Too close to amp?

[joeb]

hiya, I'm a bit cramped for space unless I rearrange furniture (again). my current configuration is more user friendly but my amp is only about a foot away from my Summit. I wonder if that's too close for comfort?
jb

 

[TomDac]

you should post in the member systems area.

 

[MotorToad]

If there's a reason that proximity to the amp matters, I don't know it. I suppose they'd have done a bad job of it by stuffing an amp in each speaker if there is.

 

[Horchem1972]

Their fine.

The amp is fine where it is.Alot people will run longer interconnects and shorter speaker cable.It is usually quite a bit cheaper than the other way around.

 

[twich54]

Other than aesthetics I think not. It look as if you have adequete ventilation.

Also as Tom said, put your system specs together and post it in the members section when you get a chance.

 

[tsmooth]

Summits and a pretty amp like that with a 13 inch SDTV between, you must be a true audiophile.

 

[MiTT]

In my much smaller room I used to have a slight amount of hum induced by the proximity of my pre-amp (yeah, the BAT's have two rather large torroidal transformers in the front corners of the chassis). If I moved my ReQuests in toward the center about a foot further away from the pre-amp the hum would disappear, if I moved them back it would re-appear. For some reason this has been a non-issue with the CLS's.

If you don't have any audible hum I don't think you have anything to worry about.

 

[music again]

hiya, I'm a bit cramped for space unless I rearrange furniture (again). my current configuration is more user friendly but my amp is only about a foot away from my Summit. I wonder if that's too close for comfort?
jb

I guess the only real way to know is to test it out and see what happens.

While auditioning a Parasound Halo power amp. I located it about a foot or so from the side of one of my Summit's. I did get a noticible hum from the panel. Once I moved it further away, the hum went away. I would have to say it does matter, so best to just experiment.

Good luck!

JM

 

[joeb]

so far, no problems, no hum or feedback. Looking good, think I'll post better pics in "Member Sytems" as suggested, (sorry, I'm still a newbie) But I gotta tell you, the more I listen to these, the more I love them, my BW's where pale in comparison.
jb