Emotiva XPA-3 Gen3 3 Channel Power Amplifier

Description

The power amplifier performs the simple but critical job of boosting the output signals from each channel of your stereo preamp or surround sound processor to the level necessary to drive your loudspeakers. While this may seem trivial, a really good power amp is essential to having a great audio system, because any flaws in the performance of your power amp are going to limit the performance of your entire system. Every amplifier in the new Third Generation XPA series was carefully designed to deliver superb technical performance, unsurpassed sound quality, and an exceptionally accurate and dynamic rendition of all types of music, thus ensuring that your entire system will sound its absolute best. Each individual XPA amplifier is modular, and can be customized to provide exactly the power and number of channels you need today, and expanded later if your needs change; and multiple matching chassis enable you to add even more channels, or more power, for a near endless variety of options.

Regulated Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS)

One of the design enhancements shared by all of Emotiva’s new XPA power amplifiers is their new, specially designed, high current, switch mode power supply (SMPS). Emotiva’s powerful, intelligent new power supply offers all of the benefits of a classic transformer-based design, but avoids virtually all of the limitations. It can deliver over 3 kW of fully regulated power, which ensures optimum performance under a wide range of load conditions, and plenty of dynamic power to ensure that musical peaks will never be compressed or limited. However, it’s also more efficient, more reliable, and much lighter.

Class A/B Sound Quality Meets Optimized Class H Efficiency

The High-Powered Single Channel Modules used in the XPA-3 utilize a fully analog Class A/B output stage, and Emotiva’s highly regarded Soft-Switch™ Optimized Class H power supply topology, which increases their efficiency significantly without compromising their superb Class A/B performance and sound quality. At low power levels, each channel operates on a relatively low supply voltage, to minimize quiescent power consumption and standby power losses. Then, when the demand for power increases, it instantly and seamlessly switches to a higher voltage rail to ensure that the signal passes cleanly and without clipping. This process happens on a continuous basis - in real time, allowing greater overall efficiency, cooler operation, longer component life, reduced power consumption, and increased reliability.

XPA-3 Gen3

The new XPA-3 Gen3 is a three-channel audiophile-grade power amplifier, designed to deliver exceptional performance and clarity for the three most important front channels in a 5.1 or 7.1 channel home theater system. Whether you’re building a dedicated surround sound setup or looking to upgrade your existing AVR, connecting the XPA-3 to the preamp outputs of your high-quality receiver is a powerful way to dramatically improve the sound quality, dynamics, and presence of your front left, center, and right speakers where most of the audio content in movies and music resides.

Configuration: 3 x High-Powered Single-Channel Modules

(four module slots remain available for future expansion)

The XPA-3 comes equipped with three high-powered single-channel amplifier modules, installed in a modular chassis that offers space for four additional modules. This forward-thinking design allows you to expand your system over time, adding more channels as your setup grows or your needs evolve.

Power output

The XPA-3 Gen3 delivers serious power across all channels, ensuring clean, dynamic sound even at demanding listening levels. It outputs 275 watts RMS per channel into 8 ohms with all three channels driven, 300 watts RMS per channel into 8 ohms with two channels driven, and an impressive 490 watts RMS per channel into 4 ohms with two channels driven. This robust power output ensures tight bass, detailed mids, and crystal-clear highs, even with power-hungry speakers.

Protection

The XPA-3 Gen3 features audiophile-grade fault protection that operates completely transparently during normal listening, ensuring that your audio experience remains uninterrupted and uncompromised. This advanced protection system is designed to safeguard both the amplifier and your connected equipment from virtually all common electrical faults. In the event of an AC line issue, the amplifier is secured by a rugged, resettable push-button circuit breaker located on the rear panel, offering easy recovery without the need for replacement fuses. Backed by a full five-year warranty, the XPA-3 Gen3 provides not only exceptional performance but also long-term peace of mind.

Emotiva XPA-3 Specifications