My Lsi's love me now.....

texas ed
texas ed Posts: 139
edited June 2010 in Electronics
I will try(I Promise) to make this as short and accurate as possible.I had been using my older Onkyo as a pre and my Emotiva XPA-5 to drive my 15's.I picked up my B&K 200.7 amp today and had to compare the two.The XPA-5 is an excellent amp for the money and definitely worth more than it sells for.I hooked up my Emotiva UMC-1 for the first time today.I also have all new speaker cable and interconnects.I ran the Emo's together then ran the UMC and B&K together.The B&k was from Ebay.It was basically new old stock with zero hours on it.According to MY ears...The Emo's soundstage was not as detailed and deep as the B&K's but still sounded very nice matched to the UMC.I did a very hasty setup on the processor so there is much more tuning needed for sure.The B&k came across as a softer more refined delivery but still had plenty of bass.The LSI's certainly woke up and let me re-realize what a bang for the buck they truly are.Has anybody else ran these 2 different amps with your 15's or 25's and come to a similiar conclusion? Anyway,my two cents worth.I am very happy with either amp.I will do the HT test next and see how they fair against each other.These were just tested in 2 channel today.Feedback and/or thoughts....... Eddie
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited June 2010
    I drove my LSi system with a Sunfire Cinema Grand and an Emotiva amp (don't remember which) It was no contest. Which is how it should be for $2000 difference in retail!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
    edited June 2010
    The XPA is simply out classed by the B&K. No comparison in my book. Glad your diggin' it though. The LSI's will suck up as much as you want to throw at them, and let you hear when you make a change in gear or cables. Congrats,it only gets better from here on out. You may be poorer though.:D
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,164
    edited June 2010
    Nice! Enjoy! :)
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  • devani
    devani Posts: 1,497
    edited June 2010
    nice setup...you can get 3 xpa-5 with the price of one B&K....also had Lsi HT setup and xpa-5 but moved on...
    Video: LG 55LN5100/Samsung LNT4065F
    Receiver: HK AVR445
    Source: OPPO BDP-93
    HT: POLK SPEAKERS RTi6, FXi3, CSi5, VTF-3 MK2
    2Ch system: MC2105, AR-XA, AR-2A, AR9, BX-300, OPPO BDP-83
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,123
    edited June 2010
    My Aragon smoked my old Emo RPA-2
    SystemLuxman L-590AXII Integrated Amplifier|KEF Reference 1 Loudspeakers|PS Audio Directream Jr|Sansui TU-9900 Tuner|TEAC A-6100 RtR|REL T/9X SE Sub
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  • Hawkeye
    Hawkeye Posts: 1,313
    edited June 2010
    Jetmaker737 wrote: »
    My Aragon smoked my old Emo RPA-2

    How?

    And just for giggles, compare it to tankers:D:D

    Gordon
    2 Channel -
    Martin Logan Spire, 2 JL Audio F112 subs
    McIntosh C1000 Controller with Tube pre amp, 2 MC501 amplifiers, MD1K Transport & DAC, MR-88 Tuner
    WireWorld Eclipse 6.0 speaker wire and jumpers, Eclipse 5^2 Squared Balanced IC's. Silver Eclipse PCs (5)
    Symposium Rollerblocks 2+ (16)Black Diamond Racing Mk 3 pits (8)
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  • bopicasso
    bopicasso Posts: 878
    edited June 2010
    I had a xpa-3 and decided to try a B&K 4420. It was night and day difference. The b&k brought the sound I was looking for, laid back huge soundstage, and easy on the ears. You can tell the xpa's are made for ht with the in your face sound they produce. But for music they were very picky with what song I played, only sounded good with the best quality source.
    Living Room setup: Pioneer Elite VSX-21TXH, Krell KAV 300i, PS Audio DL III DAC, Tyler Acoustics Taylo 7u, Dynaudio Audience 120C+, SVS 25/31PCI, B-P-T Clean Power Center, Ps3, Panny 50" S1 Plasma, Tekline speaker cables, Audio Art interconnects, and Pangea power cables.
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  • Bernal
    Bernal Posts: 991
    edited June 2010
    Nice! Enjoy!


    01) DENON AVR-4308CI: Advanced 7.1 CH/5.1+2 CH/ 3.1+2+2 CH A/V Home Theater /MultiMedia Multi-Source/Zone Receiver with Networking and WiFi/170 watts x 7 channels
    02) SUNFIRE Grand Signature - Bob Carver's and SUNFIRE Cinema Grand
    03) OPPO BDP-83SE Blu-ray Disc Player w/SACD & DVD-Audio
    04) OPPO DV-980H 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI and 7.1CH Audio
    05) DENON DVD-2500BTCI: Blu-ray Disc™ DVD/CD Digital Player/Transport
    06) HITACHI P55T501. 55" HD1080 Plasma HDTV
    07) POLKAUDIO LSiC (Center speaker)
    08) POLKAUDIO LSi15 LEFT (Front speaker)
    09) POLKAUDIO LSi15 RIGHT (Front speaker)
    10) POLKAUDIO LSiC Vertically (Surround speaker)
    11) POLKAUDIO LSiC Vertically (Surround speaker)
    12) POLKAUDIO LSif/x LEFT (Surround back speakers)
    13) POLKAUDIO LSif/x RIGHT (Surround back speakers)
    14) VELODYNE OPTIMUN SERIES 12"(High Output Digital EQ SubWoofer 2400W/1200WRMS)
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showcase/view.php?userid=98096 (Not updated)
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,123
    edited June 2010
    Hawkeye wrote: »
    How?

    And just for giggles, compare it to tankers:D:D

    Gordon

    I have no idea what your post means but here's a link to my review:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94173&highlight=aragon
    SystemLuxman L-590AXII Integrated Amplifier|KEF Reference 1 Loudspeakers|PS Audio Directream Jr|Sansui TU-9900 Tuner|TEAC A-6100 RtR|REL T/9X SE Sub
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