Sky Saw
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My system is based on a pair of Ascent-i's driven by an 85wpc solid-state amp (Celeste W-4070se), a Copland 305mkII tubed preamp, a Meridian G08 CD player, Linn LP12, and a Moon 100D DAC fed by a M2tech Hiface2 usb interface from a Macbook. For the most part it sounds great, but once the sound levels get to 92-93dB the sound becomes hard and I need to turn it down a bit.
I have a large listening room (about 16 x 28 with 25ft ceiling), and it is open on 2 sides. I would like to be able to crank it up a bit more, but I don't know whether this sound problem at 92dB is related to my room acoustics, or if my amp is just running out of steam.
I get lots of bass in this size room from my Ascent-i, and my amp has no trouble producing frightening amounts of bass drum on things like Stravinsky's Right of Spring (the fantastic Reference Recordings version with Eiji Oue conducting), but when the rest of the orchestra hits 92dB, things start to fall apart.
Any thoughts - is it my amp, my room...?
Mark
I have a large listening room (about 16 x 28 with 25ft ceiling), and it is open on 2 sides. I would like to be able to crank it up a bit more, but I don't know whether this sound problem at 92dB is related to my room acoustics, or if my amp is just running out of steam.
I get lots of bass in this size room from my Ascent-i, and my amp has no trouble producing frightening amounts of bass drum on things like Stravinsky's Right of Spring (the fantastic Reference Recordings version with Eiji Oue conducting), but when the rest of the orchestra hits 92dB, things start to fall apart.
Any thoughts - is it my amp, my room...?
Mark
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