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Bronze Member Username: Red_alert05Post Number: 31 Registered: Jul-05 | Is there much difference between 4 volts and 2 volts preoutput voltage? |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorPost Number: 1467 Registered: Apr-05 | Yes, there actually is. What headunits are you looking into? |
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Bronze Member Username: Red_alert05Post Number: 32 Registered: Jul-05 | pioneer |
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Bronze Member Username: Red_alert05Post Number: 33 Registered: Jul-05 | pioneer |
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Bronze Member Username: Liquid_slapWestland, MI Post Number: 20 Registered: Aug-05 | what's the pre-out voltage about? What is recommended. I take it that the higher the better. What are the benefits of higher and drawbacks to lower? |
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Silver Member Username: Audioguy22Post Number: 149 Registered: Jul-05 | The higher the voltage, the cleaner the sound. A 2 volt out would not be as clean at 2 volts as a 4 volt pre at 2 volts. |
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Bronze Member Username: Liquid_slapWestland, MI Post Number: 22 Registered: Aug-05 | so if my stereo is 5 volts, that's good then right? |
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Silver Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 738 Registered: Mar-05 | Yes |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveAnnapolis, MD Post Number: 405 Registered: May-05 | the higher the input voltage, the lower the amplifier gain needed to drive the amp to its rated power output. Read up on amplifier gain at www.bcae1.com |
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Silver Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 754 Registered: Mar-05 | Read up on everything at www.bcae1.com it will answer virtually every question you have about electronics. |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfWisteria, Lane USA Post Number: 9332 Registered: Dec-03 | a higher kine voltage will result in a cleaner, higher resolution signal for the amplifier to amplify. It won't make your stereo system any louder, but it will provide a cleaner signal and thus better sound quality once that 4V signal is amplified to say, hundreds of watts of output power at the speakers. 4 volts is a good target for a head unit to have.. any higher and many amplifiers can't handle the input voltage range. any lower and you lose signal resolution |