Would it be pointless ?

[kotec123 10+ year member]

I want to buy a line driver, to get a better signal to my amp, so i can lower the gains a little, and put less stress on my electrical system. But, i would be line driving a signal from my line out converter. Would this be pointless as the signal from my line out converter is like less then 2 volts, and probly isnt the greatest signal? or is this a great idea? and suggestions on what line driver i should get? thanks

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[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

line driver's are pointless regardless. your gain is used to match the level of the headunit so do that and call it a day

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Meh...might help might not, Im not a fan of line drivers

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

dude please read the thread....its a stock head unit. aka "line out converter" so it doesnt have bass control..

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

dude please read the thread....its a stock head unit. aka "line out converter" so it doesnt have bass control..

where did i mention bass control? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

where did i mention bass control? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

it doesnt matter maybe??? if my head unit cant controll output then guess what....it doesnt have gains.....and even if you "claim" it does, then its not what im lookin for....

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

it doesnt matter maybe??? if my head unit cant controll output then guess what....it doesnt have gains.....and even if you "claim" it does, then its not what im lookin for....

all amps have gains. sorry i bothered. back to the lounge i go. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif

 

[msimon 10+ year member]

I want to buy a line driver, to get a better signal to my amp, so i can lower the gains a little, and put less stress on my electrical system. But, i would be line driving a signal from my line out converter. Would this be pointless as the signal from my line out converter is like less then 2 volts, and probly isnt the greatest signal? or is this a great idea? and suggestions on what line driver i should get? thanks

And why do think that lowering your gain will help your electrical system? Do you think that your amp is going to somehow produce less power or become more efficient by feeding it more signal? Because it sure as heck isn't...

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

look in my other thread in amps...i was told that lowering the gains draws less power...i sure as heck didnt pull that outa my ***...the person who said it might have

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

look in my other thread in amps...i was told that lowering the gains draws less power...i sure as heck didnt pull that outa my ***...the person who said it might have

only unless you are clipping the amp. just set the gains according to the tutorial

 

[msimon 10+ year member]

look in my other thread in amps...i was told that lowering the gains draws less power...i sure as heck didnt pull that outa my ***...the person who said it might have

People a lot smarter than me can explain it much better than I could. Check out werewolf's reply in this thread:

http://www.carsound.com/UBB/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=023709

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

look in my other thread in amps...i was told that lowering the gains draws less power...i sure as heck didnt pull that outa my ***...the person who said it might have

why are you jumping on folks when you have no clue what you are talking about? Lowering the gain would decrease the output and therefore decrease the electrical draw, but that wouldnt always be true....if as you lower the amps gain, you raise its input signal //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

why are you jumping on folks when you have no clue what you are talking about? Lowering the gain would decrease the output and therefore decrease the electrical draw, but that wouldnt always be true....if as you lower the amps gain, you raise its input signal //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

i didnt jump on anyone....im just pissed that i get accused of something i didnt do....so your saying that if i raise input signal wouldnt the amp do "less work" amplifing the signal, therefore there would be less current draw?

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

ok ic i read that post and according to werewolf, he said that the current draw would be the same....

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

the gain is simply used to match voltage from your source with the amp. that is all it is for.