Cheap, yet a quality AMP
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Cheers mate 
Yeah, im surprised as..they are meant to help absorb the vibrations from the bass etc..and they do them really, really well..
I play some heavy bass music, and sounds great, and yet there is minimal vibrations on the desk, floor etc..
Well impressed
Thanks again for the help mate, so so much better sounds now
Yeah, im surprised as..they are meant to help absorb the vibrations from the bass etc..and they do them really, really well..
I play some heavy bass music, and sounds great, and yet there is minimal vibrations on the desk, floor etc..
Well impressed
Thanks again for the help mate, so so much better sounds now
That setup looks really good, love the way you have positioned the amp.
Also very good you got your speakers on stands and isolated, makes a big difference. I would experiment with getting them away from wall more, just an extra 1-2cm can make a difference to sound.
Just a small tip, don't drive your speakers to hard at first, all speakers need some running in time, start at low volume then slowly play tracks louder, normally takes at least 20 hours of playing.
Also very good you got your speakers on stands and isolated, makes a big difference. I would experiment with getting them away from wall more, just an extra 1-2cm can make a difference to sound.
Just a small tip, don't drive your speakers to hard at first, all speakers need some running in time, start at low volume then slowly play tracks louder, normally takes at least 20 hours of playing.
thanks mate. Appreciated!
I will move the speakers a bit further out then.
about 20 hours! Didn’t know that. Will take it easy at first then
Cheers mate.
thanks mate. Appreciated!
I will move the speakers a bit further out then.
about 20 hours! Didn’t know that. Will take it easy at first then
Cheers mate.
Yes about 20 hours should do it. What I do is leave the speakers gently playing, then leave the room.
What you will find is the mid-range becomes more open, and the bottom end becomes more rounded. All that's happening is the speaker material is stretching, as said don't push them hard at first.
Re speaker position.
The distance between the wall, get to close you start to loose clarity. I'm no expert but what happens is frequencies bounce into each other, just by moving the speakers an extra 1-2cm from the wall you can stop that resonance.
There is also optimum positioning of the left right speakers from each other. If you widen the gap between two speakers it increases bass, close the distance between the left right speakers it will highlight higher frequencies. You should be positioning speakers so the vocal is central and sounding back behind your monitor. After this you should toe speakers in so the sonics of the overall sound is balanced. So you may want to place the speakers wider, then toe in.
To setup you should choose a track with good vocals, your initial aim is to have the vocals (the singer) sounding clear and slightly back centre and with correct tone.
Also if you want to test how well your isolation is working. When your playing a track with more bass, place your hand flat on your desk. If the isolation is working there should be no vibration leaking into the desk.
Thanks mate, will play around with these settings, and see how I get on.
One quick q @JasonM ..my AMP when I turn it on, after a few seconds there is an audible (not loud) click?
Is that just the AMP or could it be a fault?
Is the click coming from the amp itself, is there any music/sound from the speakers before the click? If so it's probably normal, amp's have short circuit protection and as there is no short detected it's opening the circuit to the speakers.
Im 99% sure its the AMP itself, it happens before I increase the volume to the speakers, as I turn the volume down before off, when I am finished and turning my PC off.
It's strange that the click is happening with volume. I would have expected the click to open happen when the unit was switched on or off.
What I would do, play some music from the computer while turning the volume down, and see if the click suddenly cuts all sound from speakers.
Sorry I didnt make clear, it is when I turn it on from the switch. Then its a click.
It's probably the short circuit protection then. Again i'm no expert here, however what I believe is happening the amp is checking the impedance of speaker circuit, if there is no short detected, then the click is activating the output stage of amp. Providing the click is not happening when playing music (only happening when amp is turned on or off) I would not worry about it.
Yeah, this is the only time it happens, its playing music flawlessly, no intefearence nothing..
Thanks Jason.
One more thing @JasonM
How do you work your volume? Is it low in W10 and controlled by your AMP controller? Vice versa? etc..
You have a very very good question.
All amplifiers have an optimum volume they sound best at. Typically it's around 50-70% volume control.
So you have to experiment. Find your normal room listening level (that your can't at the moment as your running in speakers!).
Then take the windows volume down, and slowly increase the volume on the amp. Then try the opposite taking the amp volume down, and windows volume up.
Eventually you will find the optimum level the amp volume should be set (for best quality), then just leave the amp's volume fixed and control your listening volume with windows only.
But as mentioned you should not be doing this until your speakers are run in.
OK, I will give my speakers the "run in" then start to play about with the volume then
Cheers Jason.