I see 9 ch amp, but read a description saying to have "height" or "width" enabled, rear ch must be disabled is this true? I want 9 active channels!
383105
If you have enough speakers for a set up for 9 active channels they remain all active with the difference that just like you can choose front "height" or "width" you can configure to have those 2 channels to act as secondary rear speakers, so instead of having two rear channels you would have 4 channels, you do not lose the main two rear channels if that's what you referred on your question. As stated by Mr. Owen's answer you only need the amp if you want the two front extra active channels and the two rear extra active channels at the same time.(11 channels)
383106
You can use this receiver as a preamp for 11 channels. You can only power 9. If you want to power 11, you must purchase an additional 2 channel power amp. You can assign the 9 channels to whatever you want. I use heights, wides, surrounds but no rears. Hope this helps.
568903
I have a 200X5 powering my center front and high speakers, with the UPA-500 powering the rear and rear side channels. It does take a little bit of adjustment w/in your receiver to balance the levels, but my system sounds great. Hope this helps.
539852
I didn't see any channel selection on mine. Maybe they mean something inside, like 6 frequency ranges. The amplifier didn't work for me because it amplified surrounding noise as much as what I was listening to.
1458932
It can be bi-amped, per owner's manual. It has separate amps for each channel to make this possible.
1982000
On the back side of the receivers (outlets) down in the lower corner it will have a sticker or printed on the unit, "A', "B", "C" and so on. I actually want one in channel "B" so that will be a requirement for me. The multiple channels allow operation of more than three outlets in proximity to one another.
1272879
Hey Chor, just wondering if you figured this out yet? I'm looking for an expander for my 8300HDC on TW cable so i was wondering did they ever fix the problem on the software?
380064
600 per channel times 4 channels. It is a very good amp. We have had it for at least 6 months. No issues.
1244444
One more thing to Norman Normal, you have not specified which amp you have. If you have a Denon, there is a menu option buried down deep where you can specify multi-channel or two-channel.
232580
Yes, it is a 9 channel amplifier. Your 3rd zone would be pre-out only though.
1301436
Correct. When you put it into 11-channel mode the amplified "front wide" outputs are disabled. To get all 11 at once you need to hook an external 2-channel amp to the front wide pre-outs. See page 14 in the manual.
453144
I am using the amp to drive to Klipsh 5.2 reference speakers in a 7.2 surround sound system. The amp I'm using to drive the other surround speakers is an Demon 4308 receiver. The amp has so many controls (also via the web) that it allows you to use those two amp's power to drive other amps in the receiver that drive all the surround sound speakers...Bottom line. I am EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH THE AMP. It was recommended to me by a friend of mine who's in the business. I used to be a rep for JVC in the late 80's to early 90's. Now they don't make nearly as good as stuff as they did. But as for the amp I have driven those speakers so loud that I thought I was going to come out of my skin watching the new Godzilla (also have 2 12 in Klipsh 1000 watt each power subs) I hooked them up in such a way that the LFE signal was not only going to the subs but to the front main speakers too. The amp did great. Hardly got warm! Frankly I could not believe it. Then only after about 20 minutes of extremely loud sounds did the amp shut down. Guess what. It was not the Emotiva. It was the Denon Receiver. Over drove it. Even with the receiver's front channel amps bridged into the surround amps. Thinking about going to Denon separates next time I upgrade but I'll for sure keep my Emotiva amp on the front channels. Very happy indeed......
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I believe it is only 20W per channel which is why I bought it for my 20X26 garage. If I turn it up 1/2 way it is much louder than I need. Also, at 1/2 volume, it's barely possible to hold a conversation. This system gets 5 stars from me. The sound is crisp. I plug in my I-phone and put on Pandora and that's all I need. I also have cable radio and this hooks up nice. You can get complete information on this from the Yamaha website.
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I agree with you, Gio T. Split the two rears to four outputs and run to the 4 channels and run the red and black sub outs to the sub ins of the amp. In intial setup set the pioneer to rear/ sub. This will allow hpf to control your mids and Sub/ ctrl to control the LPF of ur subs
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Bog is right your amp is 1200 watts thats 600 watts bridged using both channels for 1 output. If you used 2 channels it would be 600 watts on channel 1, and 600 watts on channel 2. If you wanted to have 1200 watts on 2 channels you would need a 2400 watt amp, and if you were to do that you would have to mount a second battery in the trunk with a battery cable to charge it from the front, and again if you want just 2400 watts you would bridge both channels.
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the clean channel sounds really good. I was happy with the distortion channel once I got the knack of dialing tones in. The amp is pretty loud alone. If you are using processor like Digitech or whatever, it really increases the volume. I no longer use this amp, it was just too loud for my needs, so I downsized to a 15 watt Marshall MG15CFX. I'll get around to reviewing that one of these days.
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Polk audio what? One ten inch sub? 4 6x9s. Go on YouTube and do your research. This is a 2 ch 900w max. Rms is the speakers happy range but when you add multiples it can stress out the amp. General rule of thumb: You should ALWAYS have more amp than you need. Have good grounds. Keep it simple. Know the difference between ported/sealed, dvc/svc, component/coax. _ FYI I bought this amp to power a 10 inch sub that had a 600w max. Tuned correctly it can break apart kidney stones...Just saying.
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Hi, You can BI-AMP the Front Mains...but you can't Bridge.....If you want more power you can add a more powerful Amp up to 9 channels as it has 9 PRE-OUTS.......so you could use say a 7 Channel 300 Watt per channel amp using the preouts (Or how ever many channels you want 2,4 5 7 whatever.....I have a 300 Watt 2 channel pre-outed to my Front Mains.....but your speakers better be able to handle it and if you BI-AMP (which is different) you Speakers have to be Biampable)...Hope this helps.....