Thanks! If I could have your help with one last thing that I just thought of, I saw that the Fosi's go up to 240 watts and the Kefs only support up to 200. Is that something I have to worry about or is it easy to tell when to stop turning it up? In addition is it possible to limit how many watts the Fosi's will output to 200 watts?
200W continuously in any speaker is insane, you will be out of the room long before that. Meaning - it should get way too loud long before either the speakers or the amps are in danger of being damaged themselves (with most musical content).
That will be the chain. Hopefully the Schiit has balanced outputs, but, if not, I think the Fosi V3's can also accept regular RCA cable, though balanced is always preferred. The Fosi's do not have volume controls, but that won't be a problem with most modern DACS which usually do have a volume output control.
As long as you have the warranty. you are good. Just be sure you have a way to control volume if you have the Fosi V3's. (That way you won't be feeding 220 watts continuous into your Reference Ones. Not that you would anyway, most music except for very loud passages will only push the amp into outputting a few watt regardless of volume level).
You have bought some expensive speakers, and even if you paid surprisingly little for them, you should pay a little attention to protecting these speakers.
In addition, there is no additional protection circuit against DC in such cheap amplifiers in case an unfortunate defect occurs.
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I looked Into the Fosi's a bit more and and came to the same conclusion. Thank you for your recommendations. I was wanting to get the references playing as fast as possible, but it seems like the best idea is to save up a bit for something worthy of them!One thing that I also like is that Yamaha A8A
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It doesn’t have Dirac, so full range correction is limited (it does have a PEQ), but since you are running a speaker that is anechoically flat, you may benefit from the virtual surround features when playing music. You can also use cheap wireless surrounds if you like. (MusicCast rear).
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Its on sale now for $1600. AudioVision.De had the stereo performance at 260W.
Their other amps:
Denon A1H : 287W
Marantz Cinema 60: 193W
Denon X3800H: 190W (matched Amir’s 1% THD at 4 ohms).
Sony TA-N1000: 178W
Pioneer VSX-LX305: 178W
Protection, power, ergonomics and then SINAD is how you should prioritize your purchase. Speakers make the biggest difference in sound quality. You have the best but do not have the money to replace drivers if damaged…
A big brand company can also damage speakers, but it’s only science that the more protection circuitry there is, the safer you are overall.
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This does look good. If it has great speaker protection, then it might a good purchase. I wonder if any flaws will be audible even if it doesn't measure that well. If I get this I will see about sending it in.It’s a balance. Look for used and the key is that “worthy” doesn’t mean expensive. But in this case, focus on features.
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This only has 178W into 4 ohms but again, if you want to get up and running, that might work. The Sony gives you standard industry speaker protection but it hasn’t been officially measured by Amir. You should consider dropshipping it to Amir for testing if you can within the trial period.
Hey, I just found the NAD - D 3045 Hybrid Digital Amplifier: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nad-d-3045-hybrid-digital-amplifier-black/6451303.p?skuId=6451303It’s a balance. Look for used and the key is that “worthy” doesn’t mean expensive. But in this case, focus on features.
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This only has 178W into 4 ohms but again, if you want to get up and running, that might work. The Sony gives you standard industry speaker protection but it hasn’t been officially measured by Amir. You should consider dropshipping it to Amir for testing if you can within the trial period.
These are major manufacturers we are talking about, of course they'll have decent DC protection facilities.
Highly doubtful. I wouldn't overdo levels on the CD input, those units with CD-Direct tend to have limited headroom there. With playback volume normalization active it's likely to be about right though.
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The Sony looks quite good to me, by the way, but I can't find it as having any impedance below 6 ohms. Even if they could squeak out 4 ohms, though, the Reference 1 metas seem to have a minimum impedance of 3.2 ohms. The impedance reading on Kef's website and looking around the internet, it seems like that could be a pretty bad problem. In fact, it seems like most amps don't go down to 3.2 ohms.These are major manufacturers we are talking about, of course they'll have decent DC protection facilities.
Highly doubtful. I wouldn't overdo levels on the CD input, those units with CD-Direct tend to have limited headroom there. With playback volume normalization active it's likely to be about right though.
Note that DAC performance actually isn't that bad, it's just that the DAC does not get the benefit of gain redistribution and consequential reduced output noise level. Any source on another non-CD high-level input or disabling CD Direct would exhibit the same higher noise. Only the elevated distortion and H2 in particular actually goes back to the DAC, it's very typical for the PCM510x series (but audibly inconsequential at 90 dB down - you'll be lucky to hear anything at -90 dBFS in isolation, let alone with the signal present).
We have a review / thread on the D3045:
Fundamentally not a bad unit but it does seem to have its quirks, and it looks like it falls a bit short on 4 ohm power.NAD D3045 Review (Integrated Amplifier)
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