Originally Posted By: turbo16v
xpa5 + m80v2's here with no problems only sonic bliss....

TURBO-I have both EMOTIVA XPA 2 AND XPA 5 BOTH amps. I discovered distortion and clipping issue these amps. This only happened to me when I select my listening DSP modes on my Denon to 2 channels-Direct and PureDirect (2 or 7 ch stereo, dolby digital are OK). For the XPA 5 I can raise the the volume 3 db high than XPA2 before I get into the distortion. Try yours playing a heavy bass music...rap or pop. I am returning my XPA 2, keep XPA 5 for my c/surrounds and look into other amp for my M80.

7.2-M80V2, QS8, VP150, M22, REAL SUB.DENON3808.EMOTIVA AMP(XPA-2 AND XPA-5)EMOTIVA erc-1 and ps3.