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In Reply to: RE: Emotive - yeah or nah posted by ro7939 on February 18, 2012 at 10:48:20
I have the XPA-2 fed by a bottlehead Quickie tube preamp via a Transporter DAC. My speakers are Maggie MMG's with modded crossover. The XPA-2 sounds fantastic and is anything but harsh. My old Winsome Labs Mouse t-amp was brighter by far (that was also modded). I could not imagine a better amp for the maggies without dropping some serious coin. Perhaps the preamp you are using is too bright? Or the DAC. IMO the tube pre is the way to go with the Emotiva.
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This system is overall about dead neutral. The CDP and TT are amongst the best and most neutral available, ditto the preamp and the room and the speakers. The preamp was $7500 SST Ambrosia (see recent TAS, component of the year winner). The CDP is along the lines of but less good than the acclaimed Eastern Electric Mini-DAC with op-amp upgrades (direct A-B).
Honestly, best I can imagine is the Maggies are just true power junkies and they have a soft forgiving nature that blends perfectly with the XPA...notice I did mention and did like the power factor...maybe I should have burned the XPA in for longer but I doubt it...I'm truly jealous and envious users could be this happy with the absolutely lowest cost high-end power amp available anywhere! It was built like a tank and I liked the styling well enough.
Customer service and credit on the return were A+...seem like great people all around at Emotiva.
I used the Emotiva UPA 1 with my MMG's and a Mapletree 2A SE tube preamp. The sound I was getting was very detailed , punchy, clear and precise but certainly not edgy as drive you out of the room edgy. Ultimately I determined that I prefer a warmer, lusher sound than what the UPA1's provided (I used Marantz before) and I replaced them with a Conrad Johnson MF 2300A amp which I'm very happy with but the small Emotiva monoblocks are very competent and certainly mesh well with the MMG's just not my preference in sound "style".
I moved the Emo's to my TV room with an USP 1 preamp and Advent speakers where my wife absolutely loves them because of the clear punchy sound that makes speech and such on tv and movies crystal clear and intelligible and they actually sounds the best I've ever heard with my ancient Original Large Advents.
This system is overall about dead neutral. The CDP and TT are amongst the best and most neutral available, ditto the preamp and the room and the speakers. The preamp was $7500 SST Ambrosia (see recent TAS, component of the year winner). The CDP is along the lines of but less good than the acclaimed Eastern Electric Mini-DAC with op-amp upgrades (direct A-B).
Honestly, best I can imagine is the Maggies are just true power junkies and they have a soft forgiving nature that blends perfectly with the XPA...notice I did mention and did like the power factor...maybe I should have burned the XPA in for longer but I doubt it...I'm truly jealous and envious users could be this happy with the absolutely lowest cost high-end power amp available anywhere! It was built like a tank and I liked the styling well enough.
Customer service and credit on the return were A+...seem like great people all around at Emotiva.
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