Trance Amulet M Output?

[badtoneno]

Originally Posted by Revy

Dave,

I checked my H&D with an Amulet MVT against my Collings with a K&K mini. From what I come up with the Amulet was about 90% of what the K& K was. The actual volume of the guitars are quite different but I had to turn the gain up what I thought was approximately 10% to equal the K&K volume through my amp.

This might bring up another question, does the internal volume or actual power of the guitar effect the output of the pickup?

I have a D28 with the Trance and an OM21 with the K&K. From my experience, I'd say your 10% is right on the money.

[Revy]

Originally Posted by martingitdave

Out of curiosity, were you comparing the K&K passive, or active, with the Amulet?

Which of your guitars is acoustically louder?

Thanks again for taking the time to experiment and share your results!

The K&K was passive.
The Collings is strung with mediums and much louder. When it comes out to play the wife leaves the room.

Any time!

[martingitdave]

All, I can report (happily) that the replacement Trance system is working incredibly well. It sounds superb and the signal is very hot. In fact, I have to remove the preamp and dial the gain back next time I change strings. It's actually too hot now! It's not clear whether it was my previous installation, because I think I installed the same way, but this time it sounds dynamite. One difference is that I let each lens sit under clamp for 24-hours per lens, instead of 8-12 hours as last time. It may have made a difference.


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[Doug Young]

The newest Amulets, the Phantom M and the M+ have an adjustable gain pot inside. I agree that the default Amulet-M is not as hot as some by default, but with the newer preamps, I think you can crank it up substantially. In any case, there's certainly enough output as-is to drive any amp or preamp.

[SpruceTop]

Originally Posted by martingitdave

All, I can report (happily) that the replacement Trance system is working incredibly well. It sounds superb and the signal is very hot. In fact, I have to remove the preamp and dial the gain back next time I change strings. It's actually too hot now! It's not clear whether it was my previous installation, because I think I installed the same way, but this time it sounds dynamite. One difference is that I let each lens sit under clamp for 24-hours per lens, instead of 8-12 hours as last time. It may have made a difference.


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