Re: What would your advice be....upgrade or not?
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House of cards folks, house of cards!! I seems like I may have spited the audio gods after all. Went over with the wife and kids to visit my brother and his soon to be wife. (May). Casual convresation brought up the Onkyo and....well..lets say that this plan was not soon-to-be wife approved. So there you go, it all falls apart. Bad luck? Maybe not, today I did something I have not done in a long while. I set back and just listened to some cds. Almost 5 hours of just music. After that I started thinking I am going to be listening to a lot more music. I really started looking at an amp to drive my fronts, just some more upper end power. So I think I am nearing the end of this road. I am going to try the 80s with the Onkyo and most likely this amp ( Emotiva XPA-2 ) If for some reason this does not work, I will keep the amp bring back some 60s and rock the house. Wish me luck it has been a wild ride!!!
85" Class QN90A Samsung Neo QLED 4K M80s-EP500-VP150-QS8s Denon AVR-X4700H Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva XPA-5
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Re: What would your advice be....upgrade or not?
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That's a sweet-looking amp and at a great price to boot. I'm actually tempted to look into that more if Axiom doesn't introduce their 2-channel A1400 soon.
Ask if they have a fan in it.
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Blu, there's no way that what you're going to set up won't "work", since you'll be actually be experiencing reality rather than reading rumors and the rehashing of audio mythologies. As the tests show, your 805's amplifier puts out enough power into 4 ohms to reach a dangerously high sound level with your M80s. No luck will be necessary; just listen and enjoy.
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It's interesting that Emotiva sells their 5-channel amp for the same price as the 2-channel. It's a little lower output per channel, but 5 channels instead of 2... What else am I missing in the differences between the two, or is this normal pricing given the difference in output? (Disclaimer: I've never seriously amp shopped before)
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Re: What would your advice be....upgrade or not?
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Now that you've pointed out the 5-channel amp, I don't think there would be any audible difference between that and the 2-channel. Unless you want to use the 2-channel in bridged mode for double the power. I can't imagine driving that kind of power into my 80s. First, I'd go deaf. Second, I think the 80s would vapourize .
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But, what a way to go
Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70
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Yes, but it'd be unacceptable to take the M80s with you on the way out.
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From the Emotiva forum : While the power supply is similar when comparing the XPA -2 to the XPA -5, the ouput stage is where the two differ. The XPA-5 uses 2 toshiba 2sc5200 and 2 toshiba 2sa1943 output devices per channel. The XPA-2 uses 5 toshiba 2sc5200 and 5 toshiba 2sc1946 output devices per channel. Better dampening factor ='s much more definition and control off the bottom end. More power , particularly at high level transient peaks.
M80s/VP160/QS8s/EP350; M22s; M3s.
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Mark, the quoted Emotiva forum material is simply another example of amp designer hot air. "Dampening factor" as they term it, is a minor factor in modern amplifier design, and any competently designed modern solid state unit is well into double digit figures for that spec, which studies have shown is more than adequate. Their "definition and control" statement is an appeal to the uninformed who naively think that more is better.
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Agreed. Burn the witches .
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