Emotiva Xpa 2 Gen 3 power amp

I had a XPA2 gen 2 for stereo in the past. Sold it. Went with Parasound A21 and never looked back. I would consider purchasing them at half the price if used. I’d save money for something better.

Good starter amp.

 Plays loud. High gain.

A friend of mine here (johnto) was using Emotiva amps in his system. When he went to Magnepan speakers, he found the amps very bright.  He has moved on to Pass Labs amps now. He may chime in if he sees your post.  

From Emotiva to Pass, I bet there was a big change.
We’re talkin’ Morris Minor vs Rolls-Royce. Have to build a fire under those things to get them going..
Take forever to start to sound good, and never quite make it..Their Ok for HT, but really not quality,
your actually better off with a Pass design.. Adcom, Threshold, Pass, First Watt, all better sounding
to me. Parasound, Most class ds, Mac, heck they all sound better come to think of it..LOL 

Sure a lot of them being sold..makes me wonder?

Regards..

@wayne3720 emotiva will suit you fine.
if your set on them,make the buy.

 I liked my xpa-1 monos, they were good, and the xpa-2 has a lot of great reviews!

 Make sure ur speakers are not efficient, if they are above 90db 1W/1M.  You may experience some sibilance and tweeter hiss.

 I liked my xpa-1 monos on my cerwin vega D-9 pair, loud, clear, nice sound.

 They replaced a Rotel RB-1090 - which was amazing, until the inrush current limiter sent a puff of smoke from the top.

 I went to a sunfire 300 as a loaner from my toasted rb-1090
fell in love.
 Bought the sunfire 600.

 Ended up with another pair.

 Either way u go, emotiva is a good descent starter amplifier!

enjoy