wuzzzer Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I'm trying to come up with the most economical way to integrate the new Emotiva UMC-1 pre-amp into my system. If I did get it, I'd have to get an amp to power my surrounds since my main amp has only 2 channels. Ideally, I'd love to replace my UPA-2 with the UPA-5 amp. But, here's the $$ for that switch: $719 UMC-1 (shipped) $574 UPA-5 (shipped) -$400 (sell my SR7001) -$225 (sell my UPA-2) $668 out of pocket Or, I could get a cheap amp for my surrounds for, let's say $150. Then here's the $$: $719 UMC-1 (shipped) $150 (cheap amp for surrounds) -$400 (sell my SR7001) $ 469 out of pocket The difference of $200 would really make me lean towards option #2. I'm not going to worry about anything related to powering a center speaker since my basement is very narrow, my Fortes image perfectly and my TV stand won't fit anything that would timbre match the Fortes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Just a thought,Emo has a new 2ch amp 75x2 thats gonna be $99,out in a couple months?.I'm pretty sure I have that right but I'll check. I checked,it's a zone amp DZA-1,wth trigger,but it has a volume knob so that may not be the best solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 They used to have one called the BPA-1 that was 75x2 for $169. http://emotiva.com/bpa1.html. Tiny little bugger! If they do come out with something like that again that's definitely what I'll get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 The dza1 will be the replacement for the bpa,but $99 is cheap enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 Do you know where you saw that information at? I looked on Emotiva's site but couldn't find it. If that's the case, I'm absolutely ordering the UMC-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 ...AND I just realized that in option #2 I listed selling my UPA-2. Umm, what's going to power my Fortes then??? [:$] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-man Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 What's wrong with a volume knob? Just crank it all the way up, and let the pre-amp do the volume controling.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 If I did get it, I'd have to get an amp to power my surrounds since my main amp has only 2 channels. Wuzzzer, You might want to try one of these. Very basic but should meet your needs and on the cheap. http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1268859300&/Onkyo-M-282-2-Channel-Amp Another option in my neck of the woods. No affiliation. http://orlando.craigslist.org/ele/1540847392.html Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 What's wrong with a volume knob? Just crank it all the way up, and let the pre-amp do the volume controling.... It's ok,just maybe not ideal,to me.I saw the post on the Emotiva site in the vip section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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