Recent content by ciaranb

If I run it up to 80-90 on the RA12 listening to rock music is this OK or should I be looking at a bigger amp? At what level does the RA12 produce unwanted distortion?

With the A19 I am about 45 and the RA12 about 60 to reach the same volume though this is rough as they are in different shops,speakers...

Just had a listen to the Arcam FMJ A19 today and it had a linear volume increase much easier to use I think.

I tested both the ra-630 and the ra-1570 with exponential volume it is hard to see the volume difference as both need to be at about 50 before you really hear anything. If I am running it at 85 would you be concerned that I would be pushing the amp too hard? I have B&W 602 s2 speakers.

I took it back to the shop with my RA917 tested it in store found the new rotels use a exponential volume where as my RA917 is mechanical and linear. My question now is how high would you turn up the amp before you are going to get distortion?

I bought a Rotel RA-630 that looks just like the RA-12 but only has 1 set of speaker outputs it says it is 60 watts just pluged it in to replace my Rotel RA971 also 60 watts. Turning up the volume the new amp is only half as powerful :( why?