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Hi Rich, I first purchased the Pioneer Elite Receiver (140w x7) and connected them regularly. Then I said to myself, "they don't sound as good as the showroom I listened to them in". So though these forums I discovered Emotiva. So I purchased 3 amps and did the pre-out to my new XPA-1 (2)...

I bought them brand new in sealed factory-fresh box at regular price :(

Martin Logan is at fault? WTF?? Umm, OMG I think this fixed the problem. I know how my speakers sounded when I heard the problems. I cannot hear an audible difference between the speakers anymore after the installation. Once I went through the 12-page installation manual, on the first Summit...

Still sounds horrible! ML sent parts... Thanks for all who replied, I'm very grateful. Well I called Martin Logan last week they told me to leave them unplugged for a full 24hrs and carefully vacuum them. So I did and tried out the system again and played various types of music. The speakers...

Hi guys, I wanted to ask you guys if you ever heard of the each of the Summits sounding noticeably different. I thought it was my settings on my Emotiva UMC-1 pre-amp, so I did a factory reset. Then I thought it was my component (Samsung Blu-ray) so I tried using my PlayStation3 and XM player...

Thanks Everyone! WOW! Thank you guys sooooo much for the great input! Steven

My Speakers and Components Ok here is my whole 7.1 setup: -- Speakers -- (2) Summits MAIN (1) Stage for CENTER (1) Decent 9 SUB (4) Passages for REAR -- Components -- (1) UMC-1 / Preamp (1) XPA-5 / 5ch amp (2) XPA-1 / Monoblock amps Im using Silver Resolution Reference Speaker and Analog...

Here is the rear photos. UMC1 Preamp: http://emotivalounge.proboards54.com/index.cgi?board=preamps&action=display&thread=2631 XPA-1 Mono Blocks: http://emotiva.com/xpa1.shtm The Decent i sub has Left & Right plus the LFE out. http://www.us.martinlogan.com/specs/descent_i.html Hopes this...

Im sooooo confused im new to all this so sorry if this is a dumb question but i have 2 XPA-1 monoblocks (Emotiva) and a preamp UMC-1 coming (also Emotiva). ML said to connect them R&L out for 2 channel stereo (Y the R&L outs from to monos to interconnect and the other to sub) and for movies LFE...

Thanks for the tip! What are the best settings for output is best from the ps3? I have a 7.1 setup. Thanks

I have 2 Summits, Stage, 4 Passages and Decent i along with Emotiva's XPA-5 and 2 XPA-1 (Monoblocks) using a UMC-1 preamp. I went to Magnolia HT and they told me the Audioquest Volcano is the best with ML Summits and Stage but when they told me the price I almost fell backwards. I want the best...

Well I have an Audiophile friend that has most of the speakers I'll be using (Summits, Stage, Decent i, ect) and showed me the different sounds that come out of each of his different amps. He uses some huge amp switches for demonstrating the various quality sound differences for his speakers. He...

What do I need for these that apply: 2 ML Summits 1 ML Stage 4 Passages 1 Decent i Preamp (Denon Maybe) Emotiva XPA-2 Amp Emotiva XPA-5 Amp Playstation 3 Thanks again my friends!

I'm getting some new Emotiva amps with the dim. of: 17"w x 9"h x 19"d. Where can I get something with 20" depth for 3 or 4 components stacked vertically or horizontally holding 75 or more pounds? Do I need to find something custom or what?? Looked everywhere on the net for hours!! No luck.

OF COURSE, NO PROBLEM. Do you think the new Denon PreAmp is going to be good with those 3 amps (mono+mono+5channel)??