Opinion for Onkyo/Emotiva

justlord
justlord Posts: 33
edited January 2012 in Electronics
I'm looking opinions from those who have heard, or currently use an Onkyo as Pre-amp and Emotiva XPA's for their powered amps, with the RTI-A 7 or 9's. I have heard the different opinions on different amps that are out there, but I am looking for opinions on how they sound.

For example, I have heard some reviewers mention brightness. How so?

I currently own the Onkyo NR-807.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited January 2012
    I used an emotiva amp with a pioneer elite vsx01 thx and it was a little harsh but not that bad. For music it was horrible though. I think onkyo may be ok with the emo as I owned an onkyo before but never did pair it with an emo amp
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited January 2012
    I'm now in the anti-external-amp for home theater camp - unless I was using LSis or some other really inefficient or low-impedance speaker system. There are some really good-sounding AVRs that power normal speakers in normal rooms to great effect. I can think of plenty of things I'd add to my home theater before I'd buy a power amp, Emotiva or otherwise. But if your theater room is the size of a high school gymnasium or something along those lines, I can see the application.

    Two Channel Setup:

    Speakers: Wharfedale Opus 2-3
    Integrated Amp: Krell S-300i
    DAC: Arcam irDac
    Source: iMac
    Remote Control: iPad Mini

    3.2 Home Theater Setup:

    Fronts: Klipsch RP-160M
    Center: Klipsch RP-160M
    Subwoofer: SVS PB12NSD (X 2)
    AVR: Yamaha Aventage RX-A2030
    Blu Ray: Sony BDP-S790
    TV Source: DirecTV Genie
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited January 2012
    I currently use the XPA-5 with an Onkyo PR-SC5508 and it really sounds fantastic with my RTi A9's. I have also used this combination with my RTi A7's, both of the speaker combinations sound very good. I also used the XPA-5 with an Onkyo TX-NR708 all of these combinations sounded very good but the best combination so far has been the PR-SC5508 with the XPA-5 and the RTi A9's. I think you will be very happy with the Emo/Onkyo combo.
    Home Theater
    Onkyo PR-SC5508 Sharp LC-70LE847U
    Emotiva XPA-5 Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva UPA-2
    Front RTi-A9 Wide RTi-A7 Center CSi-A6 Surround FXi-A6 Rear RTi-A3 Sub 2x PSW505
    Sony BDP-S790 Dishnetwork Hopper/Joey Logitech Harmony One Apple TV
    Two Channel
    Oppo 105D BAT VK-500 w/BatPack SDA SRS 2.3 Dreadnought Squeezebox Touch Apple TV
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