shake777 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 So CornfedKB, Gentleman, (and the one or two Ladies that might read this), I've got five thousand watts going through my Palladiums. There was some question in my mind if my Pals could handle it. Let me tell you it its awesome and pretty. All I see below my nine foot screen in the dark is glowing McIntoshesque lights and the Power, the Detail, the Emotion...its unbeleiveable. I know blowing ones own horn is not a pretty character trait but after the shellacking I took following my infamous picture, I'm going to exercise a little license. I don't know if this is true but I'm told that five thousand watts is something like six and half horse power. I, for one, don't believe it but it comes from a good source. I also single out CornfedKB because you gave me a little more courage to pull this off. I had though of using the Emotiva XPA-1s but then when you mentioned it, I revisited it and realized that each amp would give me a kilowatt per amp and even Stereophile was giving Emotiva some good press. Believe me when I say Power, Detail, and Emotion, I am dead serious. I'm going to emphasize Detail. I've never heard such distintion in the sonics. It truely is amazing. Honest to goodness. I've never heard anything so realistic. My local movie theater can't touch this and music is just as good or better. If I offend anyone with my, what could be interpreted as bragging and/or foolishness, I apologize. Nic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brac Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Nic, You don't actually have 5,000w going through your pals, you have 5,000w available to them, you are never driving all channels at max output at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shake777 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Brac, Thanks for clearing up the misinformation but be that as it may, I've heard a lot of systems and this is a good one. Do you also think the 5 kilowatts of headroom (at rest) is useless as well? Nic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 you can get into some real spooky bananas on this subject. for example, if you have a 5000Watt class AB amp thats bias'ed to have 5% of it's first watts in class A then a 250W class a amp will have just as much class A power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W27 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 That's awesome Nic! What kind of current draw do those five beast use? Did you make electrical upgrades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shake777 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 W-27, Surprisingly only 7amps from 2 circuits which also include smaller, low drawing equipment. I planned on making an electrical upgrade but I hooked it all up and no problem with popping breakers or overheating so I think I'm ok. Thanks for your interest. Nic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shake777 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 SFritz, That may be true for some amps (I don't believe it is for this one) but when it comes time to digging in for power when the going gets tough, the big power amp is still going to be flat, linear, and smooth. Its going to be able to pull though low ohm moments with ease where a 250w amp is going to struggle like all heck. I'll take the power any day. Nic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shake777 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 W-27, Regarding amps: When playing music at healthy volumes the amps climb up towards 12. Nic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornfedksboy Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Congrats shake! That's awesome!!! I'm glad it sounds good and if I'm ever back east I'm going to look you up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skule Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Nic - your signature says (5) Emotiva XPA-5 (5*1000W) - aren't you using 5 of the XPA-1, the monoblock amp with 1000W in 4 ohms?? And not the 5 channel XPA-5?? Just checking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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