
bandphan
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Both Monster and MIT Cables, the latter cost me some sick money
Mps-1......
This kinda surprises me... why would you not like your emotiva amps? Do you feel the price isn't justified, or do you feel that you really didn't need an amp afterall, or have you just had numerous problems with it? Personally I love my IPS-1.
i think they both had problems with their amps ...This kinda surprises me... why would you not like your emotiva amps? Do you feel the price isn't justified, or do you feel that you really didn't need an amp afterall, or have you just had numerous problems with it? Personally I love my IPS-1.
Pioneer PL-5 direct drive TT back in the early 80's. It was at a "scratch and dent" sale, but they had dozen's of them new in the box. It wouldn't keep speed at 33-1/3rd consistently. I ended up getting it replaced within a few days with another one from the dealer (anyone in Orlando remember Brand Electronics in the Fashion Square Mall?) and that unit had the same problem. Took it back and got my money back.Small Advent – Sounded great in demo but bottomed out or became sloppy so easy with any low bass you had to turn the volume almost off. $140 pr loss. Circa 1968.
Cambridge Soundworks 8” powered subwoofer – bottoms out so easy with any bass you have to turn the volume almost off. Totally useless $350 loss. Circa 1998.
Radio Shack 10” powered subwoofer – budget purchase where you got what you paid for – almost nothing. $200 loss Circa 1998.
This kinda surprises me... why would you not like your emotiva amps? Do you feel the price isn't justified, or do you feel that you really didn't need an amp afterall, or have you just had numerous problems with it? Personally I love my IPS-1.
Hey PDawg since it keeps on breaking shouldn't they give you a new or comparable unit?I have had an issue with my amp since day one. It has a bad optic isolator and has been repaired only to have the same issue each time. As long as nobody touches it, it works fine but any kind of flex makes my right channel go out. It goes out if you lift the amp up by 1/4 of an inch. I would just sale it but I hate to pass the problem to someone else.
The 24 hour turn around promised by EMO turned out to be 3 weeks with no returned calls from them. Once I finally got a hold of them and asked why it took so long, they said "I dont know".
They should just give you your money back.You would think. They blame it on the fact that I have 3 amp modules vs. 7 and say it wont flex if I buy 4 more.
Oh yeah, I had a Harmony Remote that almost destroyed my marriage. I can't remember the exact model number but it cost more than twice what you paid for your 520.
$80 Harmony 520.
Only $590 in mistakes before coming of age in A/V? I think you got off lucky my friend...$80 Monster HDMI cable . . . is arguably my worst and best purchase ever.
Worst, because I've rarely felt so thoroughly ripped off.
Best, because it provided unbelievable motivation to find out what matters, and what doesn't, in the world of AV. Perhaps not all bad for an $80 mistake.
$430 Onkyo HTIB
Worst, because it was completely replaced after half a year.
Best, because it gave me half a year to research like an obsessed fool, audition speakers, subs, and the like, while enjoying my first DTS-ES surround experiences in my own residence.
For both the above, they were great in that I learned a lot for a $500 noobie first-timer misstep.
They were also horrible because I proceeded to lose more than a thousand hours of my life.
$80 Harmony 520.
Horrible, because I proceeded to lose more than a thousand hours of my life.
All the above were great because I maximized the efficiency of my expenditures, afterward.
They were also horrible because my expenditures were of the maximum nature.
p.s. still using that Monster cable. It feels lonely surrounded by multiple, beefier, Monoprice cables.
HTIB is happily providing entertainment at my brother's.
Remote is now URC, and its sooooo nice to add functions in seconds. In the last couple of weeks, on different days, I've added DRC switch, surround mode, THX modes, and re-eq switch.
All's well that ends well.
Why on earth would a company make a modular amp, and advertise the fact that is modular yet sell it with a serious defect that does not let you take advantage of it being modular in the first place.You would think. They blame it on the fact that I have 3 amp modules vs. 7 and say it wont flex if I buy 4 more.
As long as we are on the topic, why are those amps so heavy? After reading a review on here I looked at the weight (I always look, habit from having to move amps around)... 75-lbs for the two channel job?! What is this, 1970? Thing should weigh like 30-40-lbs soaking wet with technology now days. And the seven channel one is like 110-lbs, so not a dramatic/linear gain in weight... so where is the extra 50-lbs from? The chassis?!Why on earth would a company make a modular amp, and advertise the fact that is modular yet sell it with a serious defect that does not let you take advantage of it being modular in the first place.
If it's the XPA-2 you are referring to I think it's because it's a dual mono design so it has two beefy power supplies inside the unit instead of just one. At least you know the amp should be able to handle a super low impedance with no problem.As long as we are on the topic, why are those amps so heavy? After reading a review on here I looked at the weight (I always look, habit from having to move amps around)... 75-lbs for the two channel job?! What is this, 1970? Thing should weigh like 30-40-lbs soaking wet with technology now days. And the seven channel one is like 110-lbs, so not a dramatic/linear gain in weight... so where is the extra 50-lbs from? The chassis?!
Oh my God LMFAO right now...My wife would scream at the remote and then scream at me for the first week I had a Universal remote..Too funny that you had the exact same experiance....Now she loves it though...Oh yeah, I had a Harmony Remote that almost destroyed my marriage. I can't remember the exact model number but it cost more than twice what you paid for your 520.
Every time my wife even tried to simply watch TV she would end up screaming at that Harmony and then scream at me for wasting so much money on it.
I even have to admit the Harmony was a piece of crap overall. That along with the equally crappy Logitech MX5000 bluetooth cordless desktop has turned my away from Logitech products for good.