gasolin
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I have the yamaha A-S301 amp and it sounds sokay with my Mission LX 3 MK II but it gets brighter not just loud when i turn the volume to above loud and lacking bass (took me more than 30 days top realize that).
Tried for fun my nad C 717 wooow theres the bass, than a nad 3020 i and later a nad 304, unfortunally both has hum from the transformer
My yamaha is for sale as well as the nad amps
So what am i using now, im using my nad c 717(have had it for many years), it's has good bass, don't get bright when i turn the volume up, no hum, radio and a dvd/cd player,only one input for a different source but i have a source selector of good quality and an external phonostage, the dvd/cd drive is a little slow when i want to open/close it but works normal when it's playing without to much noise, vevenb when it's rated at 20/30 watt in 6 ohm (class d) it's pretty okay loud
Can you have not enought power ? Yes
Can you have to much power within a reasonable limit, let's say 2x100 watt in 8 ohm for my speakers ? NO you just don't have to use all of it's power to play loud and when you do theres more than enough
While using my nad dvd system i looked at mini all in one systems, just to get an idea of what there is i 2022 besides the highly regarded Denon RCD-M41 (when is Denon gonna relase a new Denon RCD M41 ?).
There isn't much unless you want to spend more than twice the price of the Denon RCD-M41 or more.
What concerns me is most mini amps has something like 20 watt at 1khz with 10% thd in 6 ohm, even 30 watt in 6 ohm is pretty high for a low budget all in one hifi system
Why doesn't low budget all in one hifi systems have more than more power than 20-30 watt in 6 ohm at 1 khz and 10 % thd, you can get 2x800 watt rated pa amps for under 300 euros, with low sensitivity spakers like the Dali spektor 1 (rated at 83 db) you won't be able to play louder than background music in a big room with that kind of power if you want the dynamic peaks to be 100% clean.
Second question, i thought playing loud nearfield and at high levels the highs getting to much in your face, bright instead of loud, was do to the speakers, that it's nearfield and it's loud, wrong, most amdp do that but not alot of nad amps, they just gets loud and at the same time can play bass, not this think bass that needs some oomph,kick
Tried for fun my nad C 717 wooow theres the bass, than a nad 3020 i and later a nad 304, unfortunally both has hum from the transformer
My yamaha is for sale as well as the nad amps
So what am i using now, im using my nad c 717(have had it for many years), it's has good bass, don't get bright when i turn the volume up, no hum, radio and a dvd/cd player,only one input for a different source but i have a source selector of good quality and an external phonostage, the dvd/cd drive is a little slow when i want to open/close it but works normal when it's playing without to much noise, vevenb when it's rated at 20/30 watt in 6 ohm (class d) it's pretty okay loud
Can you have not enought power ? Yes
Can you have to much power within a reasonable limit, let's say 2x100 watt in 8 ohm for my speakers ? NO you just don't have to use all of it's power to play loud and when you do theres more than enough
While using my nad dvd system i looked at mini all in one systems, just to get an idea of what there is i 2022 besides the highly regarded Denon RCD-M41 (when is Denon gonna relase a new Denon RCD M41 ?).
There isn't much unless you want to spend more than twice the price of the Denon RCD-M41 or more.
What concerns me is most mini amps has something like 20 watt at 1khz with 10% thd in 6 ohm, even 30 watt in 6 ohm is pretty high for a low budget all in one hifi system
Why doesn't low budget all in one hifi systems have more than more power than 20-30 watt in 6 ohm at 1 khz and 10 % thd, you can get 2x800 watt rated pa amps for under 300 euros, with low sensitivity spakers like the Dali spektor 1 (rated at 83 db) you won't be able to play louder than background music in a big room with that kind of power if you want the dynamic peaks to be 100% clean.
Second question, i thought playing loud nearfield and at high levels the highs getting to much in your face, bright instead of loud, was do to the speakers, that it's nearfield and it's loud, wrong, most amdp do that but not alot of nad amps, they just gets loud and at the same time can play bass, not this think bass that needs some oomph,kick
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