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To add to the thread. Got a pair of Focal Aria 948 that drops to 2.6ohms (paid 1500€ for the pair). Got an entry level avr s660h denon (300-400€). It works well once you've remove all the processing out (Dolby on phone and direct mode). Even though I knew from logic and this forum that there...

There's at least two fuses on the power supply board from what I saw. Apparently one is clear so it's easy to check. The other seems opaque so it needs an ohmmeter to check continuity. No funny smell inside? Caps can stin when blown.

The internal fuses are ok ?

Unfortunately I don't have the electronic equipment to do this. I do have an analogue oscilloscope but it's nowhere near able to show me things like 1% thd which is -40db less than the reference input. I'd love to though if there was a cheaper way to test this.

Some might find this usefull one day. The two setups : - Computer BT > Wiim Mini > analogue in> Denon S660H (direct mode) > Aria 948 > Rew computer Mic (red curve) - Computer BT > Wiim Mini > analogue in> Yamaha AS1100 (all eq flat) > Aria 948 > Rew computer Mic (green curve) The Frequency...

Thank you for your reply ! Yes it was quite a high setting on sample rate indeed. So I should worry with what the wiim mini is outputting. The oscilloscope is analogue. Same setting as the first pictures pretty much. I don't have this wave thing going on with any other amp/source tested. It...

Also this weird jitter on my s660h (here with no load starts at 3-4khz): And here's the s660h with a speaker connected (speed varies randomly but it's always at 4-5khz+ and usually increases amplitude speed): Beware cut your sound please ! I tried to remove the sound but youtube is being...

Hello everybody A have a couple of questions on some weird measurements I got with my oscilloscope that I can't explain... any help will be grateful thanks ! i got a Wiim Mini and this is what I get on the aux line out abose 10khz with bt sine wave as a source (sine wave source is ok on other...

Hello , sorry if I'm highjacking ng this topic but I have a very similar question with the same avr denon. I think this is a better place for my question than my last topic which has evolved. To make it short I have the same entry level avr denon and I'm on the fence of getting a Yamaha as1100...

Oh well the as2100 has gone so this took care of the decision... There's still an as1100 for not too bad price in my area. It would be used primarily for the turntable mm/mc phono and although the Yamaha phono is probably better than my denon avr I doubt that the difference will be audible. Is...

Do you think it would be silly to have two amps ? Meaning one for AV and one for my TT CD player etc ? I'll have a switcher to wire amp A or amp B to the Speakers. There's a pretty good deal on a Second hand As 2100 not so far and I do wonder if it's viable... I do understand that there likely...

Ok problem partially solved, after plenty of tests. Here's the Tuner input as I didn't have CD input on the s660h but it should still be analogue : No more 2nd order big distortion (it top arounds 1%) And for double checking here is the same speaker, same distance absolutely nothing has changed...

Ok I just had a dreadful though. Started finding thread on blown tweeters on focal Aria and I bought mine ex demo in store.... Luckily I just bought a brand new central speaker cc900 (same tweeter) and tested it. In the panic moment i literally just plugged the thing on the right hand channel...

Red is second order harmonics. On the headphones and the BT1700 active speakers the distortion doesn't go beyond floor noise (dark brown) or barely. The Aria 948 always show 20% or so distortion at 10khz whether close vs far vs left vs right . The room topology of the left and right speaker...

Here's the Aria 948 at 4 m distance stereo : The aria right side 948 mic straight at the tweeter 10inch : The aria left side 948 mic straight at the tweeter 10inch : For mic comparision the BT1700 edifier (active speakers ) at 1m : And A headphone DT700Prox closed on mic : star share...

Thanks for the amp suggestion. I've done a few REW graphs that I can post and I can see that what is bothering me is a second harmonic distortion that starts around 4khz and skyrockets to 10khz at 17% distortion. Don't know where this is coming from. The room ? I have this no matter where i mic...

Ok I have resolved the voltage curve issue. It was on the phone the Atmos Dolby that was enabled. And on youtube app it was the automatic volume level. Only issue I'm trying to solve now is the weird distortion I'm hearing on vocals. Whatever the source (vinyl record, phone , tv ) there's this...

Thank you again for the replies. I have tested again this time in correlation with REW and the oscilloscope . Here's what I found compared with the same speakers tested in a review with a Naim amp : So a little difference that changes the SPL by 3db at places. Also with REW I discovered...

Thanks for the replies. I don't listen to music loudly, i've never measured it but it's probably never beyond 90-95db. The speakers seems to be lacking a little punch compared with the shop's demo. There's a massive drop between 50-70hz and a big bump at 100hz although it's almost certainly due...

Hello everybody, Very new to this forum but I've been looking at the great reviews/tests for a while. I have recently bought a pair of Focal Aria 948 and having spent my budget at the time and having no integrated I basically bought the cheapest AVR I could get hold of with a reliable brand...