Crown xTi 1000 issue

Michael John

Michael John

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I recently acquired a second hand xTi 1000. It sounds fine but the front gain knobs aren't matched.

Ch1 seems normal. Ch2 isn't off (silent) at it's lowest detent (minimum). There's still signal getting through. At 2nd detent there's a little more and at 3rd detent the level is roughly the same as the 3rd detent on Ch1. Anyone else experienced this?

(The overall design is a little weird in that there are two gains per channel. The knob appears to be an analog pot, then there's digital gain that can only be adjusted over USB.)

Michael
 
Re: Crown xTi 1000 issue

It's not totally unknown for cheap pots not to have the same exact linearity. If it bothers you a whole lot you can change them out. OTOH who runs them down at the low end anyways? :)
 
Re: Crown xTi 1000 issue

Ron Kimball said:
It's not totally unknown for cheap pots not to have the same exact linearity.
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Agreed.

Ron Kimball said:
OTOH who runs them down at the low end anyways? :)
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Yep, although I run amps at -10dB to get the noise down and run the processors hotter, and I'd like them to be roughly matched. And when I lend them out to others, I set everything for 0dB.

Cheers,
 
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