electrical questions

[R3ap3R 1]

hello,

i have a couple questions about my setup.

first thing is i have a cd player, an alpine cda-105 its a 2v rca out. now my question is would the alpine power pack that give 4+ volts through the RCA make my sub louder or increase performance in any way??

also i would like to kno if i should upgrade my electrical and if so what would you guys recommend to bring all my products to there full potential..

hes my setup , nothing special

cd player : alpine cda-105

speakers : alpine type S all around

amp : Power acoustik 3000DB

Sub : Fi audio BL 15 fully loaded in i believe 3.5 cub. with a 31hz tune roughly

wire : all monster cable , 0g power/ground & RCA

thats about it , thanks for your time

R3ap3R

[Elton 2]

what kind of car or truck ?

[Julian 641]

There is no performance increase from 2v to 4v... unless your running an obscene amount of amps and Head unit is 20 years old.

[R3ap3R 1]

its an 2001 chevy malibu.

i also was wondering about a sub box i saw, what is that one type of box that has a external 8 sided port called.

i saw one at a bass show and for a smaller kinda box put out some big numbers

thanks

R3ap3R

[tejcurrent 13]

Do you have your setup installed and working? If so take a DMM and check your voltage on some solid bass lines or test tones. Check up front and in back at your amp. If there is much difference in voltage from front to back, and/or your voltage is below 13v I would look into electrical upgrades.

With anything over 1000w you should at least do the 'big 3' upgrade, use 1/0 wire, and replace your factory battery with a good after-market one.

As far as the 2v to 4v pre-out upgrade it most likely wouldn't make any difference as long as your gains are set properly.

[R3ap3R 1]

Do you have your setup installed and working? If so take a DMM and check your voltage on some solid bass lines or test tones. Check up front and in back at your amp. If there is much difference in voltage from front to back, and/or your voltage is below 13v I would look into electrical upgrades.

With anything over 1000w you should at least do the 'big 3' upgrade, use 1/0 wire, and replace your factory battery with a good after-market one.

As far as the 2v to 4v pre-out upgrade it most likely wouldn't make any difference as long as your gains are set properly.

ok ill check those places. im almost positive im not gettin 13v.... if im lucky its probably at between 11.7- 12.3v at full load

i had a system that was half as powerful with 2 12's in my old saturn SL2 its average was 11.5v at full load

Im also thinking on dumping the PA 3000DB amp for a soundstream tarantula 2000w amp, just cuz the wattage will match what my sub can put out and i hope it will make sound quality better n more efficient

[sefugi 166]

Do you have your setup installed and working? If so take a DMM and check your voltage on some solid bass lines or test tones. Check up front and in back at your amp. If there is much difference in voltage from front to back, and/or your voltage is below 13v I would look into electrical upgrades.

With anything over 1000w you should at least do the 'big 3' upgrade, use 1/0 wire, and replace your factory battery with a good after-market one.

As far as the 2v to 4v pre-out upgrade it most likely wouldn't make any difference as long as your gains are set properly.

If the "Big 3" has not been done, you did not say, this will help with your voltage.