![]() ![]() Used '90s mid-fi amps of more or less similar quality generally cost over $100. The HK receiver volume control had a much wider adjustment range. When I listened to the entire line from basscube10s up to P1000 the newton series excelled. Although I spare my downstairs neighbors from it, the sub can also rattle windows and shake plaster from my walls. l replaced a Harman Kardon 80 honest wpc receiver I bought refurbed from the manufacturer shortly after the subwoofer because it needed a new volume control or a weekly shot of Deoxit. Control box remote made adjusting from music to theater volume levels easy as well. I bought the Ensemble in the early '90s and the subwoofer as part of a surround sound setup around 2001. I've had these speakers for 20 and 30 years. The sensitivity spec on the speakers, just looked it up, is 86 dB, impedance 6 ohms. ![]() Should I just reduce the output from the desktop computer and the Pi to get the degree of control I want? I've read that using software volume control ahead of the amp can degrade sound quality. I'd like to get at least 45 degrees of volume adjustment range from the amp volume control to fine tune the volume. The Pi, running PiCore PlayerSqueezelite/Jivelite using the coax output from the DAC HAT is currently set at fixed 0 dB output. I've lowered the volume at the desktop machine to the 50% level. My listening position is about 3 feet from the satellite speakers. A minor inconvenience is that I only get about 5 degrees-2 dots-of adjustment on the volume control before it gets too loud. The amp uses the 32 V power supply that came with it. Just for fun I added a Cambridge Soundworks 10" subwoofer. The speakers are Cambridge Soundworks New Ensemble. I have my desktop computer and a Raspberry Pi with a JustBoom DAC connected to a Schitt Modi III. ![]()
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