Aubergine
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First time user of a pre amp here with a couple questions mainly that i believe i can clip my pre amp i didn't even know this was possible
Aint a pre amp suppose to output a maximum of 2 volts if its unbalanced? So how can it clip then?
I would say i can use about 70 percent max of the pre amps volume control setting my speaker volume any lower and increasing the pre amp makes it distort
Right now my speaker volume control is at about 45 percent pre amp at about 70 percent this aint usual listening volume the pre amp is at about 50 percent at a normal listening volume so almost 50 50 on pre amp and speaker volume setting wise in everyday use
So is 50 percent of my pre amp about 2 volts worths of output then? considering the volume is similar at 50 percent to just plugging my dac straight into my speaker
At 70 percent which is max distortion wise on pre amp with 45 percent on speaker it is party level loud
When i plug my cables straight into the dac so the volume is a lot lower than what my pre amp outputs at max volume speaker volume has not changed on the speaker in fact the pre amp is so much louder i cant push it to the max if i dont want to cause ww3
I cant find any info in the manual about how " hot " the pre amp output is but i assume it is a lot more than just 2 volts is that normal? Is it better to have a hotter gain output to the speaker prior to the speaker amplification or is it better to have a higher amount of gain on the speaker amplification side and a lower input gain?
Aint a pre amp suppose to output a maximum of 2 volts if its unbalanced? So how can it clip then?
I would say i can use about 70 percent max of the pre amps volume control setting my speaker volume any lower and increasing the pre amp makes it distort
Right now my speaker volume control is at about 45 percent pre amp at about 70 percent this aint usual listening volume the pre amp is at about 50 percent at a normal listening volume so almost 50 50 on pre amp and speaker volume setting wise in everyday use
So is 50 percent of my pre amp about 2 volts worths of output then? considering the volume is similar at 50 percent to just plugging my dac straight into my speaker
At 70 percent which is max distortion wise on pre amp with 45 percent on speaker it is party level loud
When i plug my cables straight into the dac so the volume is a lot lower than what my pre amp outputs at max volume speaker volume has not changed on the speaker in fact the pre amp is so much louder i cant push it to the max if i dont want to cause ww3
I cant find any info in the manual about how " hot " the pre amp output is but i assume it is a lot more than just 2 volts is that normal? Is it better to have a hotter gain output to the speaker prior to the speaker amplification or is it better to have a higher amount of gain on the speaker amplification side and a lower input gain?
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