Emotiva XSP-1 Gen 2 DIFFERENTIAL REFERENCE PREAMP

USED AND IN PERFECT WORKING CONDITION

Overview

Our
all-new XSP-1 Gen 2 balanced preamplifier isn’t just a great cosmetic match to
our Gen 2 power amps—it also takes performance to a new level. Thanks to an
all-new surface-mount design, we’ve significantly tightened component
tolerances, shortened signal paths, and matched the trace lengths between
channels, for a greatly improved acoustic signature.

Refining
Balanced Performance

The XSP-1 Gen 2 combines a pure, all-analog, audiophile topology with an
advanced digital control system. This maintains the purity of the audio signal,
while offering advanced features, resolution, and accuracy far surpassing
traditional designs. The XSP-1 Gen 2 delivers an uncompromised listening
experience in Reference Playback mode by totally avoiding single ended to
balanced conversions from the signal path. Combined with instrumentation grade
relays for input selection and high voltage, and a digitally-controlled analog
resistor ladder network with 0.5dB per step resolution for volume, the XSP-1
Gen 2 maintains signal integrity and near perfect channel matching – even at
very low listening levels.

The
Control You Need

In terms of fine-tuning the sound of your system, most audiophile preamps are
“take it or leave it”, offering little or no control over the interaction
between your speakers and room. Not the XSP-1 Gen 2. It includes precision
contour controls that allow you to tailor the high frequency and low frequency
response of your system for perfect results in your listening environment. For
absolute neutrality, the contour controls operate by switching networks of
precision discrete tuning components in and out, and can, of course, be
completely bypassed.

Advanced
Features Ease System Integration

The XSP-1 Gen 2 packs a long list of features that make it the ideal
centerpiece for your high performance audio system. It includes analog bass
management for perfect integration with 2.1 or 2.2 systems, as well as a high
current, load-invariant headphone amplifier, an external signal processor loop,
trigger inputs and outputs, and a full-featured milled aluminum remote control.
A large VFD display shows system status messages and provides visual
confirmation of all actions and settings.

Ready
for Legacy Sources

Unlike many other preamps these days, the XSP-1 includes a truly stunning and
extremely quiet phono preamplifier with inputs for both moving magnet and
moving coil cartridges (with user-selectable loading)

The
list of features can go on and on…but the real proof is in the listening
experience, and in the XSP-1’s incredible flexibility and ease of operation.

Experience
the next generation of balanced perfection.

 

     Features

Exceptional sound
quality via an all-analog, fully balanced, differential signal path with
vanishingly low noise and distortion.

Tight-tolerance surface
mount components and short, precisely matched signal paths deliver a superb,
tightly focused acoustic signature.

Excellent input and
output flexibility: 2 sets of balanced inputs, 4 sets of unbalanced inputs, one
set of balanced main outputs, and one set of unbalanced main outputs.

Support for both
stereo subwoofers and a summed mono subwoofer.

Level control via a
high resolution (.5dB/step) digitally controlled analog resistor network.

Audiophile quality,
load invariant, high current headphone amplifier with independent level control
and memory.

High performance
phono preamp that supports both moving magnet and moving coil cartridges, with
user-configurable cartridge loading for moving coil cartridges.

Full analog bass
management with independent, individually configurable, Linkwitz-Riley 12
dB/octave high-pass and low-pass filters for the mains and subs.

Digital flexibility
and convenience including precise repeatability on all settings, a smart mute
function, turn on level limit, and a full function remote control.

True external
processor loop.

Top quality parts and
construction for years of reliable service, including hand-selected
semiconductors and top quality passive components.

Gold plated, solid
brass machined RCA connectors and gold plated XLR connectors.

Highly regulated and
shielded toroidal power supply.

Informative, dimmable
front panel VFD display shows level, status, and input selections.

Flexible trigger and
control options.

Universal AC line
voltage.

Fully transferrable
five-year warranty.

    Specs

Line level
Input: 2 pairs balanced; 4 pairs unbalanced

Home Theater (line
level, left, right, sub) Input: 1 set balanced; 1 set unbalanced

Processor Loop (line
level) Input: 1 pair unbalanced

Input Impedance (line
level) Input: 50k ohms

Phono Input (MM or
MC): 1 pair unbalanced

Main Outputs: 1
pair balanced; 1 pair unbalanced

(Main outputs may be configured as flat or high-pass; high-pass is adjustable
from 50 Hz to 250 Hz)

Subwoofer (left,
right, summed) Output: 1 set balanced; 1 set unbalanced

(Subwoofer outputs may be configured as flat or low-pass; low-pass is
adjustable from 50 Hz to 250 Hz)

Processor Loop (line
level) Output: 1 pair unbalanced

Minimum recommended
load impedance: 600 ohms

Trigger Input and
Output: 1 each

IR input and output: 1 each

Gain structure:

Nominal output level: 0 dBV (1 V)

Nominal gain (with Volume set to “0”): 1

Maximum gain: +12 dB

High-Frequency and
Low-Frequency Trims:

HF trim (settings): -3 dB, -2 dB, -1 dB, Flat, +1 dB, +2 dB, +3 dB @ 12 kHz

HF trim (inflection point): 4 kHz

LF trim (settings): -3 dB, -2 dB, -1 dB, Flat, +1 dB, +2 dB, +3 dB @ 50 Hz

LF trim (inflection point): 200 Hz

Bass Management:

Crossover slopes (high-pass and low-pass): 12 dB / octave

Crossover frequency (high-pass and low-pass): User configurable, 50 Hz to 250
Hz

Balanced Input to
Balanced Output

S/N (signal-to-noise ratio, A-weighted, ref +6 dBV): > 117 dB

Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 0.02 dB

THD + N (harmonic distortion plus noise, @ 1 kHz): < 0.0004%

IMD (intermodulation distortion, SMPTE method, 60 Hz/7 kHz): < 0.001%

Crosstalk (measured at +6 dBF, 10 kHz): < 100 dB

Unbalanced Input to
Unbalanced Output

S/N (signal-to-noise ratio, A-weighted, ref +6 dBV): > 113 dB

Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 0.015 dB

THD + N (harmonic distortion plus noise, @ 1 kHz): < 0.0006%

IMD (intermodulation distortion, SMPTE method, 60 Hz/7 kHz): < 0.001%

Crosstalk (measured at +6 dBF, 10 kHz): < 102 dB

Balanced Input to
Unbalanced Output

S/N (signal-to-noise ratio, A-weighted, ref +6 dBV): > 114 dB

Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 0.015 dB

THD + N (harmonic distortion plus noise, @ 1 kHz): < 0.0005%

IMD (intermodulation distortion, SMPTE method, 60 Hz/7 kHz): < 0.0015%

Crosstalk (measured at +6 dBF, 10 kHz): < 105 dB

Unbalanced Input to
Balanced Output

S/N (signal-to-noise ratio, A-weighted, ref +6 dBV): > 115 dB

Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 0.017 dB

THD + N (harmonic distortion plus noise, @ 1 kHz): < 0.0003%

IMD (intermodulation distortion, SMPTE method, 60 Hz/7 kHz): < 0.007%

Crosstalk (measured at +6 dBF, 10 kHz): < 100 dB

Phono (Moving Coil;
phono in to balanced out)

Gain (1 kHz, Volume at 0): approximately 60 dB

Input impedance (user selectable): 47 ohms, 100 ohms, 470 ohms, 1k ohm

S/N (signal-to-noise ratio, A-weighted, ref 1.0 mV in): > 79 dB

Frequency response (referenced to standard RIAA curve): 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/-
0.35 dB

THD (total harmonic distortion, ref 1.0 mV): < 0.008%

IMD (intermodulation distortion, SMPTE method: < 0.15 %

Crosstalk: < 65 dB

Phono (Moving Magnet;
phono in to balanced out)

Gain (1 kHz, Volume at 0): approximately 40 dB

Input impedance: 47k Ohms

S/N (signal-to-noise ratio, A-weighted, ref 10.0 mV in, A-weighted): > 96 dB

Frequency response (referenced to standard RIAA curve): 20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 0.3
dB

THD (total harmonic distortion, ref 10 mV): < 0.001%

IMD (intermodulation distortion, SMPTE method: < 0.05%

Crosstalk: < 80 dB

Power Requirements:

115 VAC or 230 VAC +/- 10% @ 50 / 60 Hz (automatically detected and switched).

Power consumption (On): 32 watts

Power consumption (Standby): <1 watt

Dimensions: 17”
wide x 6” high x 16.5” deep (includes feet and terminals).

Boxed: 22″ Wide x 19″ Deep x 10″
High