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Emotiva UPA-500 Five Channel Power Amplifier Review
Riddle me this. What's affordable, lightweight, powerful and comes in a little black box? The UPA-500 and it's a new five channel amplifier from Emotiva with a price tag under $400. While it may NOT be a perfect amplifier, it comes as close to perfection for a product beyond its price class. The UPA-500 delivers clean, low noise, meaty amplification that will surely bring new life to a whimpering department store A/V receiver. It's honestly rated and has no issues driving low impedance loads while remaining cool in operation even under the most strenuous test conditions on the bench. If you're looking for a step up in sound quality and power on the cheap, I can't think of a better option on the market. Highly recommended!
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Last edited by gene; 08-09-2012 at 12:20 AM.
FirstReflection (08-09-2012),Irvrobinson (08-09-2012),its phillip (08-09-2012),j_garcia (08-09-2012),templemaners (08-09-2012)
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Hey Gene,
nice review, as usual
Would you mind to elaborate a bit on this?
...The UPA-500 exhibited very good channel to channel crosstalk performance, much improved over the older and more expensive UPA-7...
Not that I'm willing to buy the new UPA-500, as I have the UP-7 already and so far, so pretty darn happy with it
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Can we expect a review of the 200 also or expect the conclusions can be drawn from this review that the 200 will perform similarly with the slightly higher output?
HT: Emotiva UMC-200, Emotiva XPA-3, 3X GR Research A/V-2s, GR A/V-1s, Epik Empire, Oppo BDP-83SE, URC R-50, APC-H10, Panamax 5100, PS3 Slim120G(500G) Bluejeans Cable
System Two: Marantz SR-8300, GR Research A/V-2s, Sony SCD-222ES SACD, Panasonic BD-65, PS3 60G (250G), My HT
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The 200 and 500 have identical power supplies and power modules. No need to review the 200 and to be honest, I'd suggest to anyone shopping a 200 to just get the 500 for a little more money in case you ever need the extra channels of amplification.Originally Posted by j_garcia
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If you have a UPA-7 and are happy with it, I'd stick with it. It's still a better amp than the UPA-500. The crosstalk performance on the UPA-7 is still acceptable (50dB @ 20kHz). At least 40dB at 20kHz would be a min requirement and the UPA-7 meets it with 10dB to spare.Hey Gene,
nice review, as usual
Would you mind to elaborate a bit on this?
...The UPA-500 exhibited very good channel to channel crosstalk performance, much improved over the older and more expensive UPA-7...
Not that I'm willing to buy the new UPA-500, as I have the UP-7 already and so far, so pretty darn happy with it
avliner (08-10-2012)
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j_garcia should be listened to
Yeah, I was only looking at it for a pair of surrounds so I don't really anticipate a need the other channels, but I did see that the price difference was quite minimal.
HT: Emotiva UMC-200, Emotiva XPA-3, 3X GR Research A/V-2s, GR A/V-1s, Epik Empire, Oppo BDP-83SE, URC R-50, APC-H10, Panamax 5100, PS3 Slim120G(500G) Bluejeans Cable
System Two: Marantz SR-8300, GR Research A/V-2s, Sony SCD-222ES SACD, Panasonic BD-65, PS3 60G (250G), My HT
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Audioholic Samurai
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Would something like this be a worthwhile add-on to a mid-range receiver such as the SR6004 mentioned in the review, and also benched by Audioholics? Doesn't seem like the differences add up to a whole lot in my eye, but then again, I'm by no means the last word on these things.
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It depends on what you are after. If the 6004 doesn't struggle now, then no this won't be an upgrade. If it is struggling or you are looking to crank the system more, you might need something with more power than this.
HT: Emotiva UMC-200, Emotiva XPA-3, 3X GR Research A/V-2s, GR A/V-1s, Epik Empire, Oppo BDP-83SE, URC R-50, APC-H10, Panamax 5100, PS3 Slim120G(500G) Bluejeans Cable
System Two: Marantz SR-8300, GR Research A/V-2s, Sony SCD-222ES SACD, Panasonic BD-65, PS3 60G (250G), My HT
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Audioholic Samurai
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IOW, not really
That's about what I figured. Seems more like something to couple with a UMC-1 to compete with a mid-level AVR than a product meant to really provide a big boost to receivers costly enough to even have preouts.
Audioholic Samurai
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According to Emotiva's website, the UPA-200 weighs 1.1 lbs more than the UPA-500. Go figure...
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