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j_0_e
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Posted: 30 May 2007 at 3:38pm |
ive been looking at amps today, just wondering why some of the amps dont actually have any volume controls on them and how do you adjust the volume exactly???
hmmmm
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josh
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for example?
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j_0_e
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umm ecler pam 1360 'switching power amp'
and ive seen an amcron to but not sure what model...
they dont have any controls appart from and on/off button on the front...
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toastyghost
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Dials on amps aren't volume controls mate. Some amps have the dials on the back though.
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robertnisbet
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The 'volume control' you are referring to on amps is actually an input attenuator. As you may realise from this name, this attenuates the signal getting to the amplifier section, and comes BEFORE the amplifier. The amplifier itself always amplifys by the same amount, and to change the output level you hear you alter the input signal. As toastyghost says though, some amps may appear not to have level controls as they are placed on the rear. The Crown/Amcron amps you're probably thinking of are the MicroTech range.
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mykey
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mine go upto 11
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ceharden
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Mine go to 34!
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Disco Stu
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Yes there is a lot of confusion when it comes to how amp volume controls are labelled
Some like my old QSC RMX range give you the voltage dB gain in increments which might be the method that ceharden has in his amps. So these appear to work like a gain knob on a mixer
The new QSC PLX2 range that I have have 0dB as the maximum point and then negative figures below that.
Think of the idea that the power amp is full on all the time and that the volume knob just lets a certain amount of the signal through - more like a fader on a mixer.
Stu
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@Chris: does that mean mine go to 34 also? I haven't looked...
@DiscoStu: much better way of describing it, far less cumbersome than my explanation! Nice one Edited by robertnisbet - 31 May 2007 at 4:50pm |
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j_0_e
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gr8 explanation, thanks stu! |
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Dom
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But what do you do when your on 34 and you need that extra push over the cliff?
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"It sounded like a million fire engines chasing ten million ambulances through a war zone and it was played at a volume that made the empty chair beside me bleed."
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Switch on the Aural Exciter!!!!!!! and stand back.
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