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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: 4krow on September 05, 2013, 11:06:01 AM
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Yah, I did it, I used a pun for a topic. No big whup. So, I am standing by my decision with the volume control setup that I have, i.e., master volume, and then L/R attenuation by stepped attenuator. My room requires it, my ears require it, and once in a while so does the recording. I hate it when I start to lean to the right just to get balance. I will ignore the symptom(it's kinda like Da Nile) until it gets stoopid. Today though it wasn't a balance problem in the usual manner, no, no this time it was a baa-ad IC in a unit that I was working on. Either way, just about every pre-amp as such should have this necessity. Your thoughts. P.S. This is just fore runner to a much bigger topic, but let's see how this goes first. No spitting.
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I had to rebalance my Quickie last weekend. The tubes seemed to have drifted a bit since I first calibrated them. I played pink noise and using my ipad's SPL meter at the listening position I marked down my 60dB and 66dB points for each channel. (Yay for dual pots!) I haven't had the chance to try louder ones yet but I'm sure I'll get there eventually. I call the 2 positions I have "low level" and "twice as loud". ;D
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Rob,
See, that's just what I'm talking about. Stuff that you don't realize at first sometimes, but then it becomes a thing that stands out front.