Overkill or NOT......i have a RXV1800 and want an Emotiva XPA-5

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Originally Posted by b00st

thanks your input is much appreciated. i've just really started to get into home theater. and i have no experiece with external amps. emotiva makes a great product for the price...may even be unbeatable at that price point. the rotel i was looking at was $2000 for something similar to the XPA-5. i fully understand the quality of rotel. i especially appreciate the add insight...since u have the same receiver. i think an XPA-5 now and then when i got back to 7.1 i will get an XPA-2 to power the rears.

i think i will go ahead with this purchase of the XPA-5. as right now i have no use for UPA-7. i'm ok with buying an XPA-2 down the road when that time comes....which comes with a 2.35 screen SIM2 projector...and most likely paradigm...but i still may go in-wall. there is a high end store by my office that has shown me some great in-wall speakers. And most likely they will build the theater room. THE EDGE...from what i seen they do great work.

If you stick with in-walls I think you'll be fine with just the XPA-5 since you won't be going full range, and then power the remaining 2 channels with the 1800. If you do add an XPA-2 (especially if you get the Paradigm) you'll want to set it up to power your fronts. Cool, sounds like you'll have a nice HT room when you have it built (and you already have a nice clean setup, btw!). I'm jealous!