RawDepth said:I believe if you turn those amps down, you are restricting or eliminating that reserve power zone, (that vital buffer zone.)
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I believe you both agree on that point... that's how I read it... and I agree with you both...dementedchord said:all of your sarcasm aside i agree for the most part... but it doesnt limit your amps head room at all... in fact arguement could be made that it increases it...
dementedchord said:so in MOST cases your better off running the output of a stage hotter and then padding it down at the next... as opposed to running something wide open and padding down the previous stage....
The Axis said:But if they are amplifying a small signal, then the noise is greater in relation to the signal. On the other hand, too large an input signal could distort or clip the input stages. So there are always compromises.
The Axis said:As a practical matter, I usually try to set everything at about 75% in my signal chains. ....unless we are talking about guitar amps.