Trustful6061
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That sounds problematic. I'm planning on connecting amp and pre-amp with RCA cable, not XLR. Would that make any difference? To be clear, I ordered this Nord NC502 which has RCA-inputs.
Is there any good solutions to fix the problem with my equipment? I've read that Art Cleanbox would help with the voltage, but it would also add distortion so it kind of defeats the purpose of adding the whole power-amp. The whole purpose of this endeavor is to get more clean power than I would ever need (maximize headroom and quality).
There is ofcourse the fact that 60-ish watts of power with my speakers is more than I've ever used and probably ever will, but I would be a tad disappointed if I can only use 25% of my amps output.
Is there more sophisticated alternative to Cleanbox? I own a ground loop isolator (actually it might be exactly this one) if that would help with the noisiness of the pre-amp signal. Again, I am no electrical engineer
E: I am also a bit confused with the information about Denons pre-out voltages. According to Audioholics X3300W had ample amounts of pre-amp output before clipping (4.5 V if I recall correctly), but here X3500H had just about 1.5 V before SINAD went down hard. X3400H should be internally pretty much identical with X3300W. So if X3300W clips at 4.5 V couldn't we extrapolate that 2.0-2.5V output could be somewhat clean?
Is there any good solutions to fix the problem with my equipment? I've read that Art Cleanbox would help with the voltage, but it would also add distortion so it kind of defeats the purpose of adding the whole power-amp. The whole purpose of this endeavor is to get more clean power than I would ever need (maximize headroom and quality).
There is ofcourse the fact that 60-ish watts of power with my speakers is more than I've ever used and probably ever will, but I would be a tad disappointed if I can only use 25% of my amps output.
Is there more sophisticated alternative to Cleanbox? I own a ground loop isolator (actually it might be exactly this one) if that would help with the noisiness of the pre-amp signal. Again, I am no electrical engineer
E: I am also a bit confused with the information about Denons pre-out voltages. According to Audioholics X3300W had ample amounts of pre-amp output before clipping (4.5 V if I recall correctly), but here X3500H had just about 1.5 V before SINAD went down hard. X3400H should be internally pretty much identical with X3300W. So if X3300W clips at 4.5 V couldn't we extrapolate that 2.0-2.5V output could be somewhat clean?
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