First of all, by having such a behavior, life of your power tubes will be incredibly reduced, and we all
know they aren’t 'cheap' nowadays.
Second point, you’ll send too much signal into Amp Central, for no benefit. A fan, inside the unit is
placed to protect load section from overheating and it will automatically turn on as soon it will feel
the need to.
Last but not least, most modern amplifiers are fine-tuned to NOT push power amp stage very hard.
99.9% of the time, gain comes from preamp section, there’s no practical, sound-wise or “I have the
biggest dick ever” reason to fully open master volume on your 100W amplifier. It’s simply a wrong
habit.
While Amp Central is safely rated up to 100W, we do recommend to use your amplifier at the same
volume as you would use with a regular cabinet, or just a bit more perhaps.
Keeping care of your gear will result in a better sonic performance and a way longer life.
WHAT’S NEW AFTER S/N 22056 (mid May 2022)
Amp Central still the same exact product but after mid May 2022 (starting from serial number 22057)
and for all future units, we introduced few different features which are mostly minor update. Here’s
the complete list:
•
24volt (negative center) power supply (now included with A.C.).
Every unit, now on, will
required a total of 24 volts to be powered (before, 9 to 12 volts). This leads to couple
advantages: increased overall headroom and ability to incorporate a real audiophile grade
headphone amplifier.
While the convenience of having 9 to 12v supply was the ease of sourcing a proper power
supply real quick, headroom was not enough to drive low impedance headphones with
enough volume. Now you have the best of both worlds, an included 24v power supply AND a
superior quality HP integrated amplifier.
•
FLAT/CUT switch.
Some guys love how A.C. sounds, other asked for a more “hi-fi” type tone.
We managed to have best of both words also here. First, this switch works ONLY on IR filtered
MAIN outputs (both XLR and jack outputs), and it DOES NOT WORK on Line Ouput. In FLAT
position, you have the most possible flat sound from DAC to main outs. In CUT position you
have a gentle lowpass filter set around 10KHz, which was the standard sound of A.C. on units
previous to s/n 22057, what we called the “analog feel” filter.
•
MAIN OUTPUT JACKS are now fully balanced.
On unit’s back panel there’s couple XLR outs,
along another two 6,3mm jacks, wired in parallel to XLR. Starting from s/n 22057, jacks are fully
balanced, where until s/n 22056 they were unbalanced.
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