31-May-2015, 21:29
(This post was last modified: 31-May-2015, 21:45 by Rufus McDufus.)
(31-May-2015, 19:45)Rufus McDufus Wrote:(31-May-2015, 19:35)Vivialet Wrote: if you have problems with the temperature because you either always hear very loud or you have very inefficient speakers so that you always need to go to -10 or even higher try this: in the speaker configuration there is a slider to set the relative level. Increase the level to +10 and instead of -10db you can now listen with -20 db. As the volume increase happens in the digital domain the temperatures should be significiant lower.
I've often wondered what the effect of setting the relative levels of both speakers to something other than zero... I might give this a try!
Just given this a go. Set both speaker relative levels to +15 (well, you've got to set it to the max to figure what it does!). Nice low dB level for the volume setting but music is distorted at normal listening volumes. Clipping somewhere perhaps?
OK then, let's go the other way - set relative levels to -15. Volume needs setting much higher as expected, but hmm, it's sounding rather good. I might play this for a while and see what the temperature is doing. I'm worried I'll confused its little brain and fry something - possibly messing with the temperature regulation algorithms? This may be driving the power amp a little harder which might improve lower volume performace?
[edit] as expected temperatures climbed rather high with relative level set to -15.
You may note, Vivialet, that I didn't try a relative level of +10dB exactly as you said as I'm incapable of following instructions to the letter! I guess there's less distortion at +10, or it's below some sort of digital clipping level?