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11-Feb-2015, 05:06
(This post was last modified: 11-Feb-2015, 05:50 by Dr Tone.)
I've read a couple people comment on loss of detail at lower volumes. One fellow forum member mentioned lowering the output power as a solution to the problem.
I've lowered mine to 150 watts and I find I still has enough power to make my neighbours ears bleed.
Less output power requires more preamp volume or less digital attenuation in our case. The result = more detail to the power amps or at least that's my theory. Why else would Devialet give the option for adjustable output power?
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From my experimenting, adjusting the maximum output power required me to recalibrate my speaker levels from my multi-channel receiver that is feeding the devialet in bypass mode. That tells me it does exactly what it says, not just adjusting the maximum preamp volume.
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I think the members with 400s and 800s and gobs of spare power should give it a try, I'd love to hear your opinion.
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11-Feb-2015, 07:35
(This post was last modified: 11-Feb-2015, 07:35 by mirekti.)
I wonder if it's safe to reduce the output power at all. We all know the easiest way to burn a speaker is when the amp is not powerful enough, reaches it's limit and a burst of current does it's job.
Is this valid here as well? Let's say one puts the minimum in the configurator and runs the speakers at volume set to 100%.
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I've tried this quite extensively in the past and also quite recently. It didn't really solve the low volume problem for me, or it didn't seem to anyway. I've tried various output powers on my D200 from about 100W up. I find with lower power it still sounded pretty good with rock/folk/etc. music but classical really sufferered.
My recent test where I just tried it at 150W didn't last very long as I really didn't enjoy it! I might give this another go and try some different power limits again.
My listening room is small and I do find there seems to be a threshold power over which it really starts to sing, and that threshold is unfortunately just a tiny bit louder than I'm comfortable with for normal listening.