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I have nothing now , So yes I just heard from a friend the onkyo clicks like the integra I hated that . I might just go with another SC-57

1799 for a new 5508 a good price ?

Im just running 5.1 I dont need more than 1-2 zones 2 just incase I decide to use it one day I had a Integra 50.2 Maybe I should of just kept it

I already got the SC-57 it has bad HDMI ports 1-2-3 its getting sent back

True but I dont want to be without till then Im going to call pioneer in the morning see what they say before packing the SC-57 up maybe I missed somthing but I doubt it spent the weekend with it

Yeah I had a UMC-1 I sold it and the UMC 3d is the same unit with a 3D chip added XMC who knows when that will come suppose to be by April 2012 I got 2 40% off cards sitting here but to be honest I would probally never buy another processor from emotiva

I agree 100% when I ran the SC-57 with no amps it sounded great . I was going to sell my XPA-2 & XPA-3 I really feel I didnt need them . But the Hdmi 1-2-3 are dead on the SC-57 so its getting sent back . Now Im thinking of just buying a SC-37 over the 57 what are you thoughts 37 vs 57

"Automatic Continuous Change of Listening Modes and/or Remote Controller Commands are not accepted" Did you have to send yours in for this problem ?

AV7005 vs 5508 Whats up with the 5509 ?

I bought a SC-57 pioneer , its going back since Hdmi 1-2-3 dont work , but I tried it out . All I can say wow it really made my ht sound good with no amps . Now Im in a jam do I keep my integra 50.2 order another SC-57 or go with RX-A3010 from Yamaha I will also lool at some pre pros

I agree for music the XPA-2 is better than the XPA-3 I might just keep them both I dont know yet , Im running out of room to tuck things away .

Yeah I pretty much decided that I will keep the XPA-3 and sell the XPA-2 reason being RF-7's 250W RC-64 200W RS-62's 150W XPA-3 200X3 so it would drive my front sound stage nice , and there is no reason the SC-57 cant drive the surrounds just fine . Like I said Im not into music , and if I was there is no way I would get rid of the XPA-2 for HT I feel the XPA-3 or XPA-5 are 2 best choices for a 5 ch setup Pioneer Elite SC-57 A/V Receiver HT Labs Measures HT Labs Measures Five channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads: 0.1% distortion at 115.1watts 1% distortion at 132.0 watts Seven channels driven continuously into 8-ohm loads: 0.1% distortion at 109.6 watts 1% distortion at 123.7 watts

Sorry was ment for this question Side note: have you compared 2ch music with you XPA-3 vs XPA-2?? Curious if there is an audible difference to you.

I am more into HT than music , but to be honest I couldnt tell a diffrence between the XPA-2 and XPA-3 Im going to hook up the speakers with only the SC-57 and see how I like it . If I keep 1 amp it will be the XPA-3

Im just wondering , I have RF-7ll fronts and a RC-64ll Center along with RS-62ll surrounds . I just orderd a Pioneer SC-57 it will be here in a couple days . I also have a couple of amps sitting here Emotiva XPA-3 which right now is running my RF-7's and RC-64 along with my Integra 50.2 which runs the surrounds . Im not using the xpa-2 right now Do you think my SC-57 will be okay to run my setup with no amps at all ? I know the cats meow would be the xpa-3 for the surrounds and center and the xpa-2 for the rf-7's but Im hoping to down size a bit and mayber sell the amps to put towards a 8700UB projector and screen . Or do I just use all my hardware and wait till after xmas for my projector and screen . Is anyone running there HT just off of there avr ?

Nice that you went out of your way to make a video , but I need to ask who would base buying these speakers from a youtube video ? There I feel better now getting that out

I just installed a XPA-2 for my fronts and moved my XPA-3 for the center and rears , now when I change channels on the cable box it get a static pop out of the left front speaker , so I flipped the left and right rca's on the XPA-2 and the noise comes out of the right speaker . So I know the problem is with the left channel of the amp , I tried new rca's deffrent outlet . Any ideas or should I call emotiva and run it past them for a warranty issue ?

Cant we all just get along ? []

As for the noise I turn down the vol before powering down and its still there at startup . This morning I fired everything up and the vol was at 0 I even waited a min or two and than as soon as I touch the vol at all pop just once and its good till next time , I called emo this morning they said next update should fix that , as for the hdmi I have the hdmi output from the umc-1 running to the tv and the hdmi from the cable box running to the input of the umc-1 i have to wait before I can watch TV for a min " searching for signal " So this morning I picked up a digital cable and I am going to go from the cable box to the tv using hdmi and from the cable box to the umc-1 using the digital cable and see if this works out better , Like I said only reason I bought the umc-1 was for the 40% off card when emo replace the umc-1 with the new 1000.00 model and I will save 400.00 so I will get it for 600.00 then I will sell the umc-1 or use it for the garage the new unit will have 1.4 hdmi 3D bal xlr and more monoprice stuff works great I agree as for the remote the 1100 seems to do everything so far

I got the UMC-1 hooked up last night , well kind of I just hooked it to my XPA-3 and fronts and center so I could have some sound to watch my show on tv. I will try and get things hooked up correct maybe this weekend . Iam sure glad the UMC-1 wasnt out when I was married to my ex I would of hated to be in the way of that thing taking flight "deadly weapon " . My Harmony 1100 works fine so I will be packing the UMC-1 remote away . Does anyone else have HDMI sink issues with there UMC-1 ? Or a popping threw the speakers when first turning on ?

I never had great results with EMOQ but manual setup you can tweak each individual speaker as much as you want. Do you think its foolish of me to go from a Integra 50.2 to a UMC-1

Okay I had a little time this morning , I set it to direct and turned the sub off RF-7ll went from 60hz to full band , It does sound decent now and if I go to stereo mode it dont sound as good . As for audyssey I know people will think Im nuts but I dont care for it , a SPL meter seems to do the trick for me . The preamp I have comming is a EMOTIVA UMC-1 the only reason I bought it was to try it out and get the 40% discount card so I can buy there new model comming out next year Im out of time this morning I will play around more later when I get home

Stereo, Direct I thought about what I didnt like and it seems like its like in your face I know my speakers are close but my Kef Model Fours were in the same spot and had alot more power going threw them and they never sounded like that Alos like I said Fri I have a preamp comming I just want to see if it changes anything These are the specs on the model fours , I should of never sold them some guy in alaska bought them and paid 900.00 for shipping they are hard to find Specifications: Four-way, six-driver loudspeaker system with coupled-cavity bass loading. Drive-units: 1" (25mm) soft-dome tweeter, 6.5" (160mm) polypropylene-cone midrange unit, 2x6.5" (160mm) polypropylene-cone lower midrange units, 2x10" (250mm) pulp-cone woofers. Crossover frequencies: 2.8kHz, 500Hz, 160Hz. Frequency response: 35Hz-20kHz ±3dB, -6dB at 32Hz. Nominal impedance: 4 ohms. Maximum spl: 118dB. Sensitivity: 92dB/W/m. Amplifier requirements: 50-400W. Dimensions: 47.8" (1266mm) H by 11.8" (300mm) W by 15.3" (390mm) D. Weight: 108 lbs (49kg). Serial numbers of units reviewed: 1110A & B. Price: $5200/pair in black ash finish; $5600/pair in rosetta burr; $6400/pair in rosewood. Approximate number of dealers: not disclosed. Manufacturer: KEF Loudspeakers, Maidstone, England. Distributor: KH America Inc., 89 Doug Brown Way, Holliston, MA 01746. Tel: (800) 352-8175. Fax: (508) 429-3600.

We have very similar rooms minus the fire place. I while back i moved my set up the long way like how you have yours to try it and see how it sounded compared to the narrow way that I have it. I thought the speakers were way to close to the Lp and didn’t sound nearly as good. Also having your couch against a wall makes that even worse. You should try moving it the narrow way in front of the fire place to try it. I recommend sitting a min of 10’ away from the 7s. I thought the same thing along time ago , but what do I do put all my stuff infront of the fireplace ? Also I am 10ft away from my speakers already and to be honest my 50.2 works great when it comes to movies , just like the speakers do . The only problem is music which is only used maybe 20% tops most of the time . I have a preamp comming on Fri I want to try that out also on the music side

what are you using for a source?? TV music video channel, mp3's, pandora, CDs?? Right now Im using my Oppo with a 64GB flash drive , also tried aCD . also tried music channel