Dear HT sifus..

i'm looking for power amplifiers to help drive my current (& future) axiom speakers..

min10w/max400w 4 ohm fronts (priority)
min10w/max400w 6 ohm surround (secondary)
min10w/max400w 6 ohm centre (can let AVR drive it)
min10w/max200w 8 ohm rear (can let AVR drive it)

earlier wanted to get the emotiva xpa-5 as its cheap considering its features BUT the speaker manufacturer advises against it due to previous problems emotiva had driving axiom speakers..

i was recommended by the speaker manufacturer the following brand power amplifiers;
- NAD
- Outlaw audio
- Crown
- Behringer

however he highlighted that Crown & Behringer uses fan-based cooling system which can be slightly noisy for in-studio like based rooms..

i've cancelled out NAD c272 as a friend said its not powerful enough.. Wrote off Outlaw Audio 7500 coz its too expensive..

Between Crown x402 & Behringer ep1500, i thought of getting the Behringer.. Why?

1. My sound engineer uses Behringer monitor & power amp for our production studio..
2. Cheap.. About half the price of the Crown x402 or Emotiva XPA-5..
3. Got authorised distributor in Malaysia which handles warranty issues..

That was until a HTsifu told me that its rough & have high noise levels.. Now i'm stuck..

i figured i'd get other sifus comments & help on this..



in advance

p/s - will add pic of EP1500 specs soon *AMENDED*



This post has been edited by saprozeldo: Sep 26 2009, 10:09 PM

it was in the axiom forum.. some forumers owned the 2 items and faced scenes where some of the emotiva's channel shut down.. emotiva blamed it on the speakers.. and naturally axiom blamed it on the power amps.. bottom line, forumers felt that emotiva & axiom's are not compatible..

you can read the thread here..
http://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/ubbthread...3306#Post273306

any thoughts on behringer power amp jchong?

yea.. i'm half certain its av-studio in puchong.. i have the number of the manager.. i'll try arrange a demo if we have some silver-eared (dunwan gold eared, too high standard) to comment..

jchong, from the product sheet, it looks quite good value for money.. at least thats in my newbie opinion la.. what you think based on d product sheet?

sell me your 4310 lorr boss.. you go 4810 pulak laa..

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Added on September 28, 2009, 3:35 pmbeing a newbie, i only have bronze-ear la bro.. thats why need golden-eared sifu to tell me, okay or not.. i'd probably say its okay.. but then, how to elevate my listening standard if no higher benchmark..

wharfdale eh bro.. you have ck music contact details or not? let me explore..

This post has been edited by saprozeldo: Sep 28 2009, 03:35 PM

fronts are 95db [91db if SPL Anechoic 1w/1m(db)]
surrounds are 95db [91db if SPL Anechoic 1w/1m(db)]
centre is 95db [91db if SPL Anechoic 1w/1m(db)]
rears are 93db [89db if SPL Anechoic 1w/1m(db)]

so sifus,
what is SPL Anechoic 1w/1m(db) & why is this lower?