Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Pre outs signal

The low level outputs from various units, even amongst the same manufacturer can and usually are different, the max output from the 6004 might be 2 volts while the output from the CD player could be 3 volts, this makes for the difference you are finding.

As for your power consumption question, it is using the same amount of power to output the same db levels, as you discovered this just means you have to increase the volume/gain control.