Sound On Sound was impressed with the CP8 and described self noise like this in their review:I'm also considering the Yamaha DXR8 MkII and QSC CP8...none of them give a spec on self noise or hiss...
Let us know how the DBR10 works out for your home theater. I've done some research on PA speakers for home audio use and one of the points against the Yamaha DBR10 is that it has a 4-speed internal cooling fan. Depending on how hard you push it in your home theater if it heats up the fan may run up and be audible. Just something to be aware of and on the alert for. For home audio use passively cooled PA speakers like the previously mentioned QSC CP8 have an advantage.I ended up buying a Yamaha DBR10 and I'm very happy with it. Very slight hiss with no input connected and gain cranked to the max. I can hear it at a few inches but not out at a foot or so. I just pulled the trigger on a second to use in as home theater speakers.
That won't work because hiss (and "noise" in general) is random. You'd need an exact phase-inverted copy.has anybody tried just canceling hiss out? you could have a permanant noise generator sitting in the backgound playing inverted
That won't work because hiss (and "noise" in general) is random. You'd need an exact phase-inverted copy.
For the Neuman KH310 and KH420 you can buy very strong grills but be prepared to pay a fortune ...For me the cons of studio monitors is that they have no grills and I like the idea of the PAs being portable.
... and if you turn the gain up the hiss may be higher than with a source connected, because the noise generated by the input impedance is higher. A source with a low output impedance will reduce input noise.Following up on my previous post, when I listen for hiss, I have no source connected and turn the gain knob on the speaker all the way down.