HELP!!! Advice please!

[SopRage]

Hey, guys.

Well, here's the long and short of it:

I recently ordered an Emotiva UPA-7, and even more recently found $250 I didn't know I had. So, here's my quandry:

I'd like to upgrade to an XPA-5 (which would be about $250 more, plus shipping back the UPA-7), but Ascend Acoustics is also having a B-stock sale on CBM-170 SEs, which I'd like to use to replace my HTM-200 surrounds. This would cost about $250 as well.

So, what's your advice? Which is the better choice? I'm torn!

Here's my system:

Speakers: CMT-340 SE L/C/R, HTM-200 SE Surrounds
Subwoofer: Hsu VTF-2 MK3
Receiver: Yamaha 663
Display: Samsung HS-5086 HDTV

Please let me know soon, as Ascend told me they're running out of B-stock!!!

Thanks so much.

 

[jinjuku]

Without hesitation: Get the speakers. The UPA is still one heckuva an amp.

 

[lsiberian]

Hey, guys.

Well, here's the long and short of it:

I recently ordered an Emotiva UPA-7, and even more recently found $250 I didn't know I had. So, here's my quandry:

I'd like to upgrade to an XPA-5 (which would be about $250 more, plus shipping back the UPA-7), but Ascend Acoustics is also having a B-stock sale on CBM-170 SEs, which I'd like to use to replace my HTM-200 surrounds. This would cost about $250 as well.

So, what's your advice? Which is the better choice? I'm torn!

Here's my system:

Speakers: CMT-340 SE L/C/R, HTM-200 SE Surrounds
Subwoofer: Hsu VTF-2 MK3
Receiver: Yamaha 663
Display: Samsung HS-5086 HDTV

Please let me know soon, as Ascend told me they're running out of B-stock!!!

Thanks so much.

The fact you even ask the question shows you need some training.

Speakers first always!

 

[Davemcc]

Your current speakers don't really need any more power than the UPA-7 will deliver. It is highly unlikely that will notice any gain from upgrading the amp.