Dan Barham
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My ML Motion 12s are 4 Ohm speakers. I drove them with my Denon AVR-3313i and was reasonably happy with the sound at moderate levels. But, when I listen to orchestral music I want to be sitting there with the Cleveland Orchestra spread out before me. In other words; LOUD! The Denon would attain those levels, barely, but loud passages would get decidedly "gritty." I can't think of a better way to describe it except to say the music takes on a harshness, and edge, that shouldn't be there.
I don't think I've ever heard clipping before. During my nearly 30 years with my AR9s I drove them with Adcom 555s and they never approach distortion. Prior to that I used a Haffler amp that I built myself. My Ascend Sierras were great with the Denon but then I never drove them to (What do you call it) reference levels. Because of the grittyness the Denon produced I finally bought a Crown XLS 1502 to maybe see what was going on. And it was wonderful! The grittyness was gone completely and the Motions sounded terrific. The power of the Crown is obvious and, at any level, it's never approached the red clipping warning leds, it's quiet and never even gets warm. This amp is amazing!
Anyway, my question in the subject line? Does my gritty condition sould like clipping to you? I know...I know. The grittyness is gone so why worry about it? Well, I'm not worried but I'd like to know what I was hearing. You know; down the road if someone asks me why I use a separate amp I can say, "Oh, the AVR was clipping with those 4 Ohm speakers." Makes me appear more knowledgeable than I really am.
Anyway, thoughts would be appreciated,
old arkiedan
I don't think I've ever heard clipping before. During my nearly 30 years with my AR9s I drove them with Adcom 555s and they never approach distortion. Prior to that I used a Haffler amp that I built myself. My Ascend Sierras were great with the Denon but then I never drove them to (What do you call it) reference levels. Because of the grittyness the Denon produced I finally bought a Crown XLS 1502 to maybe see what was going on. And it was wonderful! The grittyness was gone completely and the Motions sounded terrific. The power of the Crown is obvious and, at any level, it's never approached the red clipping warning leds, it's quiet and never even gets warm. This amp is amazing!
Anyway, my question in the subject line? Does my gritty condition sould like clipping to you? I know...I know. The grittyness is gone so why worry about it? Well, I'm not worried but I'd like to know what I was hearing. You know; down the road if someone asks me why I use a separate amp I can say, "Oh, the AVR was clipping with those 4 Ohm speakers." Makes me appear more knowledgeable than I really am.
Anyway, thoughts would be appreciated,
old arkiedan
