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[Speedyd718 10+ year member]

8v shouldn't hurt, definitely helps cancel extra noise(whines and such). always had whines with my other decks. not so with the eclipse. no preout voltage is adjustable though, it's set in the deck.

 

[slim j 10+ year member]

I don't know...the amp manual said it would be too much. Looks like I am stuck with the pioneer.

 

[amr952 10+ year member]

You will be fine with the Eclipse, the 8V will not hurt anything. You will very rarely get the 8V out of it anyways, only at close to full volume.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

8v shouldn't hurt, definitely helps cancel extra noise(whines and such). always had whines with my other decks. not so with the eclipse. no preout voltage is adjustable though, it's set in the deck.

That's funny.....I got alternator whine when I installed my Eclipse 8053 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif And to make it even funnier....I uninstalled a rated 2V deck that had zero alt whine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Preout voltage doesn't affect alternator whine as that's primarily a function of the grounding (voltage potential differences) and not the preout voltage.

And preout voltage is adjustable.....with the volume knob //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I don't know...the amp manual said it would be too much. Looks like I am stuck with the pioneer.

Remember that you'll only ever get rated preout voltage out of the deck with a 0db test tone at full volume. With music, which is typically recorded at -6db (sometimes even -10db), you're looking at an average of ~2V output at maximum volume.

I'm presently running my Eclipse 8053 (8V outputs) into amplifiers rated to accept a maximum input voltage of 1.5V......and I do not believe I've ever maxed out the input stage.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

x2 on the Eclipse 8455, much better then the pioneer imo. Another option that you may want to check out is the Alpine 9835, that is a great deck also that can do what you want.

Exactly, the Alpine 9835 is XM ready as well. I use the 9835 and LOVE it.

NG

 

[slim j 10+ year member]

Too bad it is not available new or I would most definitely go with the alpine. Do they have any "problems" like the pioneer had RCA problems and problems with the 960s ribbon breaking.

 

[Speedyd718 10+ year member]

That's funny.....I got alternator whine when I installed my Eclipse 8053 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif And to make it even funnier....I uninstalled a rated 2V deck that had zero alt whine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif
Preout voltage doesn't affect alternator whine as that's primarily a function of the grounding (voltage potential differences) and not the preout voltage.

And preout voltage is adjustable.....with the volume knob //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

hmm, i've had a jvc sh707, and pioneer 740 and 960. and i had alt whine all of those. i had to install noise cancelers to rid it. but with the eclipse i got no whine(maybe because the zapco balanced symblink helps though:naughty: )