In Reply to: Audio Note vs. Bottlehead vs. what? posted by PranaBindu on January 26, 2015 at 14:53:51:
Pairing a sensitive pair of speakers with a very sensitive, high power amplifier is a compromised decision before any preamp is added. 0.68V for 60 Watts is hyper sensitive when you have speakers that might play well on a couple of Watts, but would work well on some 87dB sensitive monitors.
If one reasons that you are in the ~10W neighborhood for how much power you're using, you'd need 0.3V out of your preamp. With a 2V source, your maximum volume setting would be at -12dB for 10W out of your amp. If you have a preamp with dB of gain from the circuit, now your down at -24dB on the control for a reasonable listening level.
12dB attenuators are $25, and are going to be a very good idea regardless of your preamp choice.
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- RE: Audio Note vs. Bottlehead vs. what? - Caucasian Blackplate 18:38:32 01/26/15 (1)
- RE: Audio Note vs. Bottlehead vs. what? - PranaBindu 22:20:25 01/26/15 (0)