speaker-to-RCA converter recommendations?
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speaker-to-RCA converter recommendations?
I'm sure that many of you out there have installed aftermarket amp-cap-sub systems to your stock stereos. Seeing as the stock head unit has a changer and tape deck, I'm going to hold onto that for a while and upgrade the cabin speakers and install a sub from my previous car.
So I have to run a line-out converter to the amp off the rear speaker channel, and I was wondering what brand/model of line-out converters you would recommend. Have any of you had problems with engine-generated noise in your set-ups? Are there recommended converters with good shielding? Or does it really matter because it's all solid-state tech anyway?
Also, have any of you seen converters with built-in level controls? Not cross-overs, but a device that allows volume to the sub to be controlled independently of the rear speakers, which will all be connected to the same channel in this set-up.
So I have to run a line-out converter to the amp off the rear speaker channel, and I was wondering what brand/model of line-out converters you would recommend. Have any of you had problems with engine-generated noise in your set-ups? Are there recommended converters with good shielding? Or does it really matter because it's all solid-state tech anyway?
Also, have any of you seen converters with built-in level controls? Not cross-overs, but a device that allows volume to the sub to be controlled independently of the rear speakers, which will all be connected to the same channel in this set-up.
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Hey skybluedoc, i don't use the stock HU but i've read
a lot about david navone's stuff. Check out his site here.
http://www.davidnavone.com/adaptor_products.htm
You could probably call him and ask which is the right
one you need.
a lot about david navone's stuff. Check out his site here.
http://www.davidnavone.com/adaptor_products.htm
You could probably call him and ask which is the right
one you need.
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You can change the volume of the sub by changing the 'gain' on the amp powering the sub if you have to...
In my experience you're either going to get noise or you're not...there are only a few times I've seen changing how something is hooked up, or adding more grounds to different places, or adding a filter to remove 'alternator hiss' has actually worked...I think a line out converter may introduce some noise but it won't be alternator hiss, it will be more of a function that it's taking an already amplified signal and de-amplifying it again which will 'color' the sound a bit, but probably not noticably..,
In my experience you're either going to get noise or you're not...there are only a few times I've seen changing how something is hooked up, or adding more grounds to different places, or adding a filter to remove 'alternator hiss' has actually worked...I think a line out converter may introduce some noise but it won't be alternator hiss, it will be more of a function that it's taking an already amplified signal and de-amplifying it again which will 'color' the sound a bit, but probably not noticably..,
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