I agree that amplifiers have different sound signatures, although a fundamental premise of empiricists here on ASR is that amps don’t have a sound as such and that two amps that measure the same should sound the same. But they don’t.The Naim is known for adding punch to the music presentation. It's a trademark sound for Naim. Music can sound more exciting. Naim is a quality amp that does the job. It can hold it's own with amps rated as having 2-3x more watts.
I agree that amplifiers have different sound signatures, although a fundamental premise of empiricists here on ASR is that amps don’t have a sound as such and that two amps that measure the same should sound the same. But they don’t.
I agree that amplifiers have different sound signatures, although a fundamental premise of empiricists here on ASR is that amps don’t have a sound as such and that two amps that measure the same should sound the same. But they don’t.
But I bet the Naim doesn’t measure well. What is it about amplifiers that we don’t seem to be able to measure?
Yup, idiosyncratic is definitely Naim, but they sound great for some reason (which should be identifiable in terms of amp design and must be capable of measurement). It doesn’t seem to be wattage, sinad or frequency response, and I have no understanding of current as a measure of amplifier output, but the quality that Naim amps have is the ability to drive speaker response to transients (bass in particular) and reproduce clear upper frequencies without them being harsh or tiring. It must be measurable, because it’s so identifiable when you listen to their amps.
Maybe the best people to explain it would be the Naim engineers, but then maybe that would be like top chefs giving up their secret recipe?
Do the Denon AVR 3x00 range (and in fact any of the (1) recent Denon AVRs have headphone amplification?
If they have the feature-
- (2) Is there any idea on the relative quality of the output?
- (3) Is there any idea on the relative power of the output? (4)1w at 32ohm would be amazing (probably dreaming here)
(1) Headphone jack output, X3700H adds support for output to headphones over Bluetooth.
(2) Yes
(3) Yes
(4) The headphone output is taken from the L/R amplified speaker outputs through 470 ohm resistors in each case. Driving a nominal 32 ohm or less load, if that load has a varying impedance, would lead to uneven frequency response.
The maximum voltage output from an amplifier channel is somewhat over 30V RMS. The 470 ohm output resistance forms a voltage divider with a 32 ohm impedance. You can determine the maximum output voltage into the headphones and thus power from these values. Outputs into other impedances can also be calculated.
Hello everybody
A little question : I ordered the 3700h to substitute my Yamaha 1060. In the same time I'm using a primare i25 for stereo.what is the best way :
1.using a switch between AV receiver and stereo
2.connect my stereo amplifier with front pre out of the Denon
Thanks for all
Can the X3700H play mch DSD without a conversion to PCM? Either over HDMI or via USB would work for me as I have an Oppo 105 that I've ripped my SACD's to DSF's. If it can do this, do you need to select a mode like "Pure Direct" or "Pure DSD"? Is a stereo mixdown of all channels +LFE still available on the stereo Zone preouts at the same time? I would be feeding a minidsp with 2 inputs to handle a multisub array ala Geddes. That is mains/center/surrounds run full range (and no processing applied if possible) while the subs have EQ and LPF's applied individually.
I'd have a similar question related to the analog stereo inputs. Can ADC be avoided but still have the same stereo preouts available for use to feed miniDSP?
Dan
Hello everybody
A little question : I ordered the 3700h to substitute my Yamaha 1060. In the same time I'm using a primare i25 for stereo.what is the best way :
1.using a switch between AV receiver and stereo
2.connect my stereo amplifier with front pre out of the Denon
Thanks for all