[surge]

hi,

out of curiosity last night, i played some songs at max volume w the gain set to highon the tomahawk , using a grado MS2 and ipod 80gb. the songs were ripped at loseless and EQ set to off.

i realise the distortion were pretty bad at near max vol. the distortion goes off when i reduce knob to 3/4 mark.

normal behaviour? thanks

 

[Holden Fourth]

Why would you want to treat your ears like that?

 

[surge]

haha...seriously i doubt i will ever listen at that volume. and i wasnt torturing my ears cos i listened using aircraft attenuator....so need to go full vol and distortion came in. wasnt hurting my ears

 

[Arjisme]

Quote:

Originally Posted by surge /img/forum/go_quote.gif out of curiosity last night, i played some songs at max volume w the gain set to highon the tomahawk , using a grado MS2 and ipod 80gb.

I'm in learning mode here... So on the tomahawk, what is the difference between the gain control and the volume control? Is "gain" controlling the gain on a pre-amp and "volume" controlling the gain on the output amp?

 

[TzeYang]

Quote:

Originally Posted by surge /img/forum/go_quote.gif hi, out of curiosity last night, i played some songs at max volume w the gain set to highon the tomahawk , using a grado MS2 and ipod 80gb. the songs were ripped at loseless and EQ set to off. i realise the distortion were pretty bad at near max vol. the distortion goes off when i reduce knob to 3/4 mark. normal behaviour? thanks

the signal is clipping.

If you don't need that much voltage gain, just put it at low gain (should be in voltage follower aka buffer mode).

It technically sounds better

 

[surge]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TzeYang /img/forum/go_quote.gif the signal is clipping. If you don't need that much voltage gain, just put it at low gain (should be in voltage follower aka buffer mode). It technically sounds better

what clipping? anyway if sounded like very bad distortion.

 

[NelsonVandal]

The TH only has 3 V power supply. How could it possibly output more than that? The amp is clipping.