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In Reply to: RE: REVIEW: McIntosh MA6600 Integrated Amplifier (SS) posted by orwell on February 2, 2013 at 09:25:24:
"I will in the very near future visit my other buddy with the same amp and speakers to crank his system and see how the meters respond, if it is truely the same as what I am seeing. If his gear responds exactly the same way, then it ain't the speakers then."For this to be true Orwell his and your source components need to be outputting the exact same voltage to the MA6600. ..And it's quite possible, maybe even LIKELY, that they are not; indeed, there is great variability among CD players, music servers, DVD players, etc.. with respect to output voltage. This is precisely why the MA6600 allows the user to increase/decrease input trims - so that you can avoid huge volume swings when changing sources and leaving the volume control at the same position. Until I adjusted mine, for any given volume setting my Cable box was way louder than my music server. ..Have you checked these settings? ..It may be that you have the settings adjusted all the way down for your source. ..The effect would be precisely what you're describing - you'd have to the volume control to higher than expected setting to get a given level of output.
Also.. don't discount the importance of room acoustics. ..If your friends room is smaller and/or more lively, his MA6600/3.6 setup will sound much louder at a given setting.
And your dealer is wrong about the meters. ..While certainly not a necessity, they are indeed accurate and, for those whose speakers maximum input wattage are at or near the upper limits of the amp, they can be quite helpful in avoiding over-driving the speakers.
Edits: 02/03/13 02/03/13
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Follow Ups
- don't forget about source output voltage and input trims on MA6600 - hifi heretic 10:25:04 02/03/13 (3)
- RE: don't forget about source output voltage and input trims on MA6600 - orwell 18:27:22 02/03/13 (2)
- RE: don't forget about source output voltage and input trims on MA6600 - hifi heretic 04:50:55 02/04/13 (1)
- RE: don't forget about source output voltage and input trims on MA6600 - orwell 11:19:24 02/04/13 (0)
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