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<blockquote data-quote="phantom240" data-source="post: 8668597" data-attributes="member: 562504"><p>Even as a "budget" Zapco, the price of the ST-4D new was over $600 if memory serves me right. I haven't seen the ST-4D on a dyno, so I can't verify if it's RMS ratings are true or not, but I know that my P900.4 outperforms in the wattage department. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, and I'm sure that I'm not feeding the amps a top quality signal either, as most of my listening comes from streaming. I'm not expecting it to win SQ competitions, but it does sound pretty great for what it is. Not sure I'm going to go active in this truck, seeing as it's about to turn over the 300k mile mark, but we will see. </p><p></p><p> I've been eyeballing the Alpine CDE-HD149BT, would that 24 bit DAC really improve the ability to get a clean signal to my amps?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah I know it is centered at 0dB, and with how I have my EQ set, it starts to distort on most music around the 30-32 mark. Whether that's a distorted signal into the amp, or clipping coming out, I can't speculate. I'll definitely whip out the DMM and reset the gains once I reset the EQ. I just gotta remember how to calculate output voltage to approximate wattage output lol. The speakers are all claimed by JBL to be 3ohm, to combat impedance rise. I do want to set the gains lower in the rear a tad just so I don't have to play with the fader to keep from smoking the poor speakers in the back, and really I don't need rear fill until I need it rowdy, so seems like a win-win lol. I should probably reset the sub gain as well. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phantom240, post: 8668597, member: 562504"] Even as a "budget" Zapco, the price of the ST-4D new was over $600 if memory serves me right. I haven't seen the ST-4D on a dyno, so I can't verify if it's RMS ratings are true or not, but I know that my P900.4 outperforms in the wattage department. Yes, and I'm sure that I'm not feeding the amps a top quality signal either, as most of my listening comes from streaming. I'm not expecting it to win SQ competitions, but it does sound pretty great for what it is. Not sure I'm going to go active in this truck, seeing as it's about to turn over the 300k mile mark, but we will see. I've been eyeballing the Alpine CDE-HD149BT, would that 24 bit DAC really improve the ability to get a clean signal to my amps? Yeah I know it is centered at 0dB, and with how I have my EQ set, it starts to distort on most music around the 30-32 mark. Whether that's a distorted signal into the amp, or clipping coming out, I can't speculate. I'll definitely whip out the DMM and reset the gains once I reset the EQ. I just gotta remember how to calculate output voltage to approximate wattage output lol. The speakers are all claimed by JBL to be 3ohm, to combat impedance rise. I do want to set the gains lower in the rear a tad just so I don't have to play with the fader to keep from smoking the poor speakers in the back, and really I don't need rear fill until I need it rowdy, so seems like a win-win lol. I should probably reset the sub gain as well. [/QUOTE]
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