Secrets' Emotiva XPA-1 review

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  • bigred7078
    bigred7078 Posts: 477
    edited January 2009
    brody05 wrote: »
    I would like to have clipping lights just incase though but yeah, fair call.

    lol i doubt you'll clip the XPA-1...
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  • brody05
    brody05 Posts: 329
    edited January 2009
    bigred7078 wrote: »
    lol i doubt you'll clip the XPA-1...

    Anything can be clipped, they have their limits like anything, throw a low ohm load on it such as subs and crank it and hey presto, limits reached.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2009
    MMadden has a clipping problem with his Emo amp and LSi9's, so anything is possible.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2009
    Haven't read the whole thread so not sure if already mentioned, but why would they put the + & - posts so far apart????? Many speaker wires won't work there without some modification. Stupid IMO.

    Ok; after reading I see it has been mentioned more than once :o
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,416
    edited January 2009
    Let's try to keep up Ricardo :p
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited January 2009
    brody05 wrote: »
    I would like to have clipping lights just incase though but yeah, fair call.

    I believe it might show clipping.
    here's a link to a post about the XPA-2 at Emotivalounge.
    On the other end of the spectrum, Lonnie told me that the first red LED is a warning that clipping is near, the second is at the onset of clipping (not dangerous to your speakers,) the third is 1% clipping, the 4th 10%.

    Although it doesn't appear that there are any red LEDs in the pic of the XPA-1. I'll have to ask about that.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited January 2009
    I'd much rather (maybe?) see these meters from the RPA-2 on the XPA series.
    rpa2_meters_sm.jpg
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