yeah, uh, about that whole bridging my amp thing....

[frankiebones 10+ year member]

i just realized i dont have rca cables to connect from the rear output to amp 2 (channels 3 and 4), so i cant even get this idea off the ground.

i spent close to a hundred bones on my last set and i am assuming 2 things:

1. any substantive diff in the quality of the cable will make one side of the car sound better than the other;

2. using an adaptor to split the signal at the end would take the preamp output and split that in half as well, defeating the purpose of having high voltage preamp outs and forcing me to re-tune my whole system starting with each component in the chain

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[btlking 10+ year member]

order a set off knukonceptz.com i just got 5 sets in and they are awesome

 

[frankiebones 10+ year member]

i spent a lot of money on the tsunamis, and i would rather get another one either identical, or not much below it in terms of quality bc i know i wont be able to get much money for a used RCA cable.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

1. any substantive diff in the quality of the cable will make one side of the car sound better than the other;

You won't hear a difference between them.

I'm sorry someone suckered you into paying $100 for a set of RCA's

2. using an adaptor to split the signal at the end would take the preamp output and split that in half as well, defeating the purpose of having high voltage preamp outs and forcing me to re-tune my whole system starting with each component in the chain

Y-splitters do not split the voltage. If you have, for example, 4V preamp outputs....each input will still receive the full 4V using y-splitters.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

i bought all 6 sets of my RCA's for $45 FTW. just get splitters, though.

 

[frankiebones 10+ year member]

You won't hear a difference between them.
I'm sorry someone suckered you into paying $100 for a set of RCA's

Y-splitters do not split the voltage. If you have, for example, 4V preamp outputs....each input will still receive the full 4V using y-splitters.

i always thought my guy at the install shop was a little off in his car audio education. he is a hell of an installer in terms of building custom enclosures and custom kickpads but i called him and asked him if the voltage was split if u split using an adaptor and he said 'yes.'

also, i had a gift certificate for circuit city, and the RCAs they had in the store were either really cheap or really expensive, so i spent too much, but at least it was a gift certificate (lol).

what are some good Y adaptors and where can they be found. i will look around and post links to anything to see what you guys think before i buy them. thanks a lot btlking, jman, and squeak (btw, you have a lot more posts than me, but i have seen TOOL 14 times so i may have you beat there).

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

I used to work at CC.... which RCA's did you get?

 

[frankiebones 10+ year member]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006346W/ref=pd_cp_e_title/104-9820409-5825554

something like this would, for example, take the L RCA cable and split it so i could plug it into two L inputs (channels 1 and 3).

just thought it was weird that they made them 2 diff colors, as if one was L and the other R.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

I used to work at CC.... which RCA's did you get?

My guess would be the x15 katanas...

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

thats how i had mine done for a while. it cost me $12 and worked fine

 

[frankiebones 10+ year member]

I used to work at CC.... which RCA's did you get?

right there on my signature. the tsunami x-15-17, anything in bw was out of stock and the rca's i had were included in a rockford multi-amp wiring kit. since then, i had upgraded all my power wires to 0 gauge but still had the 'toys-r-us' RCAs that came with the wiring kit.

when i saw the same rcas, 17 feet long on some website for $3.99, combined with the $$$ i spent on components ($850 for the morel hybrid 6", plus $300 for dynamat, door sealing, and fiberglass pods), i needed to upgrade.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

I snagged three pairs of streetgwires zeronoise 2.0 off my manager for $30

 

[frankiebones 10+ year member]

these look good, but i would need 2 of 'em and thats not cheap

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_3763.html

 

[frankiebones 10+ year member]

these look pretty good, monster makes cheaper ones for 6 bucks at CC, but why stinge out now that i have spent so much money (and time!)

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Monster-Cable-Ultra-High-Performance-Audio-Y-Adapter-IHPY1F/sem/rpsm/oid/11197/catOid/-12930/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

i always thought my guy at the install shop was a little off in his car audio education. he is a hell of an installer in terms of building custom enclosures and custom kickpads but i called him and asked him if the voltage was split if u split using an adaptor and he said 'yes.'

Yeah...unfortunately that seems to be a common trend. Many professional installers can fabricate anything you desire and do it extremely well....but their technical knowledge is lacking.