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Post by sancho89 on Nov 24, 2016 9:17:04 GMT -5
I finally got the chance to hear the best of emotiva gear. Thanks to the owner at summit hifi who let me demo the gear.
This combination is absolutely amazing. I can't believe what I was missing all this time.
The sound is so clean. So pure. There was no hint of harshness whatsoever. Concerts sounded like live music. Spotify was incredible. So was youtube.
Didn't get to test out hdtracks due to my laptop missing drivers.
I was going to get the airmotiv bookshelf. But the tower was just too good.
I don't understand why the xsp in the chain will improve the sound. But whatever works is fine by me.
I've mostly had budget emo gear. So this was different. I thought I was done with audio gear. Boy was I wrong.
This setup will be my end goal. Sans the nuprime. And with the stealth dac instead.
Any questions?
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Post by creimes on Nov 24, 2016 10:01:04 GMT -5
Did you forget about the XMC-1 I bought from you  I had the XSP-1 Gen1 when I took the XMC-1 off your hands and I could tell zero difference between the two, if I remeber correctly you never used Dirac though, but I do remember the first time I hooked up the XSP-1 and I was like wow the background in music was just silent, the XSP-1 for it's price is a really nice preamp IMO, so are you on a trip out east I take it. Chad |
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Post by sancho89 on Nov 24, 2016 10:18:41 GMT -5
Nope. Didn't forget it. my system was xmc1 with stealth 6. But this combo I demoed was so much better. The airmotiv tower along with xsp probably made a significant difference.
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Post by sancho89 on Nov 24, 2016 10:19:50 GMT -5
Yea out here in Markham for business. So I should get the xsp1 first?
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Post by sancho89 on Nov 24, 2016 10:24:37 GMT -5
Yeah I should go for the xsp first.
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Post by creimes on Nov 24, 2016 11:51:41 GMT -5
Nope. Didn't forget it. my system was xmc1 with stealth 6. But this combo I demoed was so much better. The airmotiv tower along with xsp probably made a significant difference. I really loved my Stealth 6 as well but for HT use they didn't have the sound I was missing from a nice set of towers, I say yes to the XSP-1 for sure especially on sale, don't you still have Airmotiv's for sale ? |
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Post by garbulky on Nov 24, 2016 12:30:08 GMT -5
Actually I recommend doing it without the XSP-1. Which goes against my previous reccomendations when I did reccomend for it. With the bigger boy XPA amps like the 2 and the 1, it sounds a little clearer without it. (Unless you find different, of course).
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Post by sancho89 on Nov 24, 2016 23:01:19 GMT -5
Nope. Didn't forget it. my system was xmc1 with stealth 6. But this combo I demoed was so much better. The airmotiv tower along with xsp probably made a significant difference. I really loved my Stealth 6 as well but for HT use they didn't have the sound I was missing from a nice set of towers, I say yes to the XSP-1 for sure especially on sale, don't you still have Airmotiv's for sale ? Yeah. I sold my airmotiv 6. Still selling the stealth 6. |
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Post by sancho89 on Nov 24, 2016 23:03:55 GMT -5
Actually I recommend doing it without the XSP-1. Which goes against my previous reccomendations when I did reccomend for it. With the bigger boy XPA amps like the 2 and the 1, it sounds a little clearer without it. (Unless you find different, of course). I had the airmotiv 6 and stealth dc 1. But that wasn't as good as the above combo. When you took out the xsp, there was no change in sound quality? |
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Post by garbulky on Nov 25, 2016 11:03:42 GMT -5
Actually I recommend doing it without the XSP-1. Which goes against my previous reccomendations when I did reccomend for it. With the bigger boy XPA amps like the 2 and the 1, it sounds a little clearer without it. (Unless you find different, of course). I had the airmotiv 6 and stealth dc 1. But that wasn't as good as the above combo. When you took out the xsp, there was no change in sound quality? With anything below the XPA-2, I found the XSP-1 did better. Things felt more solid, volume scaled better. With the bigger amps, I found the DC-1 sounded clearer. At that point, the bass sounded more muddy with the XSP-1 and a little bit of detail up top was lost. However, there was more bass. It still sounded great though. I reccomend if possible to try both ways. |
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Post by sancho89 on Nov 26, 2016 19:50:14 GMT -5
I had the airmotiv 6 and stealth dc 1. But that wasn't as good as the above combo. When you took out the xsp, there was no change in sound quality? With anything below the XPA-2, I found the XSP-1 did better. Things felt more solid, volume scaled better. With the bigger amps, I found the DC-1 sounded clearer. At that point, the bass sounded more muddy with the XSP-1 and a little bit of detail up top was lost. However, there was more bass. It still sounded great though. I reccomend if possible to try both ways. Now I don't know what to think. |
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Post by novisnick on Nov 26, 2016 20:13:11 GMT -5
With anything below the XPA-2, I found the XSP-1 did better. Things felt more solid, volume scaled better. With the bigger amps, I found the DC-1 sounded clearer. At that point, the bass sounded more muddy with the XSP-1 and a little bit of detail up top was lost. However, there was more bass. It still sounded great though. I reccomend if possible to try both ways. Now I don't know what to think. Ive run Paradigm Studios, JBLs and Klipsch with the XSP-1/DC-1 combo and thought it was far superior to most any setup ive heard. just my  |
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Post by garbulky on Nov 26, 2016 21:11:49 GMT -5
Now I don't know what to think. Ive run Paradigm Studios, JBLs and Klipsch with the XSP-1/DC-1 combo and thought it was far superior to most any setup ive heard. just my View AttachmentI'm not the only one with that experience but overall, the majority seems to prefer it with the XSP-1. |
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Post by novisnick on Nov 26, 2016 21:16:17 GMT -5
Ive run Paradigm Studios, JBLs and Klipsch with the XSP-1/DC-1 combo and thought it was far superior to most any setup ive heard. just my I'm not the only one with that experience but overall, the majority seems to prefer it with the XSP-1. The sum of the whole my friend! Always has been, always will be.  |
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Post by brutiarti on Nov 26, 2016 23:23:57 GMT -5
Yeah I should go for the xsp first. The XSP-1 is the best bang for the buck in the fully balanced preamplifer world. If your speakers are very resolving i will go for an audio gd preamp. My personal experience |
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I had the XSP-1 Gen1 when I took the XMC-1 off your hands and I could tell zero difference between the two, if I remeber correctly you never used Dirac though, but I do remember the first time I hooked up the XSP-1 and I was like wow the background in music was just silent, the XSP-1 for it's price is a really nice preamp IMO, so are you on a trip out east I take it.
