Manufacturer says it has 6 channel 4v. Either way multiple people have recommended it & it just happened to be on sale as the cheapest option available. Wanted an alpine but to get more than 3-band eq & 4v they're more than double the cost of this unit
all of these cheap ones arent that good at all. Only reason i made that comment because the gain needed to be pretty high on my buddy's setup and the amp was 5 volts to 0.2 volts on the potentiometer where it technically should have been 10-20% if it was a real 4 volt.Manufacturer says it has 6 channel 4v. Either way multiple people have recommended it & it just happened to be on sale as the cheapest option available. Wanted an alpine but to get more than 3-band eq & 4v they're more than double the cost of this unit
Well I guess I can return it & keep scanning for one of the alpines then. Figured since it was recommended in multiple forum threads, had solid 5 stars out of many reviews on crutchfield, & checked all the boxes it was just a lucky sale I found.
it should still be fine just your gain will be a bit higher. You will still make some gains if you get something proper like higher end pioneer.
What would you consider higher end pioneer? Mind sharing a few models as reference so I can look into them? I was looking at the MVH-S600BS before but I don't think it's in the range of 'higher end' though it was within my budget range
if you can find a used 80 prs, that'll be one of the best you can do, otherwise mostly the 150 and up range new which uses the better audio processing chips. But the improvement wont be 2.5 x the price of the JVC. there's diminishing returns but you will still make some gains. My comment was mainly to let you expect that the gains will be slightly higher than expected.
I figured that was a main reason for the sale. Hoping it turns out to be a solid unit otherwise as mentioned I can always return it but I'm still trying to stick to a budget. My door speakers aren't amped so 2 preouts wouldn't make a difference to me if you have any quick suggestions I can add to my list.
its always been that cheap from the release, sometimes it goes up to 80 but in general its that exact same price range. I knew about that head unit from the very start since the 340bts. Its not really a 4 volt pre-out from testing.
your subwoofer is amped, it makes a difference.I figured that was a main reason for the sale. Hoping it turns out to be a solid unit otherwise as mentioned I can always return it but I'm still trying to stick to a budget. My door speakers aren't amped so 2 preouts wouldn't make a difference to me if you have any quick suggestions I can add to my list.
p.s. I used to have a 2rz taco 5sp manual w/ balljoint flip & mild mods miss that little truck. Used to hurt a lot of honda feelings when they'd line up
Yeah most people dont understand the magic of what quality head units can do. I'm glad your setup improved. now imagine your old sub with this hahaha.
dont use CD disks, completely inaccurate. Use music, more specifically your hardest hitting song. If you want to get analytical, use spectrum analyzer on audacity and see the DB levels and generate the test tone that matches the song and use that as a test tone to set gains. Also set gains with subs connected not disconnected its completely different when the amp sees a load vs no load. Basically saying the old digital multi-meter gain setting method using a 0 db test tone is beyond flawed for multitude of reasons.
