Wharfedale Jade 5 and Wiim

[ENG]

I have a pair of Wharfedale Jade 5 floorstanders which were feed from Wiim Pro til Topping D30Pro to NAD C298 via XLR. The SPL was not satisfactory. Then I bought a NAD M22V2 with 2 x 300W (8 Ohm). Still the SPL was not satisfactory. From another room I had Wiim Pro Plus and this was connected to the M22 via RCA. Now the SPL was overwhelming!? Why? Can anybody explain!

 

[staticV3]

Get a basic multimeter and you can diagnose and troubleshoot these issues yourself, in-situ.

Infinitely better than sending us on a wild goose chase with no clear leads.

 

[MaxwellsEq]

I have a pair of Wharfedale Jade 5 floorstanders which were feed from Wiim Pro til Topping D30Pro to NAD C298 via XLR. The SPL was not satisfactory. Then I bought a NAD M22V2 with 2 x 300W (8 Ohm). Still the SPL was not satisfactory. From another room I had Wiim Pro Plus and this was connected to the M22 via RCA. Now the SPL was overwhelming!? Why? Can anybody explain!

Search ASR for discussions on gain. When things are too quiet, you either inefficient or very difficult to drive speakers (not a massively common problem), insufficient power (but 300W is normally more than adequate) or insufficient end-to-end gain (quite common). If you are implementing EQ you may need a lot more power than you expect.

As @staticV3 says. Rather than speculate, use an AC voltmeter and test signals. If your voltmeter can't handle high frequencies, test with 50 or 60Hz signals. If it can handle higher frequencies test with 400Hz. Remember to start with low level signals first.

 

[ENG]

Search ASR for discussions on gain. When things are too quiet, you either inefficient or very difficult to drive speakers (not a massively common problem), insufficient power (but 300W is normally more than adequate) or insufficient end-to-end gain (quite common). If you are implementing EQ you may need a lot more power than you expect.

As @staticV3 says. Rather than speculate, use an AC voltmeter and test signals. If your voltmeter can't handle high frequencies, test with 50 or 60Hz signals. If it can handle higher frequencies test with 400Hz. Remember to start with low level signals first.

Thank you both, I will try to read more about gain, as I quite apparantly don't understand much.

 

[Beave]

Try swapping the sources, then also try each source with XLR vs RCA cables. Find out where the low level is coming from.