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Old 25-Jan-2015, 3:07 PM   #90
tripelo
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Thank you ADtech and Pete. Your comments are appreciated.

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Originally Posted by ADTech View Post
Since all the MER readings were with 0.5 dB, it's pretty much a statistical dead heat…
That is a possibility.

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…No one would ever notice any difference under typical customer reception conditions…
Most would probably agree.

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…If you use a wider scale on your bar graph say from 15 to 35, you'd have a very gradually sloped line, almost flat, around the 30 dB line.
Yes

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Originally Posted by Pete Higgins View Post
...found two amplifier designs that don’t show this overload issue, the RCA’s and my various PCT drop amplifiers (MA-B1015-1A, PCT-MA2-4P & PCT MA2-M)...
Interesting experience with preamps and drop amplifiers.

As both you and ADtech seem to understand and appreciate, in many cases, the dynamic range of a preamp is a strong factor contributing to overall satisfactory performance.

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…interesting to compare the dynamic ranges & strong signal handling characteristics of the various offerings…
Yes
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