I just googled the Hegel & those Kef speakers and wow. If you can go by MSRP, that should be some pretty good stuff.
How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers?
I have a Hegel H390 driving KEF Reference 5 speakers and when I play something loud, the upper midrange ( saxophone, electric guitar, piano ) start sounding sharp and annoying. The amp is 250 x 2 into 8 ohms, stable down to 2 ohms and the speakers are 90 dbs, 8 ohm, ( min 3.2 ) 50-400 watts. I’m pretty sure it’s not room acoustics, but.
Thanks.
JD
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@curiousjim I think that is a serious possibility. Some nights, nothing I listen to sounds what I would describe as great, and I attribute it to my mood fluctuations or maybe how tired I am. Also, noting that you typed that the time of day affects what you hear, maybe it is the power coming into your house? Although I would actually think the power should be "cleaner" in the evening. Are you running any dedicated lines for your system?
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"The amp is 250 x 2 into 8 ohms," and the speakers are rated at 90? I wouldn't think it would be the amp running out of power. I would think the speakers are just trying to work to hard. But I also think that the room acoustics suggestion has merit. Back in the late '90s & early '00s, I was in the mode to be pretty much be playing my stuff to loud all the time (& the stuff I was using wasn't cheap stuff, either). I would be jamming out to ear bleed levels in the living room & thinking that I was at the cusp of clipping, but when I'd go out on the back porch to barbecue or whatever, everything sounded sweet & clear with no distortion. |