"no clipping h/u"??

[78nova 10+ year member]

i was wondering if there was such a thing as a no clipping h/u because i have an audiobahn amp that shows when im clipping with these gay blue and red lights, and i have a piece of crap h/u (pioneer deh1400 i believe with piece of crap rca's) and my amp just clips TO much and i dont want to blow my subs, //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/nono.gif.eca61d170185779e0921b0faa9704973.gif so i was thinking of upgrading to another h/u with "no clipping" or a h/u that wont clip with 13 volts, so please help me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/help.gif.cee8f684da1ba626487a8bc51152e1ec.gif

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[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

Fosgate advertises one of their HUs as non clipping, but im not sure which one or how much it costs.

 

[Shugarra 10+ year member]

Turn down the gain on your amp?

 

[78nova 10+ year member]

if i turn the gain down you can bearly hear bass, and it still clips if my volume is at 14 out of 30(with the bass to -6 on my h/u and the amp gain is at 1/3) i really am considering getting a new h/u so please help me out

thanks

 

[78nova 10+ year member]

what about an eclipse h/u, i heard those were pretty good for no clipping

 

[Mobile 10+ year member]

what about an eclipse h/u, i heard those were pretty good for no clipping

correct, their decks are non-clipping. The voltage and resistance on the RCA lines is a important factor for no clipping deck. Eclipse's 5/ 8 volt / 50ohm decks are the ticket.

 

[78nova 10+ year member]

what about that rockford one, how much does that one cost compared to the eclipse

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

The deh 1400 is NOT what I would call one of Pioneer's proudest achievements. The pre amp output voltage on that deck is dismal at best. I would say get a deck it with high output voltage or get a decent pre amp line driver to boost the voltage. If you like Pioneer then get one of the higher end Premier units that have triple 6 volt pre outs.

adam

 

[k-mart 10+ year member]

Lots of decks have anti-clipping circuts that dial back the outputs from the RCA's once a certain volume level on the deck is reached. My old P1r comes to mind, as does my current RF 8240Ti........not sure about the alpine 9815 that i have as well.....but i do know the RF's 2v rated outputs out perform the alpine's 4v outputs with ease........

 

[brandonloserkid 10+ year member]

id check out the rockford's if i were you. my friend tested the actual output of eclipse and fosgate. and eclipse was more like 2.4 (advertising 5V) and fosgate was right on 5V like they said

 

[JLCivic 10+ year member]

what about an eclipse h/u, i heard those were pretty good for no clipping

I think Eclipse makes excellent decks(I have used 4 of them including my current deck). I think their pre outs may clip, but they go very near full volume before doing so. I think, from top to bottom, eclipse decks have the best pre outs going.