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To clarify:

When the empeg says "high level", it means 4v line-level, i.e., of the two line-level standards (1v and 4v), it's the higher of the two.

When the amplifier manual says "high level" it is using the term incorrectly. Perhaps they meant to say "high power" instead. They are talking about already-amplified speaker-level outputs. For example, connecting the speaker level outputs from a car stereo into the amplifier's speaker level inputs. Do not do this. Use the amplifier's line-level inputs, what it calls "low level" in its manual.


Close, except that 'high power' would be worse. There is very little power involved because there is minimal current at this stage. 'Speaker level' would be the ideal term.

When the empeg was designed, most car audio was still using 1V line outs, so 4V was indeed high. In recent years 4V and even 8V line outs have started to become more common.

Speaker levels can run much higher - for a 4 ohm driver to hit 100W RMS the amplfier output has to be 20V RMS
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