Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY!

Posted by: 64met

Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY! - 01/09/08 01:06 PM

After days of deliberating on which amp to buy (7700, 7200 , 7500 And the Emotiva MPS2 or the IPS-1) I placed my order today for the 7700! This is way more amp than I need right now today; but I wanted to do it right the first time! And IMHO... with support at Oultlaw like Scott and Edward it is worth it to me to spend the extra $$. Those two guys are INCREDIBLE! Can't wait to get it; hook it up and post back! Anyway, thanks to ALL on the forum who helped in my decision as well!!!!!

Take care!
Posted by: butchgo

Re: Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY! - 01/09/08 08:46 PM

Congrats!!!

I think you will quite pleased.
I love my 7500!!!
Posted by: gonk

Re: Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY! - 01/09/08 10:03 PM

Enjoy the 7700, 64met. I think you'll be quite pleased.
Posted by: BloggingITGuy

Re: Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY! - 01/09/08 11:54 PM

Good luck to you on your purchase. Looking forward to hearing about it.

Hopefully you don't run into any transformer hum or ground loop issues.
Posted by: 64met

Re: Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY! - 01/10/08 09:03 PM

Question about surge? Do you all recommend a separate surge for the 7700? Currently, I have all my other gear going into a monster power center. I don't think plugging this amp into the monster is a good idea? Is it ok directly to wall? Or a separate surge; just for the amp? Wondering too... if my choice might help the potential of ground loop, humming, etc.

Thxs again!
Posted by: BloggingITGuy

Re: Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY! - 01/10/08 09:48 PM

Surge protection, particularly for such an expensive piece is always a good idea.

I'd worry about ground loops and hums when you run into the issue. Until then, just a good quality surge protector will do you.

It is recommended that you plug the amp into a dedicated power circuit though. Nothing else should be plugged into it.
Posted by: gonk

Re: Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY! - 01/10/08 11:16 PM

I'd put it on some sort of surge protection. The manual does recommend a dedicated circuit, but that's likely to only be required if you are either running bench tests to verify the all-channel power output or you have some particularly inefficient speakers. In most circumstances, the amp will never draw close to its full load capacity, making a dedicated circuit just for the amp less of a necessity.
Posted by: BloggingITGuy

Re: Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY! - 01/11/08 03:32 AM

True, but if he has the choice between buying a power conditioner or getting dedicated circuit installed, he'd be better off going with the dedicated circuit.
Posted by: gonk

Re: Well; I did it!!!!!!!! FINALLY! - 01/11/08 04:16 AM

I'd get a surge protector first and foremost, but some of that may come from living in tornado alley and having a bit of fear of what nastiness might come down the power lines during a storm - something reinforced by standing in the hallway of our old house and watching the power slam off, on, off, on, and finally off again in about five seconds during a windstorm known locally as "hurricane Elvis" (spent the next 10.5 days without power, in late July and early August). My system (which was sitting downstream of a Panamax unit at the time) came through that ungraceful shutdown unscathed, but my microwave's display was never quite the same and a co-worker lost a VCR and had to have some repairs made to a Sony TV and a I think a Spectral pre-amp as well.

The biggest reason that I don't recommend folks rush out and add dedicated circuits is that I've seen how difficult it can be to push an amp (even one like the 7700) to a level where it actually needs a dedicated circuit. It's good practice to have a dedicated circuit (or close to a dedicated circuit) for the overall system, but unless you're doing electrical work anyway or you are running some really power-hungry speakers I'd not be quick to recommend getting an electrician to snake a new circuit through the house just for the amp.