ability to turn off internal amp

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

as far as i know it can't.....but if it can wanna tell me how to do it?
....i didn't know any pio units had this feature....some of them (p9...possible p1r) don't have an amp...but i dont 'know any that have an amp and can shut it off....

Nope, you cant turn it off on the 860.

Im wondering if it will be an available feature on the new line of Pioneers.....

 

[WRC555 10+ year member]

I think it will be.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

I never noticed a shit of difference when I turned mine off,which I did since I run my own amps -

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Does anyone know if the Clarion VDX935VD can? I looked in my manual and saw something about line in and line out, but nothing directly saying it.

Thanks,

Justin

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

as far as i know it can't.....but if it can wanna tell me how to do it?
....i didn't know any pio units had this feature....some of them (p9...possible p1r) don't have an amp...but i dont 'know any that have an amp and can shut it off....

Yeah, for some reason Pioneer has NOT deemed it necessary to incorporate this feature into their upper end decks.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif I like Pioneer decks alot and I have to say "what a bunch of idiots".

 

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

I think it will be.

Seen anything to verify this?

I hope youre right.

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

Just curious, why do amps make heat even when they arent putting out power? I mean, heat is a biproduct of converting DC to AC, more or less, correct? So if it isnt pushing any speakers, it isnt converting that current, right?, why does it still get warm? I know its an easy answer, just never figured it out specifically...

 

[billybrown66 10+ year member]

whoops, sorry for the wrong info, good thing i said, "i believe...". i also hope the new pioneer's can do this as well because i'm probably going to be purchasing a 880prs, would like to see if there is actually a difference when the internal amp is off.

 

[mikegett 10+ year member]

Yeah, for some reason Pioneer has NOT deemed it necessary to incorporate this feature into their upper end decks.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif I like Pioneer decks alot and I have to say "what a bunch of idiots".

I wouldn't go as far as to call the r&d team at Pioneer idiots. It all deepends on the type of preout that they incorporate. Some HU's use the same signal for high and low level outputs. These will benefit from having the internal amp turned off. However, this is one of the poorest quality of low level signals produced. A HU that seperates the low level and high level entirely will result in cleaner preout signals and won't benefit from turning off the internal amp. Without a load on the amp, there will be no heat added. The primary reason that the ultra high end units leave out the internal amp is due to the extra cost in this manor. This is a large factor in Eclipse having such a clean signal to there preouts. With the reduction in cost over the past couple of years, more companies are using the second manor in low and mid range decks.

 

[billybrown66 10+ year member]

interesting.