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In Reply to: RE: A question about system and stage gain balance. posted by dave slagle on October 14, 2016 at 13:35:07
"I'll side with tre' that having a preamp that puts out 20V and an amp that clips at 1V input simply means you must use at least 26dB of attenuation before you can even consider listening."
That was my original point. The question was about why even DIY types make amps that have 1V sensitivity and preamps that have overly large amounts of gain.
I try to take a more balanced approach.
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"The question was about why even DIY types make amps that have 1V sensitivity and preamps that have overly large amounts of gain. "
I have a theory about that.
I think, in some cases, the user likes the sound of distortion.
If you take away his ability to over drive the system he feels a loss of "dynamics".
Harmonic distortion is the addition of a series of high frequencies that weren't in the original input signal and if the HD goes up just at the peaks of the music (ie; the system enters over drive just on the peaks of the music) the music gets brighter and louder just on the peaks of the music and the user "hears" that as "dynamics".
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
It's just nice to have others affirm you're not delusional.
Audio is so subjective at the end that sometimes the measurements are secondary.
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