kz
Member
Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
User status: Offline
|
i have two amps, an alpine and a pheonix gold. they both only have one red/white rca connection. i was wondering how im gonna be able tp run both amps? do i need some sort of convertor?
if so a link to where i can get one would be much appriciated! 
|
Richie
Member
Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
User status: Offline
|
RCA splitters or a line driver.
RCA splitters are £3.49
Line driver - I have an unused AEQ6Q by audiobahn, £55 posted, its also a 5 band EQ
The line driver is the better solution of the two as it puts the power of the RCA's up to 8v wheras the RCA splitters would half the voltage of the original signal, which means ud have to make ur amps work harder
|
Richie
Member
Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
User status: Offline
|
Specs of my line driver:
Five band stereo equalizer (45Hz; 100Hz; 700Hz; 2kHz and 15kHz)
Subwoofer frequencies adjustable 35Hz/250Hz
Active gain preamplifiers with adjustable input sensitivity
Volume gain with up to 8 volts RMS of output
Individual left and right sensitivity controls for DVD input
Low noise BI-FET op-amp design yields minimum distortion
On-Board 30V bi-polar switching power supply
Subwoofer outputs and level controls
Gold plated RCA input connectors
20dB headroom eliminates signal overload
Main/DVD input selector
1-year warranty
|
Dom
Member
Registered: 13th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
being picky, using splitters doesnt half the voltage, it causes more resistance and therefore buts more stress on the HU to supply more current 
Eitherway, its not the best way to go about it, but then again is it worth 50 odd quid just to feed two amps 
Personally i would go with using splitters, unless you have an ultra shite HU - although hasnt your HU got anymore RCA outs - like rear/sub etc?
|
Richie
Member
Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
User status: Offline
|
Well it doesnt quite work out like that Dom, as when both amps are hooked up to them each amp will take a certain amount from each and the voltage does drop. Grab a multimeter and try it out for yourself
|
AdiSRI
Member
Registered: 1st May 02
Location: Berkshire
User status: Offline
|
line drivers are useful anyway, the sound is much improved when i use my EQX, but then thats a 13 band EQ aswell.
|
kz
Member
Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
User status: Offline
|
hey thanks guys, very useful. i think im gonna go for a splitter atm, maybe upgrade to a line driver at a later date. where can i buy these splitters from? i tried caraudiodirect.com as shown on the pic but the search returned nothing...
even google wont help me
|
Richie
Member
Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
User status: Offline
|
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3253&cadid=ec9a4a2a16fb904fb216d0e91f93f110
|
