Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners M80's + LPA-1: They're ALIVE!!

Ok, quit it you guys! You are going to cause me a world of hurt when my wife see's the Visa bill for a new amp (that according to her) I didn't need!

I can sure relate, I'm still trying to justify my new system in Ebony with an ep600 and 80v2's.

I know I know, bring on the pics....

I can only imagine the beauty of the piano black.... But I still want those amps!!

You, sirquack, are actually to blame for that amp. It is entirely your fault.

I hadn't heard of Emotiva until I saw your pix of your MPS-1 a couple of weeks ago. Fell in love with the look of it. Tons of research later, I decided that I wanted to give Emotiva a shot at powering my M80's. I couldn't resist the $499 LPA-1. Perhaps I'll need to take a road trip to Iowa. I'll bring the LPA along and we can compare the two!

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Congrats Peter,

You should hear my m80's with my Emotiva MPS-1. I started with just two monoblocks for now to drive the 80's and can easily upgrade the center and surrounds at a later time. Gotta love 300 watts into 4 ohms.

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Shawn, I didn't go with the Piano Gloss Black, to expensive. I went with the custom vinyl shop in Ebony.

For $200 more bucks you could've got an MPS-1 with 2 mono's to start.

I've heard great things about the LPA-1.....

Oh yeah, I know.

I had emailed Emotiva asking about an MPS with just 2 modules. I was close to ordering it. I decided that the LPA should be sufficient for my needs. So far, it's fantastic.

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For $200 more bucks you could've got an MPS-1 with 2 mono's to start.

I've heard great things about the LPA-1.....

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Man I have to get one of these amps already!

Peter, with the 4ohm M80's, does your amp put out a lot of heat? Or is it running cool? Just wondering that's all.

The amp has been on and running my whole system for about 7 hours straight now, with volume levels ranging from quiet background to 'listen to THIS!' levels. Right now we're watching TV at moderate level, DPLII - so all speakers powered. Ambient room temp is 68, using my wife's oven thermometer lying on top of the amp, it's reading 82.

Seriously, for $500 (with shipping!) this thing really does seem to be a steal. Again my first experience with a discrete amplifier, so I don't have anything to compare. But I'm QUITE happy with it.

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Man I got to get one of these amps already!

Peter, with the 4ohm M80's, does your amp put out a lot of heat? Or is it running cool? Just wondering that's all.

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Oh boy, it's amp envy time. Seriously, I'm a little confused by this news. I was always under the impression that an efficient speaker, like the M22, wouldn't gain anything from further amplification vs a respectable AVR alone. After reading this, am I to conclude that this impression is completely wrong?