Peter lent me his Dynaco ST-35 to give a run... Anyway. Plugged it into my speakers and they are way to low in sensitivity for the little Dynaco (15 quality toob watts per channel) to run them to any kind of realistic listening levels...
So I thought (dangerous thing that :
) that maybe I can try the 'magic' of valves on the tweeter section of my speakers and then use my Arcam to run the bass section (bi-amping)...
Little problem. The Arcam and the Dynaco's gain do not match... The Arcam has more gain. The result being that the treble is too soft...
Well. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Since there is no way to control the gain on either of the amplifiers I turned to the speakers and put together a VERY VERY crude L-Pad... Like such:
Arcam Alpha 8r and Dynaco St35 by arclients, on Flickr
Right off the bat. Almost spot on, give myself a pat on the back and started turning up the wick on the set-up (Dire Straits - first album)...
After one tune I decide to see if said resisters are holding up...
Well. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I burnt my finger the 10ohm (wire wound white block) resister was so hot!!!
Two questions:
One Hypothetical Question:
In the greater audio picture of things, what is worse (or lesser of two evils):
I suppose the real question is: Why? .... Well I like playing alright... :
So I thought (dangerous thing that :
) that maybe I can try the 'magic' of valves on the tweeter section of my speakers and then use my Arcam to run the bass section (bi-amping)...Little problem. The Arcam and the Dynaco's gain do not match... The Arcam has more gain. The result being that the treble is too soft...
Well. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Since there is no way to control the gain on either of the amplifiers I turned to the speakers and put together a VERY VERY crude L-Pad... Like such:
Arcam Alpha 8r and Dynaco St35 by arclients, on Flickr
Right off the bat. Almost spot on, give myself a pat on the back and started turning up the wick on the set-up (Dire Straits - first album)...
After one tune I decide to see if said resisters are holding up...
Well. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I burnt my finger the 10ohm (wire wound white block) resister was so hot!!!
Two questions:
- 1) So what am I breaking?
- 2) What resisters should I have put in there?
One Hypothetical Question:
In the greater audio picture of things, what is worse (or lesser of two evils):
- 1) Chucking watts away to heat with the L-Pad or
- 2) Adding a gain stage (with yet another power supply and more cables) between the Arcam and Dynaco to get more gain...
I suppose the real question is: Why? .... Well I like playing alright... :
