fyi, after much back and forth and many many opinions, it turns out the trends t-amp was faulty, though the exact problem remains indeterminate. audiomagus went above and beyond to try and determine the problem, even though they could not reproduce it on their bench. so they just sent me a a new one, even though i've had it well past the warranty period. anyway, this one works exactly as it should: it plays much louder with the volume knob going up well past 12:00 rather than the 9:00 on the old one. it really sounds very very good for the money. i KNEW those speakers would play much louder and i KNEW the amp must be faulty...oh ye of little faith ;) most of all, audiomagus really worked with me in real time over the computer to put in some quality time. i was very surprised considering what a modest purchase it was. well worth the effort from both a product and customer service standpoint. i hope they continue to prosper and encourage everyone to check out their small selection of gear...it is unusual stuff but this amp is exactly what i needed. thanks for everyone's help.
15 watts & 94 db eff. speakers: how loud?
With a Trends 15 watt t-amp and small tekton design speakers, with 6 inch fostex 167es, rated @ about 94db, i can get about 93-4 db sustained average (@ 1 meter per speaker) with peaks around 96-7. It sounds perfectly good, nice and clean, no treble break up, nothing different than @lower volumes, only louder.
BUT, at ANY higher volume the amp starts to clip. One hears of many such rigs with even lower wattage 300Bs and such, which is why i wanted the efficiency of the speaker (as well as its single driver design). I've never really used a solid state, much less digital amp before. I'm wondering, is this the nature of hard clipping in digital amps, to begin before there is any real noticeable distortion or is something wrong with the amp? Is this generally how solid state clips? How loud should speakers of this efficiency go with this many t-watts? Finally, how many watts do I need to have some more head room (let's face it, I'm only comfortable with my rig when I know I can accidentally destroy the speakers late one night) : )
Thanks in advance!
BUT, at ANY higher volume the amp starts to clip. One hears of many such rigs with even lower wattage 300Bs and such, which is why i wanted the efficiency of the speaker (as well as its single driver design). I've never really used a solid state, much less digital amp before. I'm wondering, is this the nature of hard clipping in digital amps, to begin before there is any real noticeable distortion or is something wrong with the amp? Is this generally how solid state clips? How loud should speakers of this efficiency go with this many t-watts? Finally, how many watts do I need to have some more head room (let's face it, I'm only comfortable with my rig when I know I can accidentally destroy the speakers late one night) : )
Thanks in advance!
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