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Sam Watkins

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  • October 16, 2015 at 10:05 pm in reply to: I Did Something Bad #2275161
    Sam Watkins
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    As for running hot, I’m the opposite! I like my mixer outputting at about -15-20db while the pre-amps handle the signal boost, sounds a bit cleaner to me with these Carvins. After all, they’re called pre-amps for a reason, right? Now, my two JBL towers, I’m with you, I’ll run my mixer at about -5-5db and around -10db on the amplifier. Anyway, I’ll talk to you later man, work awaits! 🙁

    October 16, 2015 at 10:00 pm in reply to: I Did Something Bad #2275131
    Sam Watkins
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    Okay, now I’m starting to feel as though my semi-self-taught DJ knowledge is less than sub-par. If I run the gains at 0db nothing comes out of the speakers, unless you mean the gain on the mixer. If that’s what you mean I A) feel silly and B) run the channels my R1 uses on the board at -10db.
    Also, what do you mean by the same signal being sent to each one? Shouldn’t that happen regularly? I’m honestly curious at this point because I thought it would be the same signal going to the left and right lines on the master out of the mixer. I have to go to work right now, so I’ll check back on this when I’m back.

    Btw, thanks for dropping some knowledge on a young DJ! It’s much appreciated!

    October 16, 2015 at 9:33 pm in reply to: I Did Something Bad #2275061
    Sam Watkins
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    I’m actually a Computer Engineering & Computer Sciences major, so if all it is is a bad wire I may be able to fix it. But I’m hesitant to do so because I never got the warranty, these are for my home studio and I figured they’d never get damaged because I know what to do and how to protect them.. Damn, hate my forgetfulness sometimes.

    October 16, 2015 at 9:30 pm in reply to: I Did Something Bad #2275051
    Sam Watkins
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    Yeah, it’s definitely the pre-amp. The speakers don’t produce anything when the gains are at 0db. Although, the my righthand speaker seems to be the only one of the two affected.. If I pop the gain up to about 5 it sounds like white noise you’d listen to while you sleep, so I’m pretty sure it’s just the one, odd.

    October 16, 2015 at 9:26 pm in reply to: I Did Something Bad #2275021
    Sam Watkins
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    Yes, straight from the R1 to the speakers still produces the noise, and like I said my wiring is completely balanced so if everything was alright on the inside then there shouldn’t be any noise. I think you’re right about the pre-amp.. :/
    Time to see if Carvin will let me send them in.. 🙁

    October 16, 2015 at 9:19 pm in reply to: I Did Something Bad #2275001
    Sam Watkins
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    I’ll check and see if bypassing the mixer does anything. I actually didn’t know you could damage a preamp just with an audio signal, just the speaker heads, so I didn’t think of it. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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