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AR SP8 mk2 high output volume

Hello everyone, thank you for accepting me in this group. I have my AR  SP 8 mk2 preamplifier and I would like to know your opinion and if you consider its high output volume a problem with this power amp. Problem is the volume control is too low,  Very sensitive amp. I can't use much volume control.Does this affect the signal quality or is it just a drawback?I just want to know if it's something I need to worry about.

here I put the specifications of the power amp Puresound A30
ower output (Class A operation) 30 Watts/ch Ultra Linear, 18 Watts/ch Triode Coupled
Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz -0.25 to -0.3 dB
THD 0,3%
Input Impedance 100 KOhm
S/N ratio 88 dB
Input sensitivity for 0dB 100 mV
Power Consumption 260 Watts
Net Weight 28 Kg
Dimensions (mm) 436 W x 360 D x 190 H
Inputs 3. Line Level
Outputs 4 & 8 Ohm
tenoris
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georgehifi
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I would like to know your opinion and if you consider its high output volume a problem with this power amp. AR SP 8 mk2 Problem is the volume control is too low, Very sensitive amp. I can’t use much volume control.Does this affect the signal quality.
This is what you asked, you’ve been told, now your making everyone dizzy.
tenoris OP
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Have they told me? Yes, there have been different opinions and arguments, all very valuable. You had your answer and others theirs. But I’m not going to apologize for this ...... it’s a forum DISCUSSION.. if you feel dizzy stop following.
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Whatever, Ralph's told you as well, you can see the forest for the trees, and not worth the effort.
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Good to know the A30 volume pot does not degrade the signal when set lower than full. I learned something.
@audite84  The volume control is a 100K device. Combined with the input capacitance of the voltage amplifier tubes (which are essentially 6SN7s) there will be a high frequency rolloff. This is called Miller Effect. But in this case the values have been chosen well so that the rolloff is occurring well outside the audio band. The worst area of rolloff is typically around the middle of the control range; on paper at least its affecting things around 90KHz and above.
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The worst area of rolloff is typically around the middle of the control range
That will be for linear pots, with logarithmic pots it’s more like 1-2 o’clock as we have here with a 100kohm "A" taper pot. If this amp were to used as a poweramp, it would be better for the volume control to be removed and a 100kohm resistor in it’s place to ground, and the gain dropped by 50% by a tech, Then there will be no series resistance causing any HF filtering. And a + could very well be a tighter bass with lower gain/higher feedback, which was it’s only area of question in reviews.
"beautiful sound with minimal distortion, but not too well-controlled bass"  

Cheers George
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