WTB: line driver

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

I'm not to sure exactly what I need but I just bought a double din alpine w200 on here and it only has 2v preouts. I will need some sort of line driver to bring that voltage up. Let me know what you guys have.

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[528hz 10+ year member]

I've got an Impulse 13.5v line driver I got from DRAG SPL. It's in great shape, no scratches or anything. I was going to use it, but the Eclipse 6600 has a 5v pre-out so I don't think I'm going to use it. Let me know if you want it.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

any idea on price?

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

I paid him $40 shipped (he'll confirm) which I would do the same for you.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

You don't need one...

Moving along...

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

anyone actually experince adding one and noticing a differnce from like a 2v preout deck to a 3kwrms+ amp?

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

You don't need one...

Moving along...

It'll save your amp from working as hard...

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

It'll save your amp from working as hard...

Well the preamplifier section of an amplifier is deigned to boost voltage into the input of the amplifier. Very little current is pulled from the input preamplifer into the output amplifier sections. There is NO way, unless the amplifier is designed poorly, the input voltage makes that much difference on the output of the amplifier. (If you have the gains adjusted correctly with the preamplifier in the amplifier its self)

Think about it like this.

HU OUT->Pre-Amp In->Processing->Amplification->Output.

Each of these stages are separated, very little current flows between them (with the exception of the amplification and the output). All you are doing by adding a box inline is lengthening your signal chain, introducing more connections, adding another source of noise and distortion, and pretty much by passing the reason a Amplifier has a Pre-Amp in it.