tooslow

Hi all,

I've been lurking here for a bit and finally signed up because I have a question. I'm gonna be switching my amps soon (when the money comes around of course) because... Well I want something better than Rockford Punch. The amp I'm looking at is a Kicker KX700.5 (discontinued, but I'm still getting one brand new). One of the reasons I wanna switch is beause my current amps have an input sensitivity up to 4V, while my headunit is an Eclipse CD5000 with an 8V preout. What I don't understand is that the kicker has 2 input sensitivity ratings; one called low-level (does this mean RCA?) which is up to 5V, and one for High Level (does this mean speaker-level?), which is up to 10V. What I wanna know is If I get this amp will I be safe from clipping, or will I still be at risk?

thanks

Tom.F.1

iTrader: (1)

High level will work with RCA's.

Try bpth settings, see what works best, let us know.

4boyssss

iTrader: (8)

low level input means - the rca input of the amp while hi level is for from the head unit's speaker output to the amp. Hope that helps.

tooslow

I did just get two answers saying the opposites from one another, right?

Tom.F.1

iTrader: (1)

yup, if it has a switch, some amps can change input level ranges on the rca's.

Read your manual, let us know what it says.

tooslow

I looked at the manual and I don't think it's switchable input sensitivity, however 2 different pages of the manual contradict each other as for which rating applies to which input type... It's only logical that the RCA's should have a higher input sensitivity than the speaker-levels, but I sent kicker an e-mail to clarify.

sunfired

iTrader: (-1)

speaker level inputs are hi, rca inputs are low.

youre h/u will prolly be ok with that amp,just try it and see

I had an issue like youres with an old school amp that didnt like 4volt outputs, on my deck i can reduce the output in my eq settings(variable muting) cant remember exactly what it was called. maybye youre deck has a feature thats similar?

sunfired

iTrader: (-1)

actually what it was was level ajustment in the crossover setting, odb to -12db.
its an alpine cda9815

sunfired

iTrader: (-1)

I was bored and looked up the manual for youre deck(cd5000) and it states that youre output voltage is 5v(odb)/55ohms.

You can find youre manual on crutchfeilds site.

tooslow

It says 5V in the manual and 8V everywhere else (i.e. in the product specs on websites, and on the deck itself)... I e-mailed tech support at Eclipse and they said it's a true 8V