[Scott Dorsey]

cporro wrote:

Most of those amplifiers will not have gain controls. =A0The Adcom 535 an=
d
555 could be ordered with a gain control as a special extra-cost option
but most of the used ones you see will not have them. =A0

so i'd adjust the output from my converter?

Right, or from the monitor panel in your console. Or from an outboard
monitor routing box.

The Symetrix units
vary; some have gain screws, some have knobs, none of them have coupled
stereo controls.

so you'd have to calibrate each channel?

That's what you normally do... the console lets you switch between two or
three sets of monitors. Each channel of each monitor is calibrated so when
you switch from one set to the next the levels remain the same, or as much
the same as they can be when your response is rough. If you are using a
DAW with no console you get a routing panel that has similar functions to
the routing in the console master section or monitor section.

i'm only looking into this amp thing because a few people claim they
have used nicer amps to drive these and they could tell a big
difference.

They might be able to, but is that a good thing or a bad thing? After all,
the whole purpose of the Horrortones is to be inaccurate.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."