Hello there,
I'm trying to figure out how much wattage my speakers are actually receiving at full output from my Bryston through the Lynx Aurora (n)?
Speakers: Amphion One 18s
DAC: Lynx Aurora (n) at +20 dBu
AMP: Bryston 3B-ST Pro with trim fully counterclockwise
So the speakers apparently have a sensitivity of 85 dB @ 2.83V/1m
My DAC (Lynx Aurora n) is set to +20 dBu.
The Bryston 3B-ST runs XLR in balanced mode, which according to the manual has a gain of +23 dB (I'm not really able to make sense of the 23) with the front input trim fully CCW at -13 dB which is then obviously 4.5 times less energy, 1 volt equalling 6.3 volts to 5 watts and 8 ohms vs fully CW, 1 volts input equal to 28.3 output voltage, corresponding to 100 watts at 8 ohms. Don't understand though where the 5 watts are coming from 100 down.
Do the 28.3 volts output actually mean my converters output voltage peak to peak, which actually is 21.01 volts peak to peak in my case at 20 dBu or 22.2 dBu, which equals 28.3 volts?
I want to know, in case I set the output volume in the Aurora in the Mixer to 0 dBfs, which is a full output of +20 dBu, and the Brystons front panel trim pots completely counter click-wise (-13 dB), with which wattage I would hit the speakers at full power and whether it'd be safe given it's input sensitivity.
I already leave some headroom by turning the trim poti down (input to the amp resistor level trim) so they amp wouldn't distort but I have no clue how much +20 dBu for the Bryston is, whether it is in safe level and and I'm not already clipping with 20 dBu full output and how that translates to wattage given the speakers sensitivity and then what the actual wattage to the speakers is.
I used to be better at this but need some help to refresh my memories.
I've added all the spec docs to this post.
The reason why I wanna know this is because working with digital output control is funky and sometimes you end up going full volume out of the converter accidentally, which then has to be for me a safe error zone the speakers can take.
Thanks in advance guys.
I'm trying to figure out how much wattage my speakers are actually receiving at full output from my Bryston through the Lynx Aurora (n)?
Speakers: Amphion One 18s
DAC: Lynx Aurora (n) at +20 dBu
AMP: Bryston 3B-ST Pro with trim fully counterclockwise
So the speakers apparently have a sensitivity of 85 dB @ 2.83V/1m
My DAC (Lynx Aurora n) is set to +20 dBu.
The Bryston 3B-ST runs XLR in balanced mode, which according to the manual has a gain of +23 dB (I'm not really able to make sense of the 23) with the front input trim fully CCW at -13 dB which is then obviously 4.5 times less energy, 1 volt equalling 6.3 volts to 5 watts and 8 ohms vs fully CW, 1 volts input equal to 28.3 output voltage, corresponding to 100 watts at 8 ohms. Don't understand though where the 5 watts are coming from 100 down.
Do the 28.3 volts output actually mean my converters output voltage peak to peak, which actually is 21.01 volts peak to peak in my case at 20 dBu or 22.2 dBu, which equals 28.3 volts?
I want to know, in case I set the output volume in the Aurora in the Mixer to 0 dBfs, which is a full output of +20 dBu, and the Brystons front panel trim pots completely counter click-wise (-13 dB), with which wattage I would hit the speakers at full power and whether it'd be safe given it's input sensitivity.
I already leave some headroom by turning the trim poti down (input to the amp resistor level trim) so they amp wouldn't distort but I have no clue how much +20 dBu for the Bryston is, whether it is in safe level and and I'm not already clipping with 20 dBu full output and how that translates to wattage given the speakers sensitivity and then what the actual wattage to the speakers is.
I used to be better at this but need some help to refresh my memories.
I've added all the spec docs to this post.
The reason why I wanna know this is because working with digital output control is funky and sometimes you end up going full volume out of the converter accidentally, which then has to be for me a safe error zone the speakers can take.
Thanks in advance guys.