So how did we get into this situation, too much voltage from digital players and too much gain in preamps and amps, and how do we get out of it?
What am I missing? Pre/power gain and input sensitivity.
I’ve read a few posts about power amps with lower gain needing a pre with additional gain, but no one seems to mention input sensitivity in those conversations. If my source outputs 2V and my power amp input sensitivity is only 1.2V then whether the power amp gain is 16dB or 26dB my pre amp is attenuating the signal and the amount of gain on the pre doesn’t matter at all. With a given set of speakers, to get the same SPL with 2 different amps they should just need to output the same voltage, regardless of how they get there.
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?