Emotiva XPR-2 / 600x2 - Page 5

Unlikely that's true, but if you were expecting a night and day difference from only about 4dB difference then I can see why you might be inclined to question the Emotiva amp.

the sound out of the rc 70 just didnt do it for me.. so i just took back 3 of 5.. i thought i was buy a 1200 speaker for 399 but really its just a 399 speaker...

the veritas 6.3 where way better sounding but they smoked... so i guess i missed out on some good speakers at good prices boxing sales have gone now..

think i will check out some paradigms in the nexts few weeks.. im not into paying top dollars tho..

just a beer budget guy...

that la speaker looks a bit like dj equipment.. but if it sounds like gold must be good stuff...

was just peeking at specs on a speaker called kef blades rated upto 117 db..
if you wanted a speaker that is a bit more homey looking lol...

cheers

might add magnepan to your line up.. since you want a speaker to pump power into...

cheers

Your answer.... is back....... in post #123......you thought........400W....... was going to be some......... huge difference....... from 140........and it isn't.........there is nothing....... wrong.....with......the.....Emo.....amp.....in regard......to......power......or.....balls......the problem is.....a flawed.....expectation or understanding......of differences in wattage....

Did anyone ever explain to you that it takes TEN times more power to be twice as loud (+10db)? The Emo is only +4dB from what you had/have in the Pioneer, a slight difference that some people may not even notice in terms of pure volume.
Edited by whoaru99 - 1/10/13 at 5:03am

This entire thread is a train wreck.

In my opinion 2 areas that seem to create a lot of confusion
On this forum are BI-AMPING and the need/expectation of
Adding an external amp. Unfortunately none of the "confused"
Want to listen to reason, especially when it comes to the expense
Of the amps. At least the bi-amp experiment won't cost them $700
And up.

That depends on whether or not they buy an amp to try biamping.

If you're a true audio geek you probably have a couple spares laying around that can be used for such experimentation.

Class D, H, A and A/B all sound the same I think not!

Huh?

I haven't read through this whole thread but if the OP is really looking to crank out some serious db's, these Polk RTi series of speakers are probably part of the problem. Having owned them in the past, while they do pretty well when matched with electronics in their price range, they start to fall apart when driven by better electronics. Also, I've found the drivers in the speakers start to hit compression when you lay on the volume. With a good amp, this can happen well before you start to reach the limits of the amp.

If you want to listen loud & really crank out the db's, I'd suggest looking at different speakers.

what speakers do you like to recommend for pounding out dbs?

cheers

Klipsch.

I don't have first hand experience with speakers that are designed to really belt out the spl's (as that wasn't my main goal with speaker choice) but yes, typically companies like Klipsch or JBL would be recommended. I'm sure other can help you with this.

In general, as you move up in price, you get a speaker with better designed drivers, that are able to take more "abuse" before they start to have compression issues.

High effiency, possibly horn loaded & large enclosure's are probably some things you want to look at.

My new energy veritas 6.3 which are breaking in real nice.. starting to sound great and not so bright as when i 1st started playing now at about 130 hrs.. really sweet moved my limiter upto -10 db

have to get an amp to go higher dont trust my denon 3313 ci to deliever enough power.. need head room.. for me its pretty loud now.. but you always want a bit more sometimes.. lol

You gotta be rockin Emo XPR-1 monoblocks and biamp those veritas.

go big or don't go.

I'm running 11.2 with all RC-70's, but only got XPA amps, shoulda got the XPR monos in hinesite.

cool set up all rc70s nothing like overdoing your head room xpr 1 mono blocks LOL

think u need to up grade your speakers...

try totem metals..

not sure how you biamp a mono block... you need 2 amps.. or 2 channels monos are 1 channel only..

cheers

If power is the goal, biamping with full range signals through the speaker crossovers doesn't get you any more.

^^

It was just a joke guys. I forgot to add the

wow just joking eh..

was waiting for you to tell us about your 11 fried rc 70 that couldnt handle the power.. maybe woofers though the walls eh..



cheers

What a thread. If the OP is still around, you should have focused on getting some speakers and subs capable of the dynamic range you seem to want....can't get there just by pouring on more watts into speakers that physics won't allow you to do what you want.

I think you need to look at some horn loaded speakers, others have mentioned JBL and Klipsch. Might also try Emerald Physics.

To really get a crushing amount of punch, I think you'd need to go to something like quad subs, spread around your room and crossed over near their upper limit. Something like Hsu ULS 15s.

You could drive that system to extremely loud, clean levels with a 100w amp.

This isn't a thread.....It's a freekin tweet on roidz.....