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<blockquote data-quote="trumpet" data-source="post: 7829489" data-attributes="member: 628688">With an amplifier on the speakers you can set the gain with the volume only as high as you want it, although this causes three problems:1. Low signal level going into the amplifier, meaning there may a hiss heard through the speakers as a result of cranking up the gain to compensate.2. Lack of dynamics. A lot of music doesn&#039;t have much dynamics from the production process, but for music that does have quiet and loud passages it will all sound about the same level.3. Depending on the sensitivity of the speakers you buy and the amount of power you run, you may not like how quickly the volume gets really loud if you only want to turn the knob 1/4 up, for example. There&#039;s nothing wrong with turning the volume up almost all the way if the radio doesn&#039;t do some junk like reduce the bass. If you do have a radio that changes the sound in relation to the volume then there may be a need to change the head unit or add a processor before the amplifier.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trumpet, post: 7829489, member: 628688"] With an amplifier on the speakers you can set the gain with the volume only as high as you want it, although this causes three problems: 1. Low signal level going into the amplifier, meaning there may a hiss heard through the speakers as a result of cranking up the gain to compensate. 2. Lack of dynamics. A lot of music doesn't have much dynamics from the production process, but for music that does have quiet and loud passages it will all sound about the same level. 3. Depending on the sensitivity of the speakers you buy and the amount of power you run, you may not like how quickly the volume gets really loud if you only want to turn the knob 1/4 up, for example. There's nothing wrong with turning the volume up almost all the way if the radio doesn't do some junk like reduce the bass. If you do have a radio that changes the sound in relation to the volume then there may be a need to change the head unit or add a processor before the amplifier. [/QUOTE]

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