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It causes your amplifier to clip?? [Bottleneck]

Surely he's refering to a Technics amp? [Hodgesaargh]

If your amp is close to clipping into your speakers you change the amp or speakers - not the cable. [Stereo Mic]

Hi all,

Yes, a Technics amplifier clipping due to difficult speakers.

The amplifier, a Technics SU-MA10 integrated rated at 100w 8ohm not much current delivery, with VDH D-352 speaker cable was driving a pair of Kef R-107 at full extension and even cut off at 25hz on certain program material at certain volumes with the attenuator/volume setting around -28 -20, the amp would clip or switch off. For some reason, with Naim cable replacing the VDH, the bass is I feel better, and the amp can be used with the attenuator/volume setting around -20 -16 with the offending material.

A very small increase in the volume control I agree, one notch basicaly, but it does seem to concur the amp is happier with the Naim Nac cable, maybe the VDH is not suited in some SMALL way.

This clipping is mainly due to the speakers and amp not being the most suitable for loud music and sustained low frequencies together (worth pointing out that the kube adds EQ as well), there are less problems with cut off at 50hz or 35hz. And the amp has no such problems with Kans, Rogers or the big 103db sensitivity CV's.

I didn't change the VDH cable for any other reason than wanting to put the 'expensive' cable into another system. So it was quite by accident that I found the Nac5 preferable with the Technics amp.

I am currently using the Technics amp with the 107's in one of my systems, and it clips with loud sections of movies if I do not watch the volume setting, quite annoying, but its not there to be played 'loud' its just convenient as I muck about with some of my kit a lot at the moment. I am using some 'black' Naim speaker cable with them now, not as good as the white .

<blockquote data-quote="sastusbulbas" data-source="post: 698599" data-attributes="member: 3005">It causes your amplifier to clip?? [Bottleneck]Surely he's refering to a Technics amp? [Hodgesaargh]If your amp is close to clipping into your speakers you change the amp or speakers - not the cable. [Stereo Mic]Hi all,Yes, a Technics amplifier clipping due to difficult speakers.The amplifier, a Technics SU-MA10 integrated rated at 100w 8ohm not much current delivery, with VDH D-352 speaker cable was driving a pair of Kef R-107 at full extension and even cut off at 25hz on certain program material at certain volumes with the attenuator/volume setting around -28 -20, the amp would clip or switch off. For some reason, with Naim cable replacing the VDH, the bass is I feel better, and the amp can be used with the attenuator/volume setting around -20 -16 with the offending material.&nbsp;A very small increase in the volume control I agree, one notch basicaly, but it does seem to concur the amp is happier with the Naim Nac cable, maybe the VDH is not suited in some SMALL way. This clipping is mainly due to the speakers and amp not being the most suitable for loud music and sustained low frequencies together (worth pointing out that the kube adds EQ as well), there are less problems with cut off at 50hz or 35hz. And the amp has no such problems with Kans, Rogers or the big 103db sensitivity CV's.I didn't change the VDH cable for any other reason than wanting to put the 'expensive' cable into another system. So it was quite by accident that I found the Nac5 preferable with the Technics amp. I am currently using the Technics amp with the 107's in one of my systems, and it clips with loud sections of movies if I do not watch the volume setting, quite annoying, but its not there to be played 'loud' its just convenient as I muck about with some of my kit a lot at the moment. I am using some 'black' Naim speaker cable with them now, not as good as the white <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sastusbulbas, post: 698599, member: 3005"] It causes your amplifier to clip?? [Bottleneck] Surely he's refering to a Technics amp? [Hodgesaargh] If your amp is close to clipping into your speakers you change the amp or speakers - not the cable. [Stereo Mic] Hi all, Yes, a Technics amplifier clipping due to difficult speakers. The amplifier, a Technics SU-MA10 integrated rated at 100w 8ohm not much current delivery, with VDH D-352 speaker cable was driving a pair of Kef R-107 at full extension and even cut off at 25hz on certain program material at certain volumes with the attenuator/volume setting around -28 -20, the amp would clip or switch off. For some reason, with Naim cable replacing the VDH, the bass is I feel better, and the amp can be used with the attenuator/volume setting around -20 -16 with the offending material. A very small increase in the volume control I agree, one notch basicaly, but it does seem to concur the amp is happier with the Naim Nac cable, maybe the VDH is not suited in some SMALL way. This clipping is mainly due to the speakers and amp not being the most suitable for loud music and sustained low frequencies together (worth pointing out that the kube adds EQ as well), there are less problems with cut off at 50hz or 35hz. And the amp has no such problems with Kans, Rogers or the big 103db sensitivity CV's. I didn't change the VDH cable for any other reason than wanting to put the 'expensive' cable into another system. So it was quite by accident that I found the Nac5 preferable with the Technics amp. I am currently using the Technics amp with the 107's in one of my systems, and it clips with loud sections of movies if I do not watch the volume setting, quite annoying, but its not there to be played 'loud' its just convenient as I muck about with some of my kit a lot at the moment. I am using some 'black' Naim speaker cable with them now, not as good as the white ;). [/QUOTE]

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