The Official Emotiva Q&A thread

[TheFactor]

Originally Posted by D_M

Dude that is Fracking awesome!

Originally Posted by JasonR

Thanks guys !!Im pumped and if anything it will look good lol !Oh yes its almost XPA-3 Friday lol My hearts already starting to beat faster

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by TheFactor

Thanks guys !!Im pumped and if anything it will look good lol !Oh yes its almost XPA-3 Friday lol My hearts already starting to beat faster

This is just the beginning!

[TheFactor]

Originally Posted by JasonR

This is just the beginning!

Thats what im afraid of

[red_5ive]

Originally Posted by JasonR

This is just the beginning!

Originally Posted by TheFactor

Thats what im afraid of

So true. You're definitely busted from hear on out, Factor. It just doesn't stop.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by TheFactor

One more day and my XPA-3 arrives

Getting a little excited I see ~

Do you have your 3 RCA's ready ~

Does this make the waiting better

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by red_5ive

So true. You're definitely busted from hear on out, Factor. It just doesn't stop.

Such a true statement

[TheFactor]

Originally Posted by red_5ive

So true. You're definitely busted from hear on out, Factor. It just doesn't stop.

I might be ok im pretty happy with it now but it was time to upgrade something on the rack and my AVR is working great so figure I'd just give it a little help for the heck of it . But I hear ya guys I know what your saying just like I was happy with one sub and then .... lol

[TheFactor]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Getting a little excited I see ~

Do you have your 3 RCA's ready ~

Does this make the waiting better

LOL thanks Brent and no it doesnt help the wait but I like it anyway The XPA-3 and the RCA's I ordered at the same time and I also ordered the black end peices for kicks

[ManUtd]

Originally Posted by TheFactor

One more day and my XPA-3 arrives

I guess we'll both be busy tomorrow. My UPA-1s are now in Sacramento. Should be here in the Bay Area around noon.

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by ManUtd

I guess we'll both be busy tomorrow. My UPA-1s are now in Sacramento. Should be here in the Bay Area around noon.

Monoblock madness!!!

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by TheFactor

LOL thanks Brent and no it doesnt help the wait but I like it anyway The XPA-3 and the RCA's I ordered at the same time and I also ordered the black end peices for kicks

Just remember one thing when you pick it up out of the box , It is vary Front heavy . I would not want you to drop it on your foot

Glad you are almost there into a new world . I remember waiting for my first ( UPA-7)

[TheFactor]

Originally Posted by ManUtd

I guess we'll both be busy tomorrow. My UPA-1s are now in Sacramento. Should be here in the Bay Area around noon.

Nice !!

[TheFactor]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Just remember one thing when you pick it up out of the box , It is vary Front heavy . I would not want you to drop it on your foot

Glad you are almost there into a new world . I remember waiting for my first ( UPA-7)

Thanks for the heads up that would fricken hurt I'll just put my kung fu grip on it Yes I cant wait to enter the new world

[ManUtd]

Originally Posted by JasonR

Monoblock madness!!!

Yeah this week has been upgrade madness for me. The PB13-Ultra last Monday and tomorrow the monoblocks.

Originally Posted by TheFactor

Thanks for the heads up that would fricken hurt I'll just put my kung fu grip on it Yes I cant wait to enter the new world

If you can move a PB13-Ultra then the XPA-3 should be relatively light in comparison.

[TheFactor]

Originally Posted by ManUtd

Yeah this week has been upgrade madness for me. The PB13-Ultra last Monday and tomorrow the monoblocks.



If you can move a PB13-Ultra then the XPA-3 should be relatively light in comparison.

LOL yes I did the Ultra once by myself and that was enough well until I bought the plus and got tired of waiting for my friend to come over and help me as my plus was sitting at my front door so I carried it up a flight of stairs and it almost killed me never again ! So yes the xpa-3 should be light in comparison . Its amazing how much strength you get when the pay off is getting to hook up your new HT toys lol

[28BlusLater]

I've gotten multiple opinions from some people and some at MartinLogan, Definitive Technology, and Emotiva, but I would like to hear what you guys have to say about it.

I'm getting the Emotiva 7.1 Processor and Emotiva XPA-5 for my system. It will sound outstanding with my MartinLogans, but I'm worried about my Def Techs. They're the ProMonitor 800's. Definitive Technology told me that this amp will blow the speakers easily with being 50 watts over the recommended power on the website. However, Emotiva and MartinLogan both said about how it won't do a thing, unless I crank the volume nearly full blast.
Do you guys think that it'd be safe to attach my Def Techs to the XPA-5 without worrying about them blowing? Also, is it true you can adjust each channel on the UMC-1 Processor by Emotiva? If so, then I'd just make it so that the Def Techs aren't as loud as the MartinLogans, that would work right?

[STARKILLER--1138]

50w's is nothing! You're good to go 28BlusLater! Not sure why Deftech told you that.

[28BlusLater]

Originally Posted by Lil' Louie

50w's is nothing! You're good to go 28BlusLater! Not sure why Deftech told you that.

Yeah, that's what I thought was pretty weird. The guy said even 10 watts more would blow it. I've never heard of such a thing...I would understand if it was like 100 watts, but 10-50 isn't that much more...

I love how my phone calls today varied so much...

Martin Logan - Really nice guy and tells me the MartinLogans will love and thank me for giving me 300 watts and I would of even been able to give them more if I wanted to.

Emotiva - Really cool guy and tells me that all of my speakers will sound much better than with my 90 watt receiver and that the Def Techs will be fine, because it's not that much more and just as long as I don't crank the volume, I'm fine.

Definitive Technology - The guy had a bit of an attitude and just didn't seem to care. Tells me my Def Techs will definitely be blown with the amp and that they won't cover me if they do blow from this amp and won't replace the woofer or tweeter.

Great day for phone calls, no?

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by 28BlusLater

I've gotten multiple opinions from some people and some at MartinLogan, Definitive Technology, and Emotiva, but I would like to hear what you guys have to say about it.

I'm getting the Emotiva 7.1 Processor and Emotiva XPA-5 for my system. It will sound outstanding with my MartinLogans, but I'm worried about my Def Techs. They're the ProMonitor 800's. Definitive Technology told me that this amp will blow the speakers easily with being 50 watts over the recommended power on the website. However, Emotiva and MartinLogan both said about how it won't do a thing, unless I crank the volume nearly full blast.
Do you guys think that it'd be safe to attach my Def Techs to the XPA-5 without worrying about them blowing? Also, is it true you can adjust each channel on the UMC-1 Processor by Emotiva? If so, then I'd just make it so that the Def Techs aren't as loud as the MartinLogans, that would work right?

You would probably hurt your ears before you did the speakers !!

[Zman2k2]

Originally Posted by 28BlusLater

Yeah, that's what I thought was pretty weird. The guy said even 10 watts more would blow it. I've never heard of such a thing...I would understand if it was like 100 watts, but 10-50 isn't that much more...

I love how my phone calls today varied so much...

Martin Logan - Really nice guy and tells me the MartinLogans will love and thank me for giving me 300 watts and I would of even been able to give them more if I wanted to.

Emotiva - Really cool guy and tells me that all of my speakers will sound much better than with my 90 watt receiver and that the Def Techs will be fine, because it's not that much more and just as long as I don't crank the volume, I'm fine.

Definitive Technology - The guy had a bit of an attitude and just didn't seem to care. Tells me my Def Techs will definitely be blown with the amp and that they won't cover me if they do blow from this amp and won't replace the woofer or tweeter.

Great day for phone calls, no?

And that is why they told you that you'd blow the speakers. To get out of any warranty work, should the unfortunate happen. I've run speakers at twice the recommended wattage before. As long as you're not asking too much from the speaker (ie. running it full range and asking it to produce sub bass) then you'll be fine. Most AVR's cross over the rears at 100Hz, and the demands of the surrounds are less than the fronts, so you should be fine. They're just weaseling out of any warranty work, should the need arise.