In Reply to: He said he tried it with a passive pre and had the same problem posted by keith_d on January 6, 2009 at 08:26:37:
I agree with you that we don't have enough pieces to the puzzle (for me) to figure out what the problem is.
However, the issue I was attempting to address had really nothing to do with whether the line stage (or pre amp) was passive or active. Passive or active is incidental in this case. I was focusing only on the volume control mechanism. A line stage, whether passive or active, can have a volume control with limited range or flexibility and *could*, with highly sensitive speakers, contribute to a situation where there is too much volume too quickly.
Again I agree we need more information to figure out what's wrong here.
Robert C. Lang
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Follow Ups
- Volume Control - Robert C. Lang 10:06:43 01/06/09 (20)
- No, 24 tube watts into 91 db (or more) speakers in a mid sized room - keith_d 16:21:28 01/06/09 (19)
- You are confusing watts with votage gain..... - Ozzy 02:07:07 01/07/09 (12)
- Oh hello, but the poster said he tried the setup with a passive pre amp - keith_d 22:59:38 01/07/09 (11)
- I believe Ozzy gave good advice - Robert C. Lang 13:36:19 01/08/09 (10)
- No, the poster - whose premise made little sense - tried a passive - keith_d 14:49:47 01/08/09 (9)
- Not all passives are created equally..But skip to last paragraph for my main point - Robert C. Lang 16:53:30 01/08/09 (8)
- Right, some passive preamps have too much gain - keith_d 22:34:52 01/08/09 (7)
- OK. I'll make an honest attempt at a summary - Robert C. Lang 02:11:04 01/09/09 (6)
- Oh, sure - keith_d 12:10:51 01/09/09 (1)
- 8 for 8;...... Everyone of your 8 posts have been of willful negativity - Robert C. Lang 02:03:42 01/11/09 (0)
- RE: OK. I'll make an honest attempt at a summary - pretzel_logic 07:09:05 01/09/09 (3)
- RE: OK. I'll make an honest attempt at a summary - Robert C. Lang 21:42:17 01/09/09 (2)
- Decided on Proac - pretzel_logic 05:34:21 01/10/09 (1)
- RE: Decided on Proac - Robert C. Lang 16:12:56 01/10/09 (0)
- RE: No, 24 tube watts into 91 db (or more) speakers in a mid sized room - pretzel_logic 17:03:26 01/06/09 (5)
- RE: No, 24 tube watts into 91 db (or more) speakers in a mid sized room - keith_d 17:35:44 01/06/09 (4)
- RE: No, 24 tube watts into 91 db (or more) speakers in a mid sized room - pretzel_logic 17:54:46 01/06/09 (3)
- The problem you express is not uncommon...... - Robert C. Lang 02:00:38 01/07/09 (2)
- RE: The problem you express is not uncommon...... - Ozzy 02:16:03 01/07/09 (1)
- Ah, Yes - Robert C. Lang 02:34:26 01/07/09 (0)