Polk Monitor 50 not very loud

[TLS Guy]

You mean when you're watching TV and it goes from commercial back to program you get a slight click/pop sound? That's normal especially on SD programming. That is just the source material. It's more prevalent on SD programming than HD programming.
But your saying in the the middle of watching a program you can turn the volume up and down you get a clicking sound? You know, you may just have a dirty rheostat/potentiometer in the volume knob.

Equipment has not had potentiometers or rheostats for years! There are no longer any dual stereo potentiometers made except to special order.

Modern equipment has digital controls, that is why you can continuously turn the volume knob.

If you turn them fast you can get slight digital artifact.

The digital volume control was developed by the BBC and the mixer firm of Rupert Neve in the early eighties. There were huge budget over runs, which severely upset Margaret Thatcher, and caused Rupert Neve to be sold to the Siemens group.

Making quiet digital faders for digital mixers proved to be a very difficult nut to crack.

However if the OP is experiencing a loud noise when turning the control gently, there is likely a problem.

 

[cmstric]

Equipment has not had potentiometers or rheostats for years! There are no longer any dual stereo potentiometers made except to special order.

Modern equipment has digital controls, that is why you can continuously turn the volume knob.

If you turn them fast you can get slight digital artifact.

The digital volume control was developed by the BBC and the mixer firm of Rupert Neve in the early eighties. There were huge budget over runs, which severely upset Margaret Thatcher, and caused Rupert Neve to be sold to the Siemens group.

Making quiet digital faders for digital mixers proved to be a very difficult nut to crack.

However if the OP is experiencing a loud noise when turning the control gently, there is likely a problem.

its not loud but it is noticeable from 12 ft away and gradually gets louder as i increase to -20db. nothing scary sounding but just new to me.

 

[TLS Guy]

its not loud but it is noticeable from 12 ft away and gradually gets louder as i increase to -20db. nothing scary sounding but just new to me.

This a problem that tends to bedevil digital volume controls, either due to the control itself, or because of the alteration of the gain loop in the op-amp circuit.

So without being there it is hard for me to comment. I'm sure there is variation between brads and models.

I could make my previous Rotel pre/pro do this and to a lesser extent my Marantz AV 8003. However in both cases I had to spin the control fast. The remote did not advance either fast enough to cause the clicks.

 

[cmstric]

This a problem that tends to bedevil digital volume controls, either due to the control itself, or because of the alteration of the gain loop in the op-amp circuit.

So without being there it is hard for me to comment. I'm sure there is variation between brads and models.

I could make my previous Rotel pre/pro do this and to a lesser extent my Marantz AV 8003. However in both cases I had to spin the control fast. The remote did not advance either fast enough to cause the clicks.

my remote is how i noticed it. maybe it advances faster than your marantz remote did. lol

 

[skers_54]

not so with my receiver. if i set the gains all to -10db, i have to increase the volume by 20 notches to get the same output

That's just what I said. By changing the gains from +10 to -10 you effectively lowered your master volume by 20 dB. -10dB -10dB = -20dB. -20dB/1 dB/level = 20 levels. Same output, different setting on the master volume. IE you'll start clipping at 50 instead of 70 with the boosts (for example).

 

[BudgetHT]

Equipment has not had potentiometers or rheostats for years! There are no longer any dual stereo potentiometers made except to special order.

Modern equipment has digital controls, that is why you can continuously turn the volume knob.

If you turn them fast you can get slight digital artifact.

The digital volume control was developed by the BBC and the mixer firm of Rupert Neve in the early eighties. There were huge budget over runs, which severely upset Margaret Thatcher, and caused Rupert Neve to be sold to the Siemens group.

Making quiet digital faders for digital mixers proved to be a very difficult nut to crack.

However if the OP is experiencing a loud noise when turning the control gently, there is likely a problem.

Hmmmm. You're right TLS. I'm out of ideas. Good luck cmstric.

 

[zepper]

I am thinking of the polk 6.5" in walls, hope they're loud enough