Emotiva UPA-5 is out!

jinjuku
jinjuku Posts: 1,523
edited February 2010 in Electronics
Looks like Emotiva has unleashed another great bang for the buck amp. For $549 you get 125 watts X 5 that is 4ohm rated.

Makes it kind of hard to purchase the used 5 channel Carver and Rotel that I saw on Craigs List with almost identical ratings. If you don't want to chance it on a used amp this seems to fit the deal for the budget conscious that still want some class leading electronics.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2010
    Just because i'm lazy and don't feel like navigating over to their site... define "class-leading?"

    I'm interested to hear what is class-leading about this amp.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited February 2010
    concealer404 wrote: »
    Just because i'm lazy and don't feel like navigating over to their site... define "class-leading?"

    I'm interested to hear what is class-leading about this amp.

    Price/Performance. I don't think a $7K 5 channel amp is considered the same class (well not price wise for sure).
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2010
    Gotcha.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 18,069
    edited February 2010
    You have to be part owner or have stock in that company.

    I will be the first to say no thanks.Emotiva is for girls...;)













    J/K don't go getting your panties in a wad..
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2010
    Yeah.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
    edited February 2010
    I, for one, all politics aside....think it's groovy that someone is producing separates on the cheap. I think that some of these guys are drinking too much of the Kool-aid...but that said...

    Oh, and no, if you like Rotel/Carver/Adcom....no, it's not that hard to pass up the Emotiva. Class-leading? Well, there isn't a lot at that class...no leading it should be pretty much win by default, no?

    BDT
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,930
    edited February 2010
    TroyD wrote: »
    Oh, and no, if you like Rotel/Carver/Adcom....no, it's not that hard to pass up the Emotiva. Class-leading? Well, there isn't a lot at that class...no leading it should be pretty much win by default, no?

    BDT

    Many of their owners lack class in the first place. I wonder how they define class when they lack it themselves.:confused:
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited February 2010
    jinjuku wrote: »
    Looks like Emotiva has unleashed another great bang for the buck amp. For $549 you get 125 watts X 5 that is 4ohm rated.

    Makes it kind of hard to purchase the used 5 channel Carver and Rotel that I saw on Craigs List with almost identical ratings. If you don't want to chance it on a used amp this seems to fit the deal for the budget conscious that still want some class leading electronics.

    thanks for advertising.

    personally I would still take the rotel and def a carver.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
    edited February 2010
    jinjuku is exhibit "A" in my personal distaste for Emotiva.

    BDT
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  • moodyman
    moodyman Posts: 45
    edited February 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Many of their owners lack class in the first place. I wonder how they define class when they lack it themselves.:confused:

    Do you pollute every Emotiva thread??
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 18,069
    edited February 2010
    moodyman wrote: »
    Do you pollute every Emotiva thread??

    No different then the cable naysayers.
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  • Montoya
    Montoya Posts: 506
    edited February 2010
    I just sold my XPA-5 been there done that no thanks. Rotel>Enotiva by a landslide. My little Sony N-220 smokes that emo in sound quality no b.s. anyone in Houston who feels different can come do a side by side at my house. For home theater however it smokes the Sony but music production it comes in second not nearly as detailed. SMOKED!!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,930
    edited February 2010
    moodyman wrote: »
    Do you pollute every Emotiva thread??

    No... only the ones that look like an advertisement. This one belongs in the for sale section.;)
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited February 2010
    TroyD wrote: »
    jinjuku is exhibit "A" in my personal distaste for Emotiva.

    BDT

    Funny as to how I don't own any Emotiva...
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited February 2010
    How about we all start having friendly and logically oriented comments in regards to threads from here on out. If you want to walk the line, it just got super short.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 18,069
    edited February 2010
    jinjuku wrote: »
    Funny as to how I don't own any Emotiva...

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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited February 2010
    TroyD wrote: »
    jinjuku is exhibit "A" in my personal distaste for Emotiva.

    BDT

    Funny as to how I don't own any Emotiva...
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  • Montoya
    Montoya Posts: 506
    edited February 2010
    I'm going to report you. J/K in all seriousness your right though and I was out of line appologies for polluting this thread with my b.s. It was bad form on my part let's play nice after all we all agree on one thing we all love audio equipment right?
    dorokusai wrote: »
    How about we all start having friendly and logically oriented comments in regards to threads from here on out. If you want to walk the line, it just got super short.
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,118
    edited February 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    I have the UPA-2 stereo amp and the previous version, namely the LPA-1 which works very well with the RTiA's and even the LSi's.

    There is no way the UPA amps will do the LSi speakers justice. By the ratings alone you can see that.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,383
    edited February 2010
    Montoya wrote: »
    I'm going to report you. J/K in all seriousness your right though and I was out of line appologies for polluting this thread with my b.s. It was bad form on my part let's play nice after all we all agree on one thing we all love audio equipment right?

    I don't think you polluted the thread at all. You owned an Emo and didn't like it. You've done side by side comparisons with other amps. That's fact.

    I own an Emo and like it. But I realize that, as TroyD said, class-leading isn't saying a whole lot because there's not much competition in that class.

    To me, the best thing about Emotiva is that it gets people into seperates. Some keep the Emo, others move up the chain once they get a taste of external amplification.
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  • anhchungdoan
    anhchungdoan Posts: 760
    edited February 2010
    jinjuku wrote: »
    Price/Performance. I don't think a $7K 5 channel amp is considered the same class (well not price wise for sure).

    I agree with you that THEY are not in the same class. I am pre-ordering 2 of the mono-block UPA1 but I do not expect they will perform as the same level with Krell or Bryston.

    I will use the UPA1 mono-block for certain application and I think they will do just fine with that application.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2010
    Ok...how can you possibly know that this amp provides great bang for the buck? It just came out...and you've never even heard it. There's not even really any consumer feedback for it yet.

    How can you possibly know anything about how much bang for the buck it has? Just because it's Emotiva?


    /rant


    That being said...it does look like it's got some potential. I dig the aesthetics...which are basically in line with all the other Emo products. Blue lights are cool.

    Looks like the internals are laid out very cleanly...The specs are all great. Pretty beefy at 58 pounds...
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited February 2010
    I've heard gear where the specs were over-the-top but the gear sounded like **** and visa-versa.

    Not bashing this product as I think it is an inexpensive way for people just getting into this hobby a good chance to get into separates. That is new vs used separates.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited February 2010
    If that isn't one of the more bipolar posts I've read recently...

    When did Emotiva become Evoltiva? I can think of worse used gear with no warranty that give some ppl pause for reflection. I can even think of more positive things to do like help instead of bash things all the time. I think Carver and Bob Carver suck but you'll also notice some other participation....you should try it.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,072
    edited February 2010
    Doesn't exactly sound like an amp with any balls to it. Hell, my B&k 307's amp section is probably better, and for the same price used. Oh well,to each his own I guess, just don't see the ground breaking gear the OP suggests.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,930
    edited February 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    If that isn't one of the more bipolar posts I've read recently...

    When did Emotiva become Evoltiva? I can think of worse used gear with no warranty that give some ppl pause for reflection. I can even think of more positive things to do like help instead of bash things all the time. I think Carver and Bob Carver suck but you'll also notice some other participation....you should try it.

    This post is bi-polar as well... hell toss in some ADD and you got a winner here!:p
    I can even think of more positive things to do like help instead of bash things all the time.
    Great idea to not bash, but for how long?


    wait for it...




    wait....




    BANG!
    I think Carver and Bob Carver suck...

    Can't even wait for another post, much less a thread.:eek:
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited February 2010
    I wouldn't expect u to get the sarcasm in that post.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,930
    edited February 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    I wouldn't expect u to get the sarcasm in that post.

    I did.:D




    Looks like you missed mine too;)
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon MiND2 Shunyata Triton

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited February 2010
    We're even.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited February 2010
    For entry level seperates I think Emotiva definitely deserves a try. I don't think it compares to Sunfire, Rotel and the other brands we toss around here allot. I would'nt knock it though, but I agree some others go far and beyond to convince you how great the Emotiva stuff is.
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