5 Channel Amp

daboyz

Looking for 5 channel amp under $600.

vlam

Any interest in the sherwood newcastle av9080? It's heavy to ship.

Early B.

Try the Emotiva LPA-1 brand new for $499.

Kex

daboyz wrote: »

Looking for 5 channel amp under $600.

Is the Emotiva LPA-1 any good? I know it doesn't meet the "200 wpc" requirement of some members here (most notably, cfrizz, perhaps?). I'm trying to decide between this one new ($500), or something like an Arcam or Outlaw used. How does the LPA-1 hold up, compared to these and/or something modest like an AudioSource at $100 or so per channel (from amazon.com)?

ben62670

I would look around for a deal on an Adcom, or a Parsound. Tight headroom, dampening factor, and low distortion. As for watts people that know me know I think big. I was running over a 1000 watts RMS to each of my fronts, but...
A.) I had no neighbors
B.) I was driving 20 drivers per cabinet
c.) I'm nuts
For HT options are more open. If your emphasis is on music less watts of more quality can be a good thing. I wish manufactures would post how many watts in class A amps put out before going A/B. Remember that doubling watts only gets a 3db jump in SPL.

Kex

I am actually mostly happy with the sound I have for HT. It is more for music that I am interested in upgrading (although I hope the HT will improve somewhat too). I don't need louder for either. I just would like music to be more detailed or something.

I'm doing all my testing with existing gear and so far the 40 wpc harman/kardon 147 seems to have significantly more power than the 80 wpc Denon 3200 (and better processing, obviously, since it's almost ten years newer).

P.S. Regarding note (3) above: yes, you might be nuts!

Early B.

Kex wrote: »

Is the Emotiva LPA-1 any good? I know it doesn't meet the "200 wpc" requirement of some members here (most notably, cfrizz, perhaps?). I'm trying to decide between this one new ($500), or something like an Arcam or Outlaw used. How does the LPA-1 hold up, compared to these and/or something modest like an AudioSource at $100 or so per channel (from amazon.com)?

I've used Parasound, Outlaw, Rotel, HK, Odyssey, Marsh, Marantz, and probably a few others I can't remember. The LPA-1 is just as good as nearly all of them, especially for music. For the price, it's a no-brainer.

Just do it. If you don't like it, return it. Nothing to lose.