monkumonku on Aug 1, 2016 15:44:52 GMT -5
But how much help would quantifying offer? The specs are published, so that offers some quantification but other than that, most every other facet of a review is subjective. So whether someone says it sounds "excellent" versus some windbag hot air reviewer using 10,000 words to describe something of which half are nonsensical things like "organic" or "chocolatey" or "midder mids" or whatever, is the latter any better than the former?  |
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Post by DavidR on Aug 1, 2016 17:51:31 GMT -5
I would love to see some reviews on the new GEN 3 amps, why is the mistery about this new line of products, EMO retired the specs from the web for some errors, I don´t know but Big Dan most explain what´s going on with it, and definitely facilitate equipment to reviewers. Reviews are very important fo those who can not auditioning the equipment prior to buy.
Happy listening
I finally got around to set up my new XPA-2 Gen-3 last night. I have it connected to an XDA-2 Gen-2, and powering a set of Mirage OMD-28 f/s speakers without a Subwoofer.
I have it connected to a Gen-2 XDA-2, and I streamed music from Tidal via Sonos connect, and also played CD's via my Onkyo CDP 7030.
My first impressions are extremely favorable, the sound is really delicate, powerful and the highs are not very bright but very clear, mid's very detailed, and the low ends were very present and integrated, not boomy at all. I am not an audiophile, but I have owned and listened to many stereo equipment and I definitely love the sound and the dynamics of this amp. It handled every genre of music I tried, and never struggled at really high levels,..I had to turn the volume down as my ears were hurting. At low levels, the sound was still very clear and detailed.
I used to use an XPA-2 Gen2 in the same set up, and I find the new Gen-3 to have more " detail and strength may be?, but definitely all the power you may need to run the most difficult to drive speakers.
I was a bit worried this maybe a set back, but the Class D amp really delivers, and it can go super loud w/o any distortion, I love the half weight compared to the XPA-2 Gen-2, and the amplifier never got hot after few hours of playing at somewhat loud levels ( waited to have the house for myself for few hours).
I would definitely recommend this amp. In fact it will stay with me for a long, long time and i won't think of replacing it at all. If u r hesitant, u should take the plunge and see/hear for yourself. I hope this helps.
Some of my audio buddies have stated SMPS powered amps can be noisey. Did you experience any? BTW, I don't think the XPA G3 is Class D. It's still Class A/B - just a different power supply. |
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Post by pallpoul on Aug 1, 2016 18:06:20 GMT -5
I did not notice any noise while listening to the XPA-2 Gen-3.
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