Dont kill me for asking

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

My amp outputs are only 2volts... I Was wondering if there was a way to increase this before the RCA's hit the amp... can you connect the RCA's up to something first then to the amp??

This is such a noob question... I feel retarded

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[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

line driver

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

My amp outputs are only 2volts... I Was wondering if there was a way to increase this before the RCA's hit the amp... can you connect the RCA's up to something first then to the amp??
This is such a noob question... I feel retarded

Your amp wont take 2 volts?? Wont their be more distortion with a line driver??

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Don't even bother if you don't have any noise in your system. The increased voltage will do NOTHING for you if you have a noise free system already....and adding a line driver will actually increase your chances of getting noise.

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

Well lets put it this way... going from my old deck.... to this one... (I changed nothing on my old deck...left it stock) To this one.... my sub was SO much quitier

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Well lets put it this way... going from my old deck.... to this one... (I changed nothing on my old deck...left it stock) To this one.... my sub was SO much quitier

Did you remember to reset your gain

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

I didnt touch the gain..... from one to the other

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

you need to reset it if you changed HUs

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

mean to check the voltage again... and make sure its at 44-45?

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

ya, do the gain setting thing again

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I didnt touch the gain..... from one to the other

There is your problem //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif Lower input voltage = higher gain setting needed.

Go through and reset your gain via the gain setting tutorial. After you reset your gain to the proper level, you should not notice any differences.

EDIT: ****, I'm slow //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

Thank god... see I never even thought about that... and once I had my gains set perfect... I Was happy as could be... so now I gotta get out my metter and test it!! YAY

the equation is right.... right?

Square root (Desiered wattage x Final Ohm)

Square root (2000 x 1)

Square root 2000

44-45 volts... right?

At 45 hz....?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

44.7v

 

[Loudrango112 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif thank you... makeing sure it didnt change in my head.... its been a while since I set some gains... and wanted to make sure I was right...

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Did you remember to reset your gain

LMFAO...

NG