Coytee Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 My Dx38 has the input LED's. Their scale is Clip -6 -12 -18 -24 -30 I just looked at the EV DC-ONE and it's input scale is: Clip +6 +3 0 -6 -12 -20 -30 My understanding is in order to maximize my S/N ratio I want to maximize the inputs of my Dx38 without going into clipping. My question is, how does that relate to the DC-ONE? Do you want the same thing? having them maxed (+6) without clipping or would you want to target zero as optimal with the +3 and +6 levels being there as a buffer if/when you overshoot zero? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Trey Cannon Posted April 18, 2011 Klipsch Employees Share Posted April 18, 2011 Looking at the specs, I say set it to a "solid +3dBu" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebse2a3 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Main thing is don't light the Clip Indicator Light (Red). If a person is causing the Red clip light to activate (trying to get more loudness from the system) then the Output Channel Level's should be increased (but not so high as to drive the output channels into clipping either). mike tn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ69 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 My understanding is in order to maximize my S/N ratio I want to maximize the inputs of my Dx38 without going into clipping. This is true. You never want clipping. The problem is that the clipping indicators may not be sensitive enough to really be perfect, you never want to see the red light and to be totally safe, you want to watch the trace on an oscilloscope to calibrate the clipping lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmycarter165 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 thanks for sharing your ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Trey Cannon Posted April 19, 2011 Klipsch Employees Share Posted April 19, 2011 Main thing is don't light the Clip Indicator Light (Red). If a person is causing the Red clip light to activate (trying to get more loudness from the system) then the Output Channel Level's should be increased (but not so high as to drive the output channels into clipping either). mike tn Cool I was right...solid +3dBu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsonlevi1 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I like all post in this forum thanks to all for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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