05-Apr-2016, 19:18
I'm not sure it is a 'problem', but a function of the remote needing to broadcast an RF signal to the amplifier. Lifting the remote so that the plastic bottom is vertical, facing the amp helps, and that is because the plastic is more transparent than the spiffy metal casing. My remote has the same behaviour and it is not a big deal; it's just the way it works.
If I go to my kitchen which is separated by a wood stud and drywall wall, the remote works well, unless I stand in the kitchen such that the refrigerator is between the remote and the amplifier. Then the refrigerator interferes with the remote's signal. Again, not a flaw in the remote, but just a factor of the radio frequency operation of the remote and the signal strength to the amplifier.
Even with these characteristics, I think it is a huge improvement over a conventional IR remote, which is line-of-sight only.
If I go to my kitchen which is separated by a wood stud and drywall wall, the remote works well, unless I stand in the kitchen such that the refrigerator is between the remote and the amplifier. Then the refrigerator interferes with the remote's signal. Again, not a flaw in the remote, but just a factor of the radio frequency operation of the remote and the signal strength to the amplifier.
Even with these characteristics, I think it is a huge improvement over a conventional IR remote, which is line-of-sight only.
Damon
Powernode, NAD M32, Cambridge CD transport, Analysis Plus, Nordost, iFi Nova, CSS Criton 1TDX, KEF C62
Vancouver, Canada
