05-Nov-2015, 17:51
(This post was last modified: 05-Nov-2015, 17:54 by GuillaumeB.)
A couple of questions Stigmater -
1) Have you checked in the configurator that your amps are outputting 800W per channel? Might seem like a silly question but I actually made that mistake myself, for some reason the system had defaulted to 240W (at the time I had the 500). I also had my amps running in mono mode at one point... but that's a different story!
Anyway the point is it's a good idea to double check all your settings in the Configurator.
2) How are you feeding the master - via the Linn Akurate? If so is this a digital out or a RCA connection (i.e. analogue). If digital make sure you choose digital output mode 88/96kHz - you can do this through Linn's Konfig programme.
Also you mention that your speakers are hard to drive but according to the specs I found they seem pretty sensitive (90dB) and drop to 3 ohms minimum, so that shouldn't present too tough a load. Having said that I would expect a considerable improvement in SQ going from 250 to 800.
Guillaume
1) Have you checked in the configurator that your amps are outputting 800W per channel? Might seem like a silly question but I actually made that mistake myself, for some reason the system had defaulted to 240W (at the time I had the 500). I also had my amps running in mono mode at one point... but that's a different story!
Anyway the point is it's a good idea to double check all your settings in the Configurator.2) How are you feeding the master - via the Linn Akurate? If so is this a digital out or a RCA connection (i.e. analogue). If digital make sure you choose digital output mode 88/96kHz - you can do this through Linn's Konfig programme.
Also you mention that your speakers are hard to drive but according to the specs I found they seem pretty sensitive (90dB) and drop to 3 ohms minimum, so that shouldn't present too tough a load. Having said that I would expect a considerable improvement in SQ going from 250 to 800.
Guillaume
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