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Originally Posted by HondAudio
Line-out convertor... so it's speaker-level low-pass? Some amps can accomodate that
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Originally Posted by Aftermath
I was just thinking about this, I want to run an amp and 2 10's in the back, does the deck itself have line out ofr subs or any other rca outputs?? or as stated above, do i need LOC
#17
Just FYI, the Bazooka harness is SEVERELY inadequate for any reasonable amplifier. Stay away from it and run a decent-sized wire with a high thread count for your power and ground. Your amp will thank you.
As for signal, you can use high inputs if your amp supports them, or you could use LOCs. Either way, you're going to be susceptible to signal noise, either at the speaker inputs or at the LOC itself. Keeping the speaker wire run to the LOC as short as possible and using a shielded RCA cable will minimize the signal noise possibility as much as possible.
As for signal, you can use high inputs if your amp supports them, or you could use LOCs. Either way, you're going to be susceptible to signal noise, either at the speaker inputs or at the LOC itself. Keeping the speaker wire run to the LOC as short as possible and using a shielded RCA cable will minimize the signal noise possibility as much as possible.
#18
Originally Posted by UV7
...using a shielded RCA cable will minimize the signal noise possibility as much as possible.
#19
Originally Posted by nodsetse
Originally Posted by UV7
...using a shielded RCA cable will minimize the signal noise possibility as much as possible.
mogami cables are expensive, before anyone asks. you can get them at any local Guitar center, if they don't have the specific type of connectors you want, you can do a special order for about 5 bucks extra for some custom cables in the specific lengths that you need. you wont need to do that with RCA, mogami has those available. you can expect a single 10 foot cable to cost about $20 *when i mean single i mean one cable or "the left" input cable while "the right" input cable would be a second cable*, this is for their normal hi-def line. silver, gold and pure series are of higher quality, generally with the same shielding but with higher conductivity and thus more expensive.
#20
Originally Posted by Winter
that is entirely incorrect.
Why don't you explain, if you can, what's wrong with what I stated? All you did was talk about shielded cables, but you never really provided an argument against what I said.
Do you understand that the shield is a conductor, and that it covers the entire length of the cable? If so, you should be able to see the logic in what I stated. Your RCA cables pass the signal from one end of the cable to the other, right? So I'll say it again, if the shield picks up noise anywhere, it can pass that noise the entire length of the cable. Additionally, you shouldn't get any noise in a Scion if you use a twisted-pair design and the install is done correctly, there's no need for a shielded cable.