Emotiva LPA-1, 7 channel amplifier

[kexodusc]

Sounds like a good bang for the buck for sure. When you were comparing did you use the Yamaha receiver as preamp with all amps? Most of your review sounded real good the only point that gave me pause was when you thought the Rotel was a bit more lively. All the demos of Rotel always struck me as them being very laid back. So if the Emo is more so, it wouldn't be the amp for me.

Good point Mr. P - Yammie used as pre-pro with all amps, but when comparing the Rotel I kept the Emo plugged into the Yammie (mostly) instead of pluggin it into the Rotel, so there is the element of different pre-amps I guess. "Laid back" isn't how I'd describe my Rotel though it wasn't as in your face as the Adcoms. Lively might not have been the best word for me to use, but I struggle with using airy, sibilant or whatever other adjectives I could think of. It was as though a veil was lifte---never mind.

I think a lot of amp impressions have a big variable in them - speakers. Pretty sure the inductance, capacitance etc are a lot different from one model to the next so all bets are off on how an amp might respond. And one man's laid back is another's man's__________ .

This thing sounds surprisingly good, better than most would need for home theater. I could see a lot of people buying those mid-level $400-$500 receivers with pre-outs, some video switching, all the latest codecs, (Yamaha RX-V663, Denon AVR-1908, etc) and beefing them up with an amp like this for performance unheard of for $1000 or so and never looking back.

My Yamaha has a 500 watt power supply unit. The LPA-1 has a 1500 watt jobber in case you want to plug your dryer into it.

[Rich-n-Texas]

...My Yamaha has a 500 watt power supply unit. The LPA-1 has a 1500 watt jobber in case you want to plug your dryer into it.

One word...
Does it suck as much juice as a 1 ton compressor?