Replacing Emotiva XPA-2 & XPA-5 power amps in HT system with class D

Anthem Audio has many options for multi channel and mono's for your application. It is a bit pricier than Emotiva, however I am confident Anthem will outperform Emotiva in all aspects.  Good luck in your search.

N 

The only Class D amplifier Anthem sells is the M1 mono.  The only seven channel amplifier they sell the the PVA-7 which is class A/B.  

I have the 5 channel D-Sonic based on B&O Ice modules.  I have a MarkII version.  I'm very happy with it.  I have  three 1100 Watt modules for the fronts and two 500 Watt modules for the rears.  Before purchasing the D-sonic, I was Using Bel Canto Ref1000MKII's for the front two channels.  The D-Sonic is 98% of the Bel Canto's.  I was able to sell my Bel Cantos and the other amps,  purchase the D-Sonic, and put some money in the bank.

Dennis was very easy to deal with and I'm very happy with the product and experience.  I'm currently saving to replace my current 5 channel amp with the new version based on the Pascal modules.  I would already own it if it wasn't for a medical emergency.

Sounds so far that d-sonic may be the best affordable way to go
may just go with the 3x800w and 4x400w as i have very easy to drive focal 807v fronts and martin logan center.
the only other one i had researched a little so far was the primare c30.7 but that "only" has 7x150w.
i think i like the idea of flexibility on more power for the main 3 channels than the outright power numbers per se

I bet that would be plenty of power (and more than likely overkill for your ML center, which I also have).  One thing you should obviously do if this is the setup you're after is simply get a 7X unit with the modules that you want versus one 4X and one 3X.  Save a few bucks and a bunch of rack space.

Let us know how it works out for you!

PS - Not sure where you're located, but if you happen to be in the NYC area, you're welcome to come give a listen.

Greg

Greg
that is  a most generous offer but unfortunately way south in florida!
and yes part of the plan is also to condense the present two box amps down to one so a d-sonic 7 channel is the way, about $3500 in the config i was looking at