Anybody have the Fiera 4 or 8 amplifiers? What are your thoughts?

@StephenAtt797

5 ай бұрын

I have one, now for about 18 months... powers my 4 surrounds and 4 atmos speakers offloaded from my Denon 4700H. works fine, plenty of power, no hum I can detect and runs really cool. My Atmos speakers are SVS Prime Els and my surrounds are 2 SVS Satellites and 2 Def tech Mythos Gems, all eight are 8 ohms. I'm fine with the ability to drive them to reference with the Fiera8

@RobZelinka

5 ай бұрын

One more point. I was chasing the same hum in my room. Most likely the most frustrating thing to solve for. A brand new home, two independent master electricians and we couldn’t fix it. I concluded it was coming from my amps even with XLR connections. An $89 ground defender solved my issues. Thanks to my great Houston based installer Insane AV. If it were not for him, I would still be chasing it down

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

@RobZelinka Can you drop a link for the ground defender? Also you’re a Houstonian? I live in Houston as well.

Right at 11:11 an AD popped up and it was Emotiva..LOL

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

LOLLLL Hilarious!

Killer theater, man. Those newer Jurassic Park films are some of the best home theater experiences Ive ever had.

@hatoraidcowboy

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yea the Jurassic films, especially the new one has some great audio mixes

OSD is supposed to be coming out with new amps next month which includes class d. They have 7 channel at 200 watts per channel going for $1000. I am looking forward to seeing those.

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

Yea! I’m supposed to get some for review

@wendellwendellb339

5 ай бұрын

OSD 7 channel @ 200wpc for $1k, as opposed to the Fiera 8 channel amp for $1500, definitely have to, from a price standpoint go with the OSD. OSD, 1 less channel, but more power, and less money. Fiera, 1 more channel, 70wpc less, for $500 more.

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

@wendellwendellb339 Very fair comparison. I did think the price was a little high which is why I only gave it 3 stars for the price. Great amp tho! I’m curious to see how the OSD amps compare.

@wendellwendellb339

5 ай бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy I currently have a 2, 4, and 5 Emotiva BasX amps, and if I wanted to cut that number to just 2 amps (after a review of the OSD amps) for now I would lean toward the OSD amp, if what a commenter said as far as price for the new 7 channel OSD amp. I had a hum in my surround channels, but, when I changed the RCA cables for better one, the hum was gone. Guess better cables do help!

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

@wendellwendellb339 Yea I even upgraded to SVS soundpath cables and couldn’t get rid of the hum until I went XLR. Never going back to RCA amps!

I had an outlaw 5ch amp. Emotiva basx amps and now I have buckeye amps. I loved the outlaw but I think the buckeye purifi amp have it beat. Just awesome class d amps imho

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

I have yet to experience Buckeye amps but I’ve heard great things!

If you've noticed a lot of amps are stating their power ratings in 4 ohms now. I think audioholics tested this amp at 140w per ch at 8 ohms so its got plenty of power. This thing is underated especially if u use balanced connections. Thanks

@hatoraidcowboy

16 күн бұрын

This amp is a beast and I love it. Definitely underrated.

Excellent review as usual, I see it exceeded expectations ( except price). However I’m also looking forward to the OSD amps and per Mr Doyle, Buckeye amps too. I need the amp to power more than just sides and Atmos. One thing you said was it sounded the same, going to Florida audio expo this Saturday to listen to a class D for the first time. Super excited! Great review and keep up the good work!

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I’m hoping to get some OSD amps for review as well. Have fun at the Florida audio Expo!

@Ijy10

5 ай бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy Thanks, Starke sound is legit though, they make the Eversolo F2 amps now. Looking forward to the live stream coming up. 🙏🏾

Cool

Sounds like You have a ground loop. I have the AD4 still, powering two pairs of magnepans. When i replaced a Rotel class D with the AD4 i could hear a hum that wasn't there before. The Rotel didn't have a ground pin. I tracked it down to my projector. I moved that to its own outlet and it was gone even with your ears on the Maggies. Yea im running a HT in 4.2. Replaced my emotiva UMC1 with a Yamaha A4A ( using pre outs ) noise floor is very low now. In my case the AD4 does its job very well and can handle my Maggies. Im glad they keep making improvements.

@hatoraidcowboy

4 ай бұрын

Seemed like a ground loop. Whatever it is/was the xlr connections fixed it!

Totally Worth Amplifiers when running XLR Cables. I have the original Fiera AD4 & The Fiera 8 channel. Literally NO Hissing thru the speakers. Strongly considering buying/ replacing my 7 channel ATMOS amplifier for the 8 channel to run my 6atmos and 2 wide speakers. Then I’m done with amplifiers for now. Enjoy 😉👊🏾the amplifiers it worth the price.

Starke Sound makes some interesting stuff at a good price. Some of their specs throw me off a bit though. I’d like to see a power rating at a lower distortion than 1%. It’s also got a high input sensitivity which isn’t abnormal for class D amps but could be an issue for some receivers. Should be fine for a preamp with balanced outputs though. However, I’m guessing the low gain may be to offset some distortion issues. Since it’s a proprietary class D module or chip there’s no measurements on it. I’d love to see a full bench test bc it’s got a lot of potential if it holds up.

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

I’m having their engineer on next week for a livestream. Tune in and ask him about it 😀

@danielwander605

5 ай бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy ​​⁠ha. Trying to get them live stream numbers up I see. I’ll give it a shot though. If not though I’ll catch the replay so if it comes up I’d definitely like to know about the low gain.

Just wanted to say I have the Emotiva amplifiers the DR 3, and two XPA 3’s… they are dead silent even when my processor is at reference level!!! Just felt I needed to put that out there so people think that it is unobtainable using Emotiva amps and they feel that they need to get something else because they don’t!!!

@hatoraidcowboy

3 ай бұрын

Yea my XPA 3 is silent on the XLR inputs. I think XLR is the key though. My setup has always been noisy with RCA inputs

@kevinmontello5234

3 ай бұрын

@@hatoraidcowboy l have only used xlr’s👍🏻

Had the Fiera 8 but it didn’t work consistently for me. Channels would simply die out. This is plugged into a denon 4400 that works perfectly with an outlaw amp. Went through multiple units and to Starke’s credit they did refund my money after much troubleshooting…so that’s a positive. Sounded very good when it worked.

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

Really….That’s very interesting. Like multiple channels?

@krupkake1

5 ай бұрын

yes and you never knew which one it would be until you realized that something was missing. Like when my wife yelled at me because her show had music but no dialogue. The center channel was out! :(@@hatoraidcowboy

Did you run the test with 2 x of these? I love Starke Sound. Desmond from Starke Sound is the greatest.

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

I was only sent one. I already have a 3 channel amp with Emotiva. I just needed an 8 channel amp to replace my other two amps.

I been had the Fiera8 amplifier and I've been very pleased with it. Now only problem I have is all my speakers are 8ohms. Trying to figure out a way to get my speakers down to 4ohm to experience that extra power. Any thoughts without purchasing more speakers?

@THEBADGUY56

5 ай бұрын

Also my Fiera8 is powering my Polk audio RTIA7 Fronts, Polk Audio CSIA6 Center, Bowers & Wilkins VM6 surrounds. The 4 heights are Polk audio TSI-100 powered from My Denon 4700h.

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

You can’t change a speakers Ohm load. You gotta buy new speakers 😳

@THEBADGUY56

5 ай бұрын

1250 was regular price when I bought mines.

the fiera 8 probbaly has a different gain so it is louder. did u SPL match to 75db test tone prior to using it or just swap cables and play?

@hatoraidcowboy

4 ай бұрын

I just swapped cables and play 🙂Still need to run Dirac on the RMC-1

@katstutrakatsturatorren

4 ай бұрын

its just a gain issue then. more power shouldnt be more volume mate. be careful as you can blow your kit or your ears with improperly gain matched stuff (altho rare) @@hatoraidcowboy

@hatoraidcowboy

4 ай бұрын

@katstutrakatsturatorren Thank you!

Connect a wattage measurement device and you will have a shock when you realize how little power you really use from the amp vs something playing lower notes like a sub.

You really need to bring the Emotiva XPA-DR3 Differential Reference Three-Channel Power Amplifier. Nothing is going to compare running your front 3 channels. Like hard to drive B&W(s). The rest of the bed layer and heights can be driven by anything. Starke Sound used to sell an amazing Class A modular multichannel amplifiers that were game changing. I am all about big big power for the home theater. I just don't use or need the BassX amplifiers with RCA. There is cheaper and better.

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

Yea those differential Emotiva amps would be 🤌 But I’m on a budget over here 🤣 My XPA-3 Gen 2 has been solid for 10 years 💪

@chebrubin

5 ай бұрын

@hatoraidcowboy please 🙏 ask Emotiva for a DR3 review to precede the next gen 4 processors. Emotiva is poised to take back the processor market under $5k.

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

@chebrubin Maybe one day!

@RobZelinka

5 ай бұрын

@@chebrubin friends don’t let friends buy Emotiva processors. Still too many bugs, gremlins, etc. years later. That said there is a lot to love about them, they just need to work out all the bugs

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

@RobZelinka Hopefully the + models with rectify all the long standing issues. I bypassed the video completely and only using the RMC-1 for audio and its been solid. Couldnt take the video issues for very long so I just bypassed it altogether.

I am old. I did not hear the hum.

@hatoraidcowboy

5 ай бұрын

LOL

Starke never owned up to the unperforming 4 channel amp they created a few years ago

If you've noticed a lot of amps are stating their power ratings in 4 ohms now. I think audioholics tested this amp at 140w per ch at 8 ohms so its got plenty of power. This thing is underated especially if u use balanced connections. Thanks

@hatoraidcowboy

16 күн бұрын

It’s a beast and I love it