Hi All,
On a specific song when I turn up the volume on my system to a reasonably loud level ~80db at my listening position (1m), I can hear distortion static and buzzing in the speaker when the rhythm and lead guitars strum. Not the intentional kind of guitar distoration. The static kind that says you are hurting your speakers. When I turn the volume down the static is still there. I can get up close to the speaker and hear it get louder and softer as I change the volume. I swapped out one speaker and the problem is actually more pronounced on the second speaker. I checked the same song on a different system and there is some slight distortion and static but nowhere near as much.
How do I figure out what is causing the distortion and if it's the nature of the recording, something in the recording demanding too much from my amp, something broken in my amp? I don't expect my amp to be clipping at this volume. I wonder if others with better systems and more power hear the same thing.
This album, Alabams Shakes - Sound and Color won best engineered album grammy in 2015 so I am skeptical it's the recording itself. But I may be wrong. Would love if others could chime in to see if they are able to reproduce the same static and distortion.
Song: Alabama Shakes - Don't wanna fight - Very noticeable during the introduction and first ~30s of the song when the guitars are strummed.
Sources (2): Tidal hifi (not masters) and local copy on my NAS 24/44.1 FLAC.
Speakers: Elac Debut Reference 62. Second speaker is BIC DV62si
Amp Onkyo TXDS-787 (100w rms 2ch).
Set with 80hz crossover for sub out.
On a specific song when I turn up the volume on my system to a reasonably loud level ~80db at my listening position (1m), I can hear distortion static and buzzing in the speaker when the rhythm and lead guitars strum. Not the intentional kind of guitar distoration. The static kind that says you are hurting your speakers. When I turn the volume down the static is still there. I can get up close to the speaker and hear it get louder and softer as I change the volume. I swapped out one speaker and the problem is actually more pronounced on the second speaker. I checked the same song on a different system and there is some slight distortion and static but nowhere near as much.
How do I figure out what is causing the distortion and if it's the nature of the recording, something in the recording demanding too much from my amp, something broken in my amp? I don't expect my amp to be clipping at this volume. I wonder if others with better systems and more power hear the same thing.
This album, Alabams Shakes - Sound and Color won best engineered album grammy in 2015 so I am skeptical it's the recording itself. But I may be wrong. Would love if others could chime in to see if they are able to reproduce the same static and distortion.
Song: Alabama Shakes - Don't wanna fight - Very noticeable during the introduction and first ~30s of the song when the guitars are strummed.
Sources (2): Tidal hifi (not masters) and local copy on my NAS 24/44.1 FLAC.
Speakers: Elac Debut Reference 62. Second speaker is BIC DV62si
Amp Onkyo TXDS-787 (100w rms 2ch).
Set with 80hz crossover for sub out.