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Father Yuli 05-18-2004 12:19 PM

i doubt your amp needs full 6.5volt of input.

Tim Baillie. 05-18-2004 02:35 PM


Originally posted by Humvee2:

Y Connector. My deck has 6.5 volt output. Would it drop it by splitting it?


Yes it will.............use a proper line driver to do it...........

Tim Baillie. 05-18-2004 02:36 PM


Originally posted by Team Canada SPL - Yuli:
i doubt your amp needs full 6.5volt of input.
Yuli................nevermind.........

Yes your amp needs 6.5 volts of input, the more the better...............especially those things..........more input means more output with those amps.......

Father Yuli 05-18-2004 02:55 PM

hmm i find that most amps do not require more than 2.5volts of input. i however dont know about older amps, perhaps they do need all that voltage?

i know if u look in the manula for newer amps they say something like 0.5v-2.5v input. I know my amps peak out at 2.4v of input, the more the better doesnt work for them, they start to distort and i see no gain in spl?

Tim Baillie. 05-18-2004 06:00 PM

Yuli, while your comments have some merit, you have to understand also that what a deck puts out and what the amp sees once it's way down the RCA's and whatever else is between the deck and the amp....................a head unit's output inpedence is almost as important as the output voltage..................while your amps may only take 2.5v, doesn't mean your amps are getting 100% purundistorted 2.5v..........if they did.............you will get more power from your amps and cleaner power................

Father Yuli 05-18-2004 11:03 PM

with a 5.6v deck i dont gain anything with input voltage over 2.4v. you can probly tell i dont know all the theory behind it, i just go by what i see on the spl meter. even with my 11 volt line driver that was located 1 foot worth of rca lenght from the amp's inputs i saw no gain at anything over 2.4 volts.

Humvee2 05-19-2004 07:55 AM

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[ May 21, 2004, 04:51 AM: Message edited by: Humvee2 ]

slow/n\low 05-19-2004 09:06 AM


Originally posted by Team Canada SPL - Yuli:
with a 5.6v deck i dont gain anything with input voltage over 2.4v. you can probly tell i dont know all the theory behind it, i just go by what i see on the spl meter. even with my 11 volt line driver that was located 1 foot worth of rca lenght from the amp's inputs i saw no gain at anything over 2.4 volts.
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Father Yuli 05-19-2004 10:50 AM

good reply

Paul Niwranski 05-19-2004 01:04 PM


Originally posted by Humvee2:

Y Connector. My deck has 6.5 volt output. Would it drop it by splitting it?


Not usually. We're talking voltage. Does a power bar in you house divide up the voltage? Does a power distribution block in your car divide up your battery voltage? No. What comes into play is the current available.

What 'can' happen if you have a high output impedance deck and low input impedance amps is that the amp load gets too low for the deck (too much current draw) and the voltage drops off or the deck clips earlier. It works the same as an amp and speakers - you need to be aware of the driven load.


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