Emotiva LPA-1 with yammie 663 to pioneer elite 03 - Blu-ray Forum

ReggaetonSalsero · 03-09-2009, 05:56 PM

Hey my peeps. Check out my setup via my signature. U think an Emotiva LPA-1 will be a very good upgrade to the sound? I will eventually upgrade the 663 to a pioneer elite 03 so that Emotiva LPA-1 has to be good for either of the receivers. U think it's a major sound increase? Also, how would i connect it to the yammie 663 to work with the tv, the speakers, cable tv, ps3, receiver? RIght now, everything is connected to the 663. Can i leave it that way and somehow connect that Emotiva LPA-1 to just the receiver and somehow the receiver sound with stop outputting and the emotiva work in it's place? Not sure how it would all work. I'm about to do a trade for one but i want to make sure it's worth it and try to understand how to connect this. Thanks

jaydoc24 · 03-09-2009, 06:38 PM

So you want to get the LPA-1 Emotiva processor and use the Pioneer (Yamaha for now) as your amplifier. I cannot speak from experience but I have heard rave reviews on here regarding Emotiva products.

I am planning on picking up an amp or to in the near future as an aside.

As far as a major sound increase...tough to say. The Pioneer is pushing 15 more watts/channel but receivers are notoriously underpowered. Meaning they output less than advertised due to space limitations. If you are gunning for a serious power increase, I'd recommend an Emotiva amplifier to pair with your processor.

Don't get me wrong, I love Pioneer products but for your question, that is how I'd go.

ReggaetonSalsero · 03-10-2009, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jaydoc24

So you want to get the LPA-1 Emotiva processor and use the Pioneer (Yamaha for now) as your amplifier. I cannot speak from experience but I have heard rave reviews on here regarding Emotiva products.

I am planning on picking up an amp or to in the near future as an aside.

As far as a major sound increase...tough to say. The Pioneer is pushing 15 more watts/channel but receivers are notoriously underpowered. Meaning they output less than advertised due to space limitations. If you are gunning for a serious power increase, I'd recommend an Emotiva amplifier to pair with your processor.

Don't get me wrong, I love Pioneer products but for your question, that is how I'd go.

Processor? No i thought that emotiva was an amp and u can connect it to the 663 to make the sound clearer and give it more power. I was reading reviews on this being what was done. I don't know what u mean by processor. lol. I was going to get pioneer elite 03 receiver (to replace the 663) and a pioneer elite kuro 111FD (to replace my 40a650) but then i read about that plasma not being good for video games so when i was going to get the elite 03 receiver, i found some info stating it would be better to get the emotiva lpa 3 but i found this guy who wants to trade me lpa 1. I thought it was an amp and when i would have connected it to my 663, it would have made the sound soooooooo much better according to the reviews. I have no idea about processor or what that means as it wasn't stated in those blogs and reviews i read.

kpkelley · 03-10-2009, 04:34 PM

The LPA-1 is an older emotiva amplifier. It is nearly identical to the upa-7, except the rear surround channels are 50wpc instead of 125wpc. The xpa-3 is a 3 channel amplifier that is rated at 200wpc and is a different design than the upa-7/lpa-1. While the xpa-3 is a better amplifier, you will still hear an audible improvement from the LPA-1 over the amplifiers in your receiver.

BTW, gaming is great on my plasma.

jaydoc24 · 03-10-2009, 05:04 PM

Somebody did not do their homework (me) and kp pointed out, it is an amp and not their older processor. Sorry for the confusion.

ReggaetonSalsero · 03-10-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kpkelley

The LPA-1 is an older emotiva amplifier. It is nearly identical to the upa-7, except the rear surround channels are 50wpc instead of 125wpc. The xpa-3 is a 3 channel amplifier that is rated at 200wpc and is a different design than the upa-7/lpa-1. While the xpa-3 is a better amplifier, you will still hear an audible improvement from the LPA-1 over the amplifiers in your receiver.

BTW, gaming is great on my plasma.

I see u have the pioneer. I want to get the 50" elite 111FD as i saw it was the first to get a 10 in picture quality and it's rated better than even the sammie a950 and competes against the xbr8 easily. But pioneer is stopping the plasma's plus i was reading that although those plasmas are better made to not get any burn in, it can still get burn in playing certain games for a prolonged period of time or certain dvds. Maybe ur not using it with the certain games? NO? I want to get the elite 111fd and match it up with the elite 03 receiver but i don't know if that elite 03 receiver would be better than just getting the emotiva and having that work with the yamaha. What do u think?

kpkelley · 03-11-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ReggaetonSalsero

I want to get the elite 111fd and match it up with the elite 03 receiver but i don't know if that elite 03 receiver would be better than just getting the emotiva and having that work with the yamaha. What do u think?

I'm not familiar enough with the new Pioneer elite receivers to be sure, some have complained about their musicality

, but I am sure that an external amplifier, even just 3 channels, will improve the sound quality coming from your yammy.

As for games, I've been playing mlb: the show 09, as well as some older ps2 games(Final Fantasy XII and Kingdom Hearts) in addition to Fallout3, Street Fighter IV, and a handful of others. I usually play for a few hours at a time, maybe twice a week and watch movies on it usually about 3 or four times a week many of them being scope films. I have not experienced any burn-in.

jaydoc24 · 03-09-2009, 06:40 PM

In regards to connecting the LPA-1 with your Yamaha and surrendering the processing duties to the Emotiva, I don't think you can do that...maybe someone on here more knowledgeable than myself could instruct you otherwise if it is possible.

kpkelley · 03-09-2009, 06:48 PM

The LPA-1 7 channel amplifier has been replaced by the UPA-7.

It will give you greater power output for the speakers which can result in much better sound. I'm not familiar enough with the Elite sc-03 to comment, but so long as there are pre-outs then you can connect it the same way as you would the yammy, which is with 8 analog audio cables from the pre-outs in the receiver to the input for each channel in the amplifier.

To the previous posters, the processor is the UMC-1 and XMC-1, which replaced the DMC-1.

03-09-2009, 05:56 PM	#1
ReggaetonSalsero Senior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Florida (from Brooklyn) Home Theater Gallery:14 Trading Score:21	Emotiva LPA-1 with yammie 663 to pioneer elite 03 Hey my peeps. Check out my setup via my signature. U think an Emotiva LPA-1 will be a very good upgrade to the sound? I will eventually upgrade the 663 to a pioneer elite 03 so that Emotiva LPA-1 has to be good for either of the receivers. U think it's a major sound increase? Also, how would i connect it to the yammie 663 to work with the tv, the speakers, cable tv, ps3, receiver? RIght now, everything is connected to the 663. Can i leave it that way and somehow connect that Emotiva LPA-1 to just the receiver and somehow the receiver sound with stop outputting and the emotiva work in it's place? Not sure how it would all work. I'm about to do a trade for one but i want to make sure it's worth it and try to understand how to connect this. Thanks

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03-09-2009, 06:38 PM	#2
jaydoc24 Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:142	So you want to get the LPA-1 Emotiva processor and use the Pioneer (Yamaha for now) as your amplifier. I cannot speak from experience but I have heard rave reviews on here regarding Emotiva products. I am planning on picking up an amp or to in the near future as an aside. As far as a major sound increase...tough to say. The Pioneer is pushing 15 more watts/channel but receivers are notoriously underpowered. Meaning they output less than advertised due to space limitations. If you are gunning for a serious power increase, I'd recommend an Emotiva amplifier to pair with your processor. Don't get me wrong, I love Pioneer products but for your question, that is how I'd go.

03-10-2009, 04:34 PM	#4
kpkelley Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Framingham, MA 4K collection:385 Blu-ray collection:2478 Digital collection:113 Blu-ray reviews: 152	The LPA-1 is an older emotiva amplifier. It is nearly identical to the upa-7, except the rear surround channels are 50wpc instead of 125wpc. The xpa-3 is a 3 channel amplifier that is rated at 200wpc and is a different design than the upa-7/lpa-1. While the xpa-3 is a better amplifier, you will still hear an audible improvement from the LPA-1 over the amplifiers in your receiver. BTW, gaming is great on my plasma.

03-10-2009, 05:04 PM	#5
jaydoc24 Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:142	Somebody did not do their homework (me) and kp pointed out, it is an amp and not their older processor. Sorry for the confusion.

03-09-2009, 06:40 PM	#8
jaydoc24 Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:142	In regards to connecting the LPA-1 with your Yamaha and surrendering the processing duties to the Emotiva, I don't think you can do that...maybe someone on here more knowledgeable than myself could instruct you otherwise if it is possible.

03-09-2009, 06:48 PM	#9
kpkelley Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Framingham, MA 4K collection:385 Blu-ray collection:2478 Digital collection:113 Blu-ray reviews: 152	The LPA-1 7 channel amplifier has been replaced by the UPA-7. It will give you greater power output for the speakers which can result in much better sound. I'm not familiar enough with the Elite sc-03 to comment, but so long as there are pre-outs then you can connect it the same way as you would the yammy, which is with 8 analog audio cables from the pre-outs in the receiver to the input for each channel in the amplifier. To the previous posters, the processor is the UMC-1 and XMC-1, which replaced the DMC-1.

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