What kind, and how much of a difference would i notice with 2v , 5v, or 8v preouts??

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

WOW! Squeak is the man, hands down. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

i've been saying the same thing is simpler terms //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[BlkonBlkFG 10+ year member]

I just meant how he came in here and quoted like 10 different people and corrected everything they said that was wrong. Thats all...

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

it's okay ice I still

 

[xploit2 10+ year member]

I just meant how he came in here and quoted like 10 different people and corrected everything they said that was wrong. Thats all...

well thats squeaks9798 opinion...It doesnt mean he is right...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif we had like 5 people saying how better and different the sound was when they switched from 2V to 5V.

from my experience it does make a difference...otherwise why would eclipse or any other engineers bother in building headunits with 5V preouts??........

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

well thats squeaks9798 opinion...It doesnt mean he is right...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif we had like 5 people saying how better and different the sound was when they switched from 2V to 5V.from my experience it does make a difference...otherwise why would eclipse or any other engineers bother in building headunits with 5V preouts??........

to sell them to noobs and the people who noticed differences, had way to many variables. ever hear of the scientific method? i suggest you look it up and then make comparisons //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[BlkonBlkFG 10+ year member]

Maybe the difference in the HU wasnt b/c of the actual voltage of the preout, but maybe b/c of a different D/A processor rate or THD percentage or signal to noise ratio in addition to the solid signal of a higher voltage preout. EH?

 

[xploit2 10+ year member]

to sell them to noobs and the people who noticed differences, had way to many variables. ever hear of the scientific method? i suggest you look it up and then make comparisons //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

You make no sense Bro.

 

[xploit2 10+ year member]

Maybe the difference in the HU wasnt b/c of the actual voltage of the preout, but maybe b/c of a different D/A processor rate or THD percentage or signal to noise ratio in addition to the solid signal of a higher voltage preout. EH?

Now thats more like it!! iceteebone learn something bro.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

You make no sense Bro.

when comparing 2 things, you can't use different cars and subwoofers and different brands of headunits with different processing. too many variables on why one sounded better then the other.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

use these ideals when making scientific comparisons and present the findings to us when you are done //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Method

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

well thats squeaks9798 opinion...It doesnt mean he is right...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

Actually, there's no opinion about it. It's simply a fact that some people aren't aware of, and many attempt to draw valid conclusions from invalid comparisons

we had like 5 people saying how better and different the sound was when they switched from 2V to 5V.

And all of those people were comparing completely different headunits, likely with different settings and even in some instances in completely different vehicles. Which makes their opinions completely worthless as the "experiements" they conducted were completely invalid in every sense.

If you want to test it yourself, we explained how to do a simple experiment to show you what differences exist (or rather, what differences don't exist).

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I actually learned something. I thought if you kept the gains down (less than preout voltage) it would make the amp work less hard. I am still uncertain as to why, however.

It would look like the signal would be less amplified, thus making the amp work less. I guess that is why they say the gain is not a volume knob.

This leads to another question...does when you change the volume on the CD player itself, does the internal amp work less?

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

Ok I got my new CD5000 in. And here are my results: At first it is significantly louder, but once I got ahold of a DMM and set my gains according, it is about the same. One thing I did notice though are my speakers seem to be a tad bit louder, but I believe the settings on the HU are responsibile for that (there is so many **** options on this thing I'mma need to study the booklet, it's like a novel). But overall jumping from 2v to 8v was not much of a difference in sound level.

 

[BlkonBlkFG 10+ year member]

what about the quality of the sound? Did you have a 1-bit processor before or a 24-bit? If you went from 1 to 24 how much of a difference in sound was it? Was it worth the money to make the switch in your opinion?

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i've had 1 and 24 bit and haven't noticed a difference