Hi guys I hooked up my BR2's and beresford to a Roksan Kandy 2 and was very surprised to hear that my NAD C352 sounds much louder on a 10 oclock settings. In fact I had to move the volume up to 12 oclock on the Kandy K2 to get it around the same volume level. Now that in itself isn't a problem, but am just wondering does the sensitivty of any given amp differ a lot? and also how much loud could i be safe in turning up the Kandy K2 before it put the speakers in danger?
Is there a big difference in sensitivty of amps?
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I don't fully understand your question, but the difference if I understand you correctly is due to the output voltage of the DAC over the CD player hence you'd need more volume on the amp.
The source for both the NAD C352 and Roksan Kandy K2 was the dac, I noticed that the sound was outputted much louder on the NAD rhan ir was on rhw Roksan. I had to turn the volume control half way on the Kandy to get the same volume as the NAD, when the NAD was set on around 10 oclock on the volume control;.Therefore on the Kandy K2, would it be safe to turn the volume control anymore than half way, for the sake of the speakers that is.
cheyworth
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Hmm... the K2 delivers 125 watts, and as such is hardly lacking in the power stakes. Have you by any chance inadvertantly activated the mute function, which knocks 20db off the output?
Isn't the NAD volume pot just giving more gain in the early stages of rotation than the Roksan pot? Different pots are wired to give different gain levels at the same degree of rotation. You might find that at full volume one amp gives more gain than the other too, but this should be academic. At that volume all but the lowest source signals would be frying your amp, speakers or ears.
Don't worry how far round the pot is, so long as you can achieve sufficient maximum volume and it's sensitive enough at lower volumes to make fine level adjustments. You'll know you're going too far with the volume because the sound should 'harden' and become less dynamic and the neighbours start banging on the wall.
Don't worry how far round the pot is, so long as you can achieve sufficient maximum volume and it's sensitive enough at lower volumes to make fine level adjustments. You'll know you're going too far with the volume because the sound should 'harden' and become less dynamic and the neighbours start banging on the wall.
Feed a Kandy a line level input and turn the volume to 12 o'clock, as the OP is suggesting, and your first thought will certainly not be "Gosh, it's a bit quiet".
Hi thanks for the tip, it looks like the mute was on though as the mode light would display itself as amber if it was (just checked the manual) i guess it's as a poster described, a lower sensitivity at smaller turns on the volume control.
matthewpiano
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Up the music is entirely correct. This is a gain issue, and one which I experienced with an Arcam A70 and a Cambridge Audio 740A. It should, in theory, give you the ability to adjust volume levels more finely in the first half turn of the volume control and so make it easier to find a comfortable level. It irritates me slightly to be honest.
tractorboy:Feed a Kandy a line level input and turn the volume to 12 o'clock, as the OP is suggesting, and your first thought will certainly not be "Gosh, it's a bit quiet".
What do you mean by this?
What do you mean by this?
I mean if you're having to turn it to 12 o'clock to get a reasonable amount of volume from it, then something would appear to be wrong.
It's not as if it comes out quietly before that point, it's just not as sensitive as the NAD is to smaller turns on the volume control. I have seen the same thing mentioned about the higher end azurs to, it's not problematic as other posters have mentioned, i can turn up the volume more as long as the speakers aren't beginning to struggle.
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