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bluman1981 · 06-24-2011, 11:02 PM

Hey guys, I just got the Anthem MRX-300 to go with my Emotiva XPA-3. I love the sound. I ran the ARC setup and its awesome.The Anthem is obviously powering the rears. I was thinking about adding either a UPA-2 for the rears, or adding and XPA-2 for the front left and right and have the XPA-3 power the center and rears, or add another XPA-3 and have an extra channel to biamp the center or something. What do you guys think? I also saw and Anthem MCA50 5 channel amp on sale for $1699 which I would sell the XPA-3 if I did that. Would the Anthem amp be better than the Emotiva? My speakers are Mirage OMD-28's, OMD-C2 and OMD-R's.

stevo · 06-25-2011, 03:37 AM

If i could get a Anthem MCA 50 for 1700 dollars i would be all over it . Its like comparing a Mercedes to a Volkswagon in performance....

aces high · 06-25-2011, 06:03 AM

I've owned both Emo amps and Anthem, I'd say you'd get a bigger gain by upgrading your subs rather than sinking more money into amps. If your really set on another amp though my preference was the Anthem over Emo.

ManUtd · 06-25-2011, 06:55 AM

IMO, unless you play a lot of multichannel music (ex. SACD/DVD-A), I would experiment on bi-amping the front stage first before adding amplification to the surround speakers. Your Anthem should have more than enough juice to handle surround duties in movies.

06-24-2011, 11:02 PM	#1
bluman1981 Active Member Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Atlanta, GA Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:36	Add another amp? Hey guys, I just got the Anthem MRX-300 to go with my Emotiva XPA-3. I love the sound. I ran the ARC setup and its awesome.The Anthem is obviously powering the rears. I was thinking about adding either a UPA-2 for the rears, or adding and XPA-2 for the front left and right and have the XPA-3 power the center and rears, or add another XPA-3 and have an extra channel to biamp the center or something. What do you guys think? I also saw and Anthem MCA50 5 channel amp on sale for $1699 which I would sell the XPA-3 if I did that. Would the Anthem amp be better than the Emotiva? My speakers are Mirage OMD-28's, OMD-C2 and OMD-R's.

06-25-2011, 03:37 AM	#2
stevo Active Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Langley , British Columbia Canada Home Theater Gallery:63 Blu-ray collection:13 Trading Score:1	If i could get a Anthem MCA 50 for 1700 dollars i would be all over it . Its like comparing a Mercedes to a Volkswagon in performance....

06-25-2011, 06:03 AM	#3
aces high Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2010 Blu-ray collection:386	I've owned both Emo amps and Anthem, I'd say you'd get a bigger gain by upgrading your subs rather than sinking more money into amps. If your really set on another amp though my preference was the Anthem over Emo.

06-25-2011, 06:55 AM	#4
ManUtd Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Location:In my HT Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:829 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:5	IMO, unless you play a lot of multichannel music (ex. SACD/DVD-A), I would experiment on bi-amping the front stage first before adding amplification to the surround speakers. Your Anthem should have more than enough juice to handle surround duties in movies.

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