themrclean Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I was looking at this amp and was wandering if it would be enough to push an RC-64ii, 2 RS-62iis, and 2 RB-61iis if I used an XPA-2 for my RF-7iis. On one hand, it is more wattage than I would get from a receiver and much cheaper than the XPA-5, on the other hand, it won't leave much headroom and it does not have balanced inputs. Also, has anyone mixed the two lines of amps (UPA and XPA) from Emotiva before. Looking for any opinions on this. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elitedemo Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 with the rest of your speakers so capable I wouldn't go less than a upa-5, otherwise route if you don't want a xpa5 would be to find a mps1 or 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCSeminole Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 As far as sound signatures go, the XPA and UPA power amplifiers are very similar. Emotiva designs their amplifiers to be neutral, meaning no coloration and completely true to the source. The only differences should be in the extra headroom adding that ooomph. I'm guessing you meant "balanced inputs", if so do you plan on having a long run from your processor/receiver?, otherwise those balanced inputs provide no other advantage over unbalanced RCA inputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 The UPA 500 is 120 watt/ 4 ohms and 80 watts/ 8 ohms and a 0.85 kv transformer. This is around what the Onkyo is doing. This move may not give the extra bang to the ht since all the speakers RMS are 150 watts or greater. I think this amp would go betterl with Heritage speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBXeRo Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 id say for the surrounds you have chosen, that would most likely be a good amount of power considering a regular living room type environment. The rc64 II probably would do better to have a bit more power to it. Its just nice to have some overhead. The upa-5 would have been a much better option if it was still available. 80 watts is stilla good amount of power espeically if its a solid 80 watts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themrclean Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 id say for the surrounds you have chosen, that would most likely be a good amount of power considering a regular living room type environment. The rc64 II probably would do better to have a bit more power to it. Its just nice to have some overhead. The upa-5 would have been a much better option if it was still available. 80 watts is stilla good amount of power espeically if its a solid 80 watts. Those were pretty much my thoughts exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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