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Increased HU voltage
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:33 pm
by brent
Is there any way short of a new deck to increase the voltage from you preamp on the deck. My current deck has 2.5 volt preamps and I would like atleast 5 volts. Thanks for the help.
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:45 pm
by Bwcad1
line driver audiocontrol makes very good ones.
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:54 pm
by brent
Would increased preout voltage increase the loudness of my subs? My subs move plenty of air, and my box is not oversized, I just do not get very loud in the cab of my truck.
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:24 pm
by Bwcad1
what is your setup? and i have gained about 1 db using an 8v linedriver
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:39 pm
by JeremyC
A line driver will not make youir subs louder. It simply give the amp a cleaner signal to work with, and alows you to turn the gain down so the input stage doesn't have to work as hard.
I am sure there are a few situations where a slight gain might have been noticed, as in bill's case, but don't expect this to be a rule of thumb.
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:41 pm
by brent
subs 2 kicker cvr 12d2
amp kx600.1 gain is 0-5v sensitive
hu pioneer premier 2.5v preouts.
95 chevy reg cab has a little rattle in back
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:47 pm
by Darthness
buy some sound deadener and deaden where ever your rattles are occuring. i prefer secondskin (
http://www.secondskinaudio.com) damplifier and sludge. I had huge (imo) gains when i [deadened my trunk..
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:42 pm
by brent
Darthness wrote:buy some sound deadener and deaden where ever your rattles are occuring. i prefer secondskin (
http://www.secondskinaudio.com) damplifier and sludge. I had huge (imo) gains when i [deadened my trunk..
Thanks alot, i have gotten some dynamat and plan to do my truck this weekend!!
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:10 am
by solacedagony
JeremyC wrote:A line driver will not make youir subs louder. It simply give the amp a cleaner signal to work with, and alows you to turn the gain down so the input stage doesn't have to work as hard.
I am sure there are a few situations where a slight gain might have been noticed, as in bill's case, but don't expect this to be a rule of thumb.
If you brought your voltage from 4v to 8v, you would be able to set your gain higher, and give yourself a lower noise floor, correct?
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:19 am
by sinister audio
actually you set your gain lower. but it helps keep noise out of your system. and i would say the only way you could gain DBs by using a line driver would probaly be clipping the amp.