@ Walkman666
Hi Steve and all the others who consider y-adaptors.
I dont think that paralleling an output is a good idea.
You should imagine that the output impedance now has to drive two (different) input impedances and you can be sure that these will interact.
This is even more true when the output impedance from the source is quite high like the one from Icon HDP (100 Ohms).
So non-linearities like frequency issues are presumable.
It would be better to feed the unbalanced outputs from the source with a RCA -> XLR adaptor to the balanced inputs from V200.
Now you are free to configure the RCA sockets as outputs.
Here, the analog input signal will appear with identical level but buffered with an output impedance < 1 Ohm.
@ warriorant and others who are wondering if RCA or XLR should be prefered
I also suggest impedances to be responsible for different sound images.
It might be that some RCA outputs work together better with RCA inputs than XLR types and vices versa.
From the technical point of view the RCA interconnection is more straight as it utilises at least 2 opamps less from signal transportation.
On the other hand balanced signal drivers have normally 6 dB more power and are better protected against hum and noise – thus better to drive lines, specially when these are long.
There are many ways to design balanced and unbalanced inputs and outputs.
We at Lake People / Violectric take special care on very low output impedances, signal levels, low noise circuitry and the ability to drive high capacity loads.
For closest specs we are normally using 0.1 % resistors in our balanced input / output circuitry.
@ Rawrbington and others who like to purchase G100
Sorry, too late.
As far as I know our G100 stock became empty much earlier than expected ...
And we never managed to have dealers with a relevant stock except Thomann in Germany ...
The successor from G100 will be released hopefully in March and is named G109 Professional and G109 Standard.
The differences are balanced AND unbalanced inputs and a switch-on relay for the Pro.
Only unbalanced inputs and no relais for the standard.
The amp inside will be compareable to G100 as it is the same circuitry.
In contrary to G100 with its stainless steel case G109 will have a black anodized case and silver labeling, thus will be more living-room compatible.
I will try to post some drawings if there is some interest.
No pics available until now !
Together with the successor of G93 (named G103 Professional and G103 Standard) we try to establish those Lake People amps as entry models for people who can or will not afford Violectric. They share the same philosophy like Violectric:
- low gain for lowest noise,
- low outout impedance for low impedance cans and
- high operating voltage for high impedance cans.
Greetz
Fried
