Agree and add: that preamp has two compressor/limiter circuits: one is the user visible one, "treated like an effect" , based around FEt Q1and which is disabled/enabled by S2; the second one is the one you asked about first, is non adjustable, non user selctable as OFF, and for a good reason.
Class D amps "clip ugly" to give it a name,even worse sounding if driving a wide band, Tweeter equipped cabinet, so that must be avoided or at lest minimized, thus the second compressor/limiter.
See it lies after the Master Volume, is followed only by a low gain, flat EQ stage and is only internal trimmer adjustable.
I bet proper VR7 adjustment is to feed some audio, rise volume (Master on 10) until loaded class D amp clips, then adjust VR7 until Q10 FET kicks in and attenuates preamp out signal so Power Amp *just* stops clipping.
Don´t overdo it or amp will needlessly lose cleans Watts.
Not sure about what kind of Mod you want to do, can you please share it with us?
Personally I would NOT touch those compressors, any of them, most specially the second one which is always in circuit, and *is* needed.
You lower its effect: bees in a can buzz; you rise it you lose available power.
Class D amps "clip ugly" to give it a name,even worse sounding if driving a wide band, Tweeter equipped cabinet, so that must be avoided or at lest minimized, thus the second compressor/limiter.
See it lies after the Master Volume, is followed only by a low gain, flat EQ stage and is only internal trimmer adjustable.
I bet proper VR7 adjustment is to feed some audio, rise volume (Master on 10) until loaded class D amp clips, then adjust VR7 until Q10 FET kicks in and attenuates preamp out signal so Power Amp *just* stops clipping.
Don´t overdo it or amp will needlessly lose cleans Watts.
Not sure about what kind of Mod you want to do, can you please share it with us?
Personally I would NOT touch those compressors, any of them, most specially the second one which is always in circuit, and *is* needed.
You lower its effect: bees in a can buzz; you rise it you lose available power.
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