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<blockquote data-quote="jcraft" data-source="post: 8059096" data-attributes="member: 645700">Hi all,I am new to car ausio and have never had anything other than a stock stereo. I now have the following.- jvc amp 200x1 for sub- 12&quot; bazooka subwoofer- Sony HU- Rockford Fosgate 50x4 feeding front and rears- Polk 5x7 rear&nbsp; and Infinity components in frontNow my question. I have set up everything and originally adjusted my gains by ear and then also set with a dmm which didn&#039;t change all that much. My HU goes from 0-50. NOw seeing I don&#039;t know how better system sound I have nothing to base it on sio here is where you guys come in. When I play the actual radio ( FM) I go from 0-48 before distortion is heard. With that I find myself cranking the radio up to about 45 to get close to the volume I like to play sometimes ( I like it loud once in a while). CD&#039;s sound much beeter and I only need crank to aboutt 42 to acheive volume. Now when I plug the ipod in and keep the ipod at full volume, this syetm sounds incredibly loud at only 35-38 with the music sounding so full and rich. I can&#039;t even go above 40 before my ears can&#039;t take it. I am assuming it is just because it is a digital signal and the quality is better. Unfortuanetely I listen to the radio much more than cd&#039;s or ipod so if I want to get the radio sounding better would I need to go to a more powerful amp or is this just somehing that is inherant to a FM signals. I am assuming the FM signal is just poor quality and the amplifir is not amplifying a clean signal compared to digital. Thx</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jcraft, post: 8059096, member: 645700"] Hi all, I am new to car ausio and have never had anything other than a stock stereo. I now have the following. - jvc amp 200x1 for sub - 12" bazooka subwoofer - Sony HU - Rockford Fosgate 50x4 feeding front and rears - Polk 5x7 rear and Infinity components in front Now my question. I have set up everything and originally adjusted my gains by ear and then also set with a dmm which didn't change all that much. My HU goes from 0-50. NOw seeing I don't know how better system sound I have nothing to base it on sio here is where you guys come in. When I play the actual radio ( FM) I go from 0-48 before distortion is heard. With that I find myself cranking the radio up to about 45 to get close to the volume I like to play sometimes ( I like it loud once in a while). CD's sound much beeter and I only need crank to aboutt 42 to acheive volume. Now when I plug the ipod in and keep the ipod at full volume, this syetm sounds incredibly loud at only 35-38 with the music sounding so full and rich. I can't even go above 40 before my ears can't take it. I am assuming it is just because it is a digital signal and the quality is better. Unfortuanetely I listen to the radio much more than cd's or ipod so if I want to get the radio sounding better would I need to go to a more powerful amp or is this just somehing that is inherant to a FM signals. I am assuming the FM signal is just poor quality and the amplifir is not amplifying a clean signal compared to digital. Thx [/QUOTE]

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