Emotiva Audio XPA3 3-channel audio amplifier

This AMP is beyond incredible. Yes we know there are way more expensive amplifiers and some are worth the money, but you cannot get a better sounding $1000 3 channel amp. I'm using it to drive my Polk Audio lsi25 L/R and lsiC. These speakers are 4ohm and very power hungry. Once I connected them to this emotiva, it was night and day. If you have any doubts about this unit, take it from a very picky audiophile. Clarity, musical, balanced, and extreme detail. Emotiva is shaking up the power amp market with affordable power and performance.

If you don't have $3k for a Parasound get this. @ $1200 it's a real good deal. The Gen 3 amps are more neutral and warm the Gen 1 & 2. Voices come out clear with no harsh highs. I can listen to Rush 2112 @ -5db and not get a head ache. Mid bass is great (have the C/O on my AVR @ 80HZ). Overall performance is great. I did an A/B with just my AVR (Denon AVR-X4400H) powering my speakers . The depth and detail is so much grater with the amp over the AVR. I also looked at Outlaw and Monoprice. Glad I got the XPA-3.

Awesome amplifier. Was kicking around the idea of getting a vintage amp to really drive my RS7ii, I gave this a try and was happily impressed and If you love or hate Klips you owe it to yourself to hear them through a good amplifier, it changes everything. Large speakers or small a strong amp always makes a difference. I have a Denon 6300 which most would say could easily drive my speakers, and it does, just not as well as the Emotiva, and I would wager just about any other amplifier in its range. Build quality is very good, packaging as well. I haven't had any problems, but I did call tech support while waiting for the unit, I was concerned about the preamp voltage on my Denon and the Emotivas matching. They assured me it wouldn't be an issue they were right dynamics haven't missed a beat haven't fried anything (third channel is driving a Klip RC64ii) and an added bonus is the other 8 channels in the Denon have quite a bit more headroom now. Shortly after my initial review, the 12v switching started giving me problems, I tested the cable which was fine and replaced it just for good measure, I believe its a cold solder joint. I was willing to live with that, something I could easily fix myself at a later date. About a week later I was playing it pretty hard for a long while and the safety's tripped. Powered down and it reset, the amplifier was obviously warm but not hot so I proceeded to thoroughly check all the cables and found no issues, so I decided to exchange it as I was still in the return period with Amazon. Great service on their part, had a new unit in 2 days. The second unit came up and ran fine for a few days, then yesterday the safteys tripped again. I am in the middle of returning it now. Carver made some impressive advancements in bringing hi end audio sound down to an affordable level. I thought the same would be true of Emotiva, and it is with the exception of production quality. I'm going to have to lay out a considerably larger amount of money to replace it, but that is better than always wondering how long it's gonna work . FYI this was not a power or ventilation issue. The unit sits solo on a counter top with an AC Infinity Cooler (Not that it ever seemed to need it). The Amp had a dedicated 20A circuit with 10ga wire and Leviton Panel Surge Protection. Both lines on the panel are monitored by two APC UPS units for my gaming rig and network.

I had been toying with adding an amplifier to my GoldenEar system for a bit now. Im running Triton 3+ mains, a supercenter xxl, Aon 2 surrounds and invisa 650 in ceilings for atmos, plus a forcefield 5 subwoofer. My system off the receiver (denon x3300) sounded excellent at low to mid volumes, but started to tighten up and almost sound congested/less dynamic. I put this system together about 2 weeks ago, and started wondering if i was hearing my speakers at their full potential. Spoiler, i was not!! lol. I bought a refurbished amazon warehouse xpa 3 gen 3 that arrived immaculate and appeared brand new, hooked it up to my front L/C/R and i was floored. I feel like my GoldenEars really sing now, especially in the mid's and high's (which is why people buy GoldenEar) Honestly, i am probably gonna add another amp in the very near future. Buy this amp without reservation.