Nuuk said:
So it would pay schmalex to reduce the gain of his GC. I'm not sure what values the Brian GT kits use these days but it should be possible to reduce the gain down to something just over 10.
Of course it is possible.
It all depends on the sensitivity of his peakers, assuming that his sources have "normal" line-level.
64.5x total gain (assuming a borderline of 10x on the power amp, not recommended) must be ok for speakers up to around 88~89db sensitivity.
Higher than this and the volume pot will be too sensitive, hard to adjust the right volume.
I like a little more control over the volume, but that's me.
Btw I have a total gain of ~65x, but my speakers are 86~87db.
For me this is fine, if my speakers were more sensitive I would go for lower gain.