WE ARE ABSOLUTELY 100% AGAINST THESE LOW IMPEDANCE
LOADS
. There is no reason to run a “daily driver” or SQ system into
these loads. The aim is quality after all and not sound pressure. The
ego trip of boasting that you have “x mega watts” in the car is just that,
an ego trip and serves no other purpose besides boosting the ego of
the owner.
We believe that the person who chooses to own one of our amplifiers
has one interest only and that is sound quality. The flexibility, weight,
size and cosmetics are to a small degree secondary concerns.
Clip LEDs are there for a reason, when they light DO NOT TURN THE VOLUME HIGHER!
Clipping is the arch enemy of loudspeakers and amplifiers. Sure the occasional clipped
waveform is fine but when the music becomes square waves that is when all the trouble
begins.
Let’s get back to the balance control. Here is some technical information for those of you
who wish to get the best out of
. When a pair of channels of an amplifier are
bridged, the process is: One channel is in phase with the incoming signal and the other is
180 degrees out of phase. So a positive going incoming signal will drive the non-inverting
channel’s output in a positive direction and the inverting in a negative direction. So what
we have achieved is essentially a doubling of the power supply voltage. So bridging
into an 8 ohm load outputs 500 watts, a 4 ohm load outputs 1000 watts and DO
NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT BRIDGING INTO 2 OHMS. More about this later.
The balance control allows precise setting of the gain of each of the bridged channels so
that in bridge mode you have a symmetrical waveform. The process to adjust is relatively
simple. On line their are many sources to obtain sine wave signals. Burn a CD which now
becomes your signal source. If you have a signal generator well that is of course the
easiest way. 100Hz -1KHz signals are best for this test.
Establish the setting of the LEVEL control which you will use. This is important as the
channel tracking does change slightly as you change the settings of the LEVEL control.
KRONOS
KRONOS
NO SPEAKER IS REQUIRED FOR THIS TEST AND SHOULD NOT BE USED AT ALL.
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