RCA question

[stangpounder 10+ year member]

i have cheap wal mart rca's is it possible to have voltage loss...from the pre-out of the h/u...

(....i think not pos. but think that i am lossing signal because of they wire. it reads 1.1v at the end of the rca i thought it should read 2.v) is this possible?

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[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

bad connections probobly. you shouldnt see that much loss.

 

[stangpounder 10+ year member]

they are the rca's that come in thier kits really skinny...i dont think there is a bad conncet.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

buy some new rca's and see what happens

 

[stangpounder 10+ year member]

well i was going to just trying to trouble shoot b4 i go out tomorrow...you know kindda is this possible to have happen... i donno

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

yeah im sure its possible

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Your "2V" outputs will never reach 2V. Measure the RCA output right at the deck without he RCAs connected and you'll see that you aren't losing any signal. To lose .9V you would need resistance on the order of thousands of ohms in the RCA (simply not the case) or many amps of current flowing (again not the case). The bottom line is that you're putting way too much trust in the specs of your deck. Not saying that it's a bad deck just the the 2V preout spec is the max that you will ever see and that's with bass and treble at max and loudness on. Real world, you'll never see it. Just set you amp gain accordingly. It might mean that it's close to max. If that's where it needs to be, then it's fine.

 

[stangpounder 10+ year member]

so...what would be the point in better rca's?

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

There really isn't one.