Richard Berg
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Without getting out my dB meter, I'd say -10 to 0 is 2.5X as loud, and 0 to +4 is less than half as much change.
Bought some Kali LP6 and they have terrible hiss. Can hear them over 4m away outside the room. That's unplugged. They're going straight back.
It's a shame because other than the hiss they sound great.
Doesn't this model have full range volume control with what you can turn down the output and also hiss?Bought some Kali LP6 and they have terrible hiss. Can hear them over 4m away outside the room. That's unplugged. They're going straight back.
It's a shame because other than the hiss they sound great.
Doesn't this model have full range volume control with what you can turn down the output and also hiss?
Doesn't this model have full range volume control with what you can turn down the output and also hiss?
HiFi gear is rated and tested for S/N and residual noise with the gain controls wide open. Standard procedure. If the hiss is unbearable, the gear is faulty (or poorly deigned/engineered).
No excuses for residual noise. None.
- My old K&H O300D and the Genelec 8020 are dead silent. Same should be true for Neumann. My wifes JBL LSR2325 suffer from ps induced 50Hz hum. Some cheap KRKs a colleague bought for his e-piano were also noisy.
- I don't know one.
Bought some Kali LP6 and they have terrible hiss. Can hear them over 4m away outside the room. That's unplugged. They're going straight back.
It's a shame because other than the hiss they sound great.
Anything based on class-D amplification will meet your demands.
I have Tannoys Gold 7, and I never heard any hiss, even with the gain through the roof.
I was complaining about hiss with 8030C even at 1m50. Recently I swapped RCA to XLR cables for XLR to XLR, and hiss decreased. It is now less audible from that distance. Source is a CD player connected to a Little Beat MC2 pre-amp. I don't know why it is better now. Perhaps the RCA cable was picking some interferences?My Genelec 8030Cs have a slight hiss. I can hear it if my ears are within about 3-4" of the tweeter. Same with or without cabling. Beyond that its inaudible to me. I also run then with the sensitivity to +6 which is the least gain/sensitive setting.
Not necessarily accurate! A lot of cheap Class D plate amps have pretty severe tweeter hiss (though whether that's down to the amplifier or shoddy D/A post-DSP I couldn't tell you). Think Kali, JBL 300 series, and Adam TV series (though the Adams and the Kali IN-5 are better about this!).Anything based on class-D amplification will meet your demands.
The JBL LSR series is based on class D amps and has hiss. So do earlier Kali models. Perhaps a Class D amp powering a class AB amp wouldn't hiss, like a BASH amp found in the Elac Navis.
My Genelec 8030Cs have a slight hiss. I can hear it if my ears are within about 3-4" of the tweeter. Same with or without cabling. Beyond that its inaudible to me. I also run then with the sensitivity to +6 which is the least gain/sensitive setting.