Have had my triton 7s since April and love them. Just got the super center xl and love that too. I power the 7s with a b&k 125.2 and power the center with a emotiva xpa 100. I want to upgrade from the b&k because it has an awful on/off pop which I have to run a speaker selector to get rid of. My question is how should I upgrade? I have a 900$ budget. I can get a emotiva xpa2 for the 7s. Or I could get another xpa 100 mono block aND use two of them to power the sevens and get something else to power the super center xl. What would you guys suggest????

Hey ckubs: Since you already have an Emotiva xpa-100 powering the center, I'd replace the B&K with 2 xpa-100's, that way you'd have your front soundstage powered with identical amps...

Ckubs,

I have 2 XPA-1Ls powering my Triton Towers. For a time, I was using an XPA-1L on my SCXL and it made a HUGE difference. I'm sure the XPA-100 sounds very similar. If it were me and my money, I'd go for two more XPA-100s to have your front three singing in unison. Another option would be to go with two XPA-1Ls for the towers. I'm sure the XPA-2 would sound great as well. Let us know what you decide and how it sounds. You can play around with you front channels and see how the Sevens sound on your XPA-100...

Cheers,

T Cobe

You think the xpa 100s would sound similar to the xpa2 I have read reviews that say the xpa 2 will blow them out of the water. Then again I have a hsu vtf15h for bass so they really aren't digging deep for the power

Change your wiring around and see for yourself. To me, the SCXL and T7 sound extremely similar. Having the T7s and SCXL all running off the same amps should provide one extremely cohesive front end.

Ckubs,

When I purchased my XPA-1Ls, I was debating if they were going to have enough power and was thinking about the XPA-1s. It was a tough decision but I let logic prevail and went with the XPA-1Ls and have never looked back. If your look at how efficient the Tritons are, it really doesn't take a lot of power to hit reference levels. Like I suggested before, hook up your XPA-100 to a triton 7 and see how you like it. I think you'll find it more than enough.

Cheers,

T Cobe