Post by basspro on Jun 25, 2024 14:59:17 GMT -6
I've had an Opticom for a handful of years, and while I like it on certain things, it seems to have pretty limited headroom. So much so that I sent it to Acme to have them check it out, but they said it was functioning as normal.
This is mostly an issue on sources with lots of low frequency content (obviously). To get it to be usable on bass, I have to be extremely conservative with the level I'm sending into it. Like the signal can't be peaking above like -20dBFS, and that might even be pushing it. Is this just par for the course with certain vintage-type designs? I recently got a Sta-Level and while it's not quite as sensitive as the Acme, I have to be pretty careful with it on bass as well.
Acme put out some demo videos years ago of the unit and it is reacting very similar to mine on the bass clips.
This is mostly an issue on sources with lots of low frequency content (obviously). To get it to be usable on bass, I have to be extremely conservative with the level I'm sending into it. Like the signal can't be peaking above like -20dBFS, and that might even be pushing it. Is this just par for the course with certain vintage-type designs? I recently got a Sta-Level and while it's not quite as sensitive as the Acme, I have to be pretty careful with it on bass as well.
Acme put out some demo videos years ago of the unit and it is reacting very similar to mine on the bass clips.
