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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 26, 2014 14:18:36 GMT -6
I just ordered an XPA-200. Prices look pretty good.
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Post by Guitar on Oct 27, 2014 10:55:34 GMT -6
that's really funny, I am also about to order an XPA-200! wish I could afford an XPA-2 but it's probably overkill for nearfield listening, anyway.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 27, 2014 15:37:08 GMT -6
The 200 is all I need. I ordered a pair of rack ears too. Bad deal for those, but I gotta have them. Oh well.
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 27, 2014 17:21:02 GMT -6
You guys should check out the XPA-1L's...I thought the mono blocks sounded better than the XPA-2
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 27, 2014 17:30:22 GMT -6
You guys should check out the XPA-1L's...I thought the mono blocks sounded better than the XPA-2 Meh. $340 for the XPA-200 vs. $1k for the mono blocks? I can't justify that move right now. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 27, 2014 18:19:45 GMT -6
Or find a used Lexicon 212 (Bryston 3BST) for $600...I sold my Emotiva's after buying that.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 31, 2014 10:02:57 GMT -6
My amp and ears came in the mail today. They delivered to my billing address instead of my shipping address though. Not a huge deal because I'm home with the baby, but now my wife is asking about the boxes. Can't be sneaky when a big brown truck pulls up and the dog goes insane. Oh well.
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Post by Guitar on Oct 31, 2014 10:36:16 GMT -6
just put in my order 10 mins ago... now to wait for the big brown truck and the barking dogs!
let me know if you like how it sounds
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Post by Guitar on Nov 4, 2014 18:30:42 GMT -6
I just wanted to report back, and say I'm loving the XPA-200. It's heavy as hell, and sounds like it.
I finally understand the audiophile term "soundstage." This amp is a dramatic improvement over the Pioneer receiver I had been using with my passive speakers. That thing happened again, where I could hear tiny details in songs I've heard hundreds of times, that I had never noticed before. And I mean I could hear them CLEARLY. Pretty astonishing. The amount and quality of bass I'm hearing has also improved dramatically.
Over the past few years, acoustic treatment, better conversion, better speakers, turntable, and now a great amp, have all made drastic and immediate improvements to my listening quality. I can't say I would pick any of them over the other as most important, I think they are ultimately all important concerns. And now I finally feel like I have a truly high end playback system, woohoo! It sure took me a while to get here. The only thing I can see from here is spending $1,000 or more on some Focal speakers or similar. I've never heard any speakers in that price range, and I know it goes up even higher from there when you start talking about ATC, etc. I take comfort in the fact that I still see NS10 in tons of studio photos. I'm sure they have everything else in order though, all the other components and the room.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 4, 2014 18:36:22 GMT -6
I just wanted to report back, and say I'm loving the XPA-200. It's heavy as hell, and sounds like it. I finally understand the audiophile term "soundstage." This amp is a dramatic improvement over the Pioneer receiver I had been using with my passive speakers. That thing happened again, where I could hear tiny details in songs I've heard hundreds of times, that I had never noticed before. And I mean I could hear them CLEARLY. Pretty astonishing. The amount and quality of bass I'm hearing has also improved dramatically. Over the past few years, acoustic treatment, better conversion, better speakers, turntable, and now a great amp, have all made drastic and immediate improvements to my listening quality. I can't say I would pick any of them over the other as most important, I think they are ultimately all important concerns. And now I finally feel like I have a truly high end playback system, woohoo! It sure took me a while to get here. The only thing I can see from here is spending $1,000 or more on some Focal speakers or similar. I've never heard any speakers in that price range, and I know it goes up even higher from there when you start talking about ATC, etc. I take comfort in the fact that I still see NS10 in tons of studio photos. I'm sure they have everything else in order though, all the other components and the room. Unfortunately, mine is still in the box. Tore down the studio to rearrange, then the baby arrived. Slowly getting it back in place. |
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 5, 2014 15:13:43 GMT -6
I just wanted to report back, and say I'm loving the XPA-200. It's heavy as hell, and sounds like it. Son of a gun. Really does weigh a ton. 17" deep too. This won't even come close to fitting where I planned. Gotta readjust. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 5, 2014 16:10:29 GMT -6
Yeah...I think Emotiva is Korean for "Heavy"
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