The Official Emotiva Q&A thread

[Zman2k2]

The hardest part was navigating the tangle of cables back there. There's an inch of space on top, and I've got a couple fans blowing on it, so I'm not worried about overheating. But with all the weight, and dealing with dangling cords, I was a little worried for my feet!

[Starmartyr]

Originally Posted by Zman2k2

Giggity-giggity-giggity!!

Congrats, Zman! Giggity indeed!

For some reason I don't think I realized you are in Calgary. Well from one Canuck Emotiva fan to another,

ENJOY!!

[Starmartyr]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

Hey Red5, how does the meter lights on the XPA-2 work? Is it the louder you turn up the volume the more lights you get or is it something else? Thanks

Sarge, I was concerned that my indicator lights weren't working at all since I never saw them move even once when testing my XPA-2. So I asked Emo and got a response the same day from Vincent:

"Understand how the power led indicators perform, they perform relative to the voltage that being inputted into the input stage of the XPA-2, and micro controller of the XPA-2 relates this to a lamp indication. I have filled my room with just 2 LED lamps showing so sometime seeing a LED display not show much is normal. Also please note the XPA-2 meters are calibrated for an 8 ohm nominal impedance. 4 ohms you just simply double what you see. So if you are running 4 ohm speakers at low levels you may not see an indication at all or only 1 or 2 lamps may show. This is normal operation of the XPA-2."

When I cranked my 8ohm speakers to reference volume I had 1 LED showing on each side.. that was it so far..

[sarge1976]

Congrats Zman

[sarge1976]

Originally Posted by Starmartyr

Sarge, I was concerned that my indicator lights weren't working at all since I never saw them move even once when testing my XPA-2. So I asked Emo and got a response the same day from Vincent:

"Understand how the power led indicators perform, they perform relative to the voltage that being inputted into the input stage of the XPA-2, and micro controller of the XPA-2 relates this to a lamp indication. I have filled my room with just 2 LED lamps showing so sometime seeing a LED display not show much is normal. Also please note the XPA-2 meters are calibrated for an 8 ohm nominal impedance. 4 ohms you just simply double what you see. So if you are running 4 ohm speakers at low levels you may not see an indication at all or only 1 or 2 lamps may show. This is normal operation of the XPA-2."

When I cranked my 8ohm speakers to reference volume I had 1 LED showing on each side.. that was it so far..

Oh, I misunderstood how it worked then, I thought the louder you play your music or movie the more lights you will see. At least that's what it seems on Emo's website on that video they have up. Thanks for the response. I ordered the XPA-2 this morning and it should be here by Friday.

[erict]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

Oh, I misunderstood how it worked then, I thought the louder you play your music or movie the more lights you will see. At least that's what it seems on Emo's website on that video they have up. Thanks for the response. I ordered the XPA-2 this morning and it should be here by Friday.

I believe that is what he is saying but it seems that it will take a great deal to get multiple LEDs lit. Another words, your ears will start to bleed by then

[sarge1976]

Originally Posted by erict

I believe that is what he is saying but it seems that it will take a great deal to get multiple LEDs lit. Another words, your ears will start to bleed by then

Oh, I see, That quote from Vincent from Emotiva was a little hard to interpret(at least for me)

[erict]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

Oh, I see, That quote from Vincent from Emotiva was a little hard to interpret(at least for me)

That basically translates into alot of head room It's a beast

[sarge1976]

Bad news, I still have the XPA-3 for sale I ran into some complications but it is all good So if anyone is interested let me know.

[erict]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

Bad news, I still have the XPA-3 for sale I ran into some complications but it is all good So if anyone is interested let me know.

Thats not bad news. You will sell that amp faaaaast. Go to the Emotiva lounge and it will be sold before you have dinner

[sarge1976]

Originally Posted by erict

Thats not bad news. You will sell that amp faaaaast. Go to the Emotiva lounge and it will be sold before you have dinner

I'm still waiting for admin to give me the green light to post over there. Factor reccomended I send the admin an email so I guess I'll do it now.

[bz1080p]

Originally Posted by Zman2k2

Giggity-giggity-giggity!!


Wow! It's heavy! What's in there?

Roll Call!

Hooked up an snugged into it's new home.

Thanks for sharing the pics, thats great and Congrats again

[erict]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

I'm still waiting for admin to give me the green light to post over there. Factor reccomended I send the admin an email so I guess I'll do it now.

Thats what I had to do as well. I waited 4 days and finally e-mailed them and the next day I was up and running

[lokir1]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

Bad news, I still have the XPA-3 for sale I ran into some complications but it is all good So if anyone is interested let me know.

i jus got myself an xpa-5 bout a week ago went ahead an just had to have the black trim and x series rca cables from em so i placed that order yesterday im loving my emo! details details details itslike seeing 1080p on my kuro all over again its not seeing a bigger picture its seeing more of the same picture from movies i ve seen countless times! im hearing crisp details

Question 4 u sarge since i was thinkin a getting an xpa-2 myself and goin 7.1 in due time why sell the 3 and buy a 2? cant u jus use it as a 2 channel and jus have even more power?

[sarge1976]

Does anyone know who I can email over at Emotiva lounge? I just looked around and there is no info on how to email admin for help?

[sarge1976]

Originally Posted by lokir1

i jus got myself an xpa-5 bout a week ago went ahead an just had to have the black trim and x series rca cables from em so i placed that order yesterday im loving my emo! details details details itslike seeing 1080p on my kuro all over again its not seeing a bigger picture its seeing more of the same picture from movies i ve seen countless times! im hearing crisp details

Question 4 u sarge since i was thinkin a getting an xpa-2 myself and goin 7.1 in due time why sell the 3 and buy a 2? cant u jus use it as a 2 channel and jus have even more power?

Hi lokir1, I'm glad you are enjoying your XPA-5 And I personaly love the X-series RCAs. I want the XPA-2 to power my fronts since they are rated at 250 watts and it would be nice to have the extra headroom. I'm not sure how the XPA-3 works if you only use 2 channels.

[erict]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

Does anyone know who I can email over at Emotiva lounge? I just looked around and there is no info on how to email admin for help?

I just used this address. Tell them who you are (screen name).

support@emotiva.com

[sarge1976]

Originally Posted by erict

I just used this address. Tell them who you are (screen name).

support@emotiva.com

Thank You

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

Hi lokir1, I'm glad you are enjoying your XPA-5 And I personaly love the X-series RCAs. I want the XPA-2 to power my fronts since they are rated at 250 watts and it would be nice to have the extra headroom. I'm not sure how the XPA-3 works if you only use 2 channels.

XPA-2 is rated 300 watts per channel Sarge...

[erict]

Originally Posted by Fors*

XPA-2 is rated 300 watts per channel Sarge...

I think he was talking about his speaker rating John