Originally Posted By: al1en

I have found that adjusting the pre-amp channel levels to set the mains at +0dB (was previously +6dB) has helped tremendously, even when playing at the same calibrated volume level(using a dB meter) in Direct mode. The preamp may have been inducting some minor distortion I guess?
That would be my guess as well as 0db would the max for most settings without introducing the possibility of distortion on most systems I have looked at and the fact that most recordings are not that great any more with induced extremes over doing the settings on the speaker levels will most certainly show distortion with out much effort.

Jason
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