ok guys up until now ive relied on my ears to do any kind of upgrades/ installs in my own vehicles. but lately ive been wanting to sit down and think about how things work together. (doin the math) anways my question is do i need a line driver with my deck? ive got the eclipse 5443 and it seems to do the job. so would a line driver help the preout at all? or does my deck have enough power on its own?

 

isn't there a recent thread on this? No, not a must

 

http://www.canadiancaraudio.com/ubb/...c;f=3;t=008891

 

no dude, u dont alwlays need one. depending on your deck and amp.

 

For an SPL setup, to compete, I would definately use one. Mostly cause those setups have multiple sub-amps. But you know Pat's Shadow uses one PG Trantrum 1200 and he uses a line driver, I would say it could never hurt if you have one lying around.

 

Sorry man, but you're wrong.

A lot of the spl oriented amps don't require a line driver.

My EQ's for example. It's actually recommended that you DON'T use one.

If you input voltage is too high then you run a higher risk of blowing your amp.

For the most part it's just easier to turn the gains up properly. [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

 

Yep, some girls...oops I mean decks put out more than others anyway. Depends bro

 

The Person who I am quoting is not the real Dann0

 

is there any way i could measure the voltage comin from the deck with my dmm? [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

 

if you run more than one amp from you deck to subs that are in the same inclosure you will want to get a line driver. You would start running into signal loss from the deck if you did not. Remember though even if you dont have a line driver you would have to level match all your amps together. A line driver was perfect for my situatioin because each sub is powered by 2 amps.
same signal going to the 4th amp as to the 1st amp, no loss. line driver good.