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Re: Chip Amp Voicing Is Definitely Dominated By POLLYinFLA's Disastrous Decision!

Hi Tubeguy

Keep in mind that the B-word is defiantly at the low end in Pro-sound.
A great buy for the money but…like a really cheap guitar, it may not be the best player.
At the other end, look at a Lake Contour, ouch.

Also a less obvious problem with pro gear in the home is the difference in “standard” levels. It is easy to attenuate the output back to “hifi” but to retain the proper gain structure / headroom, should amplify the hifi input up to pro level. If I recall, the difference in level is 14 dB, with Pro gear full signal or 0 dB being +14 dB over hifi 0dB.
When your hifi thing reaches max signal, it is still at least –14 dB from full on the pro gear its driving.
An issue with multiple stages of gear is noise, ideally, as the level reaches amp clipping, that all the other stages are say –2 dB from clipping also.
This puts the noise floor of each section as far below 0dB as practical while maximizing the systems dynamic range.
Pro sound uses higher signal levels (and often balanced signal cables) to reduce noise pickup.
How are those speakers coming?
Hey, are you near Orlando?

Best,

Tom Danley

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