Anyone fancy educating me..?
I bought A Sumo monster on a whim really. I'm going through a rationalisation of my gear, basically selling stuff etc, and then pops up a Sumo monster for reasonable money. I've been hanging on to Dave Hall VT1 pro and i thought, hang on.. Power amp.. pre amp.. i'll have a dabble.
The VT1 is a killer pre-amp, but not what this is about. I run a couple of TKS 1126s which are really great, but have a rather low sensitivity. My gear selling left me with my ThunderFunk 550 to run these sweethearts, which it does magnificently well. The TKSs are rated at 250 - 600w at 8 ohms
So i assumed the Sumo's 1200 class D watts would be mega, and i'd need to be careful with the master volume etc..
What i actually found is that the Sumo caused me to overdrive the speakers (farts and crackles... not good) long before I reached rehearsal volumes? The Thunderfunk is much 'louder' in perceived volume and doesn't kill the speakers.
So whats going on? Why is the Sumo not delivering volume?
.....Sounds mega though , that VT1 really is a colourful little fellow