Please check sensitivity and total gain of both pre and power
High sensitivity speakers?
Volume Control Too Sensitive
My latest issue:
As some of you may be aware I have a Bryston BP-26 preamp connected to a pair of Classe CAM-200 monoblock amps.
My issue is that I have very little range on my volume knob. If looked at as a clockface, I can only go from 6 to 7 using XLR cables, and 6 to 8 using RCA cables.
Not only is this lack of range annoying using the remote control, but I question if the sound is compromised by the fact that I’m just using such a small portion of the volume knob.
Any thoughts on this?
My McIntosh mx110z tube tuner/preamp output is only 3 volts. With high efficiency horns, I am using 12 o'clock on the preamp, and typically 12 o'clock on the 45wpc cayin amp. then up/dn on the cayin via remote. I cannot believe 15-30v is normal. I agree 15 volts is a LOT for a preamp. In the old days amps expected a 1 volt input. Preamps were added to boost small signals up to 1 volt for the existing amps. |
@elliottbnewcombjr , please read carefully, i wrote max. that comes from product specification not made it up. Rated output is 1v single ended and 2v in balanced mode. Comparing apples to apples. |