Cheap HU distortion....

[jgarcia9102 10+ year member]

Ive got a cheaper HU, its one of the lowew model JVC's, and i know its not great but for now its what i have to work with.

Now, everything is great at lower volumes, but when i crank it up i get distortion. Now i know its because its a cheap HU, but im wondering if there is anything i can do to minimise it

Right now im just running front stage off the HU. The volume is good till about 29/50, then up to 33 its only noticible in certain songs, then after that its pretty noticible all around.

What im wondering is if i use an external amp for my front stage, which i am planning to do in the next month, would it reduce the clipping? Or is it all in my HU, and even the Pre outs will be just as distorted?

I dont expect the distortion to go away, im just wondering if using the pre-outs will reduce it at all...

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

An external amp would greatly reduce the level of distortion you're hearing and vastly improve the dynamic range...there's really no substitute for it as you'll soon hear //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

Are you running stock fronts?

 

[jgarcia9102 10+ year member]

Nope, just some Type S coaxials untill after christmass when i can afford some Comps.

Thats why ill be getting the amp in the first place, to power the comps. But i would first put money into a new HU if it was absolutely necessary, but it looks like i can manage for a while without it.

thanks for such quick responses guys.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Properly amp them, and deaden your doors with a layer or two of sound deadening. These two things will do so much to improve your front stage...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[jgarcia9102 10+ year member]

Right now there is some dynamat on the doors, but not much. ill add some more when i do the Comps.

Im actually trying to re do my system the right way this time. I bought the car with a pretty crappy attempt of a system in it, and ive been trying to fix it up.

recently i decided im just going to re do the whole thing since thats the only way ill know its done correctly. Meaning more dynamat, Front stage amps, and possibly a new HU

Jack, is there anything you dont know?