Stock Radio Output

[Potsyboy]

Anyone know what the voltage output is for the stock CD AM/FM radio is on an SRT? I did a search but couldn't locate it anywhere. I have an kx600.1 amp hooked up to a 2002 s12l72 and ended up burning the coils..OOPS.. So I picked up a 06 s12L74 which I was told is a better fit since I have a 2 ohm amp and would like very much not to blow this one. I need to know so I can get an answer to this: "So basically if you had a KX amp (5 volt max input) & you measure 2.5 volts coming from the head unit than you would be able to turn the gain up a ¼ of the way & the bass boost up a ¼ of the way, or you could have the gain up ½ way & the bass boost set to 0. Thanks!

[BluMag]

WHAT?
are you smoking something? are u using a line level converter? please tell me you are not running speaker level inputs into the amp... DOH!

[Potsyboy]

WHAT?
are you smoking something? are u using a line level converter? please tell me you are not running speaker level inputs into the amp... DOH!

Keep going...what I do now? Seemed to work fine. Called up kicker and a few audio stores her in NY that said tap into the rear speaker wires and hook them up to the high level inputs on the amp. Damit!, LOL, what am doin wrong. I return the converter I bought because I was advised that the amp had it setup better than anything I could buy. Please advise!! Thanks

[ASU_Magnum]

I dont know how the sound systems work on the SRT but if its like the regular LX and you just have the single disc AM/FM and 4 speakers then there is no way that headunit is going to blow a sub. When you plug everything in keep your gain and boost all the way down on your amp and then turn your radio all the way up(until the speakers start to clip). then raise the levels on your amp until the sub starts to clip. dont assume that the speaker should be able to take a certain amount and start off that way. good luck

[Potsyboy]

Thanks for the input guys, I burned a 50hz Cd yesterday to do some tuning when I get the new sub in. I'm thinking just to pay someone to hook it up right, mainly because I don't know what clipping does to a speaker I don't want to damage the stock ones, although it would be a good excuse to upgrade.

[Magnum-RT-AWD]

Clipping is one form of distortion that occurs when an amplifier is overdriven, which happens when it attempts to increase voltage or current beyond its limits.

The picture shows an oscilloscope screen of an amplifier "clipping." The amplifier should be outputting a clean sine wave, but instead the top and bottom of the waveform is cut off, or "clipped." This can be observed because the tops and bottoms of the wave, which should be rounded, are flat. The term "clipping" is used because the top and bottom of the waveform appear to visually have been "clipped" with a pair of scissors or shears.


When an amplifier is asked to create a signal greater than its maximum capacity, it will amplify the signal only up to its maximum capacity, at which point the signal will be amplified no further. As the signal simply "cuts" or "clips" at the maximum capacity of the amplifier, the signal is said to be "clipped." The extra signal which is beyond the capability of the amplifier is simply cut off, resulting in a fixed signal. Note that this fixed signal suffers from other forms of distortion, such as total harmonic distortion.
All amplifiers will clip at some point. In high fidelity systems, amplifier clipping is dangerous in that the distortion caused by clipping introduces additional frequency components of the signal which may overpower the loudspeaker, more specifically, the tweeter.
Some audiophiles believe that the clipping behavior of vacuum tubes is superior to that of transistors, in that vacuum tubes clip more gradually than transistors, resulting in harmonic distortion that is claimed to be less objectionable.
Many electric guitar players intentionally overdrive their guitar amplifiers to cause clipping in order to get a desired sound. See Guitar distortion. Amplifiers with vacuum tubes are often considered to have a better sound.
In digital signal processing, clipping occurs when the signal is restricted by the range of a chosen representation. For example in a system using 16-bit signed integers, 32767 is the largest positive value that can be represented, and if during processing the amplitude of the signal is doubled, sample values of 32000 should become 64000, but instead they are truncated to the maximum, 32767. Clipping is preferable to the alternative in digital systems — wrapping occurs if the digital hardware is allowed to "overflow", ignoring the most significant bits of the magnitude, and sometimes even the sign of the sample value, resulting in terrible distortion of the signal.



got this from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(music)

[KCustom]

is your car a base audio or the upgrade audio?

[Potsyboy]

is your car a base audio or the upgrade audio?

base 1cd slot am/fm radio

[KCustom]

You should have full range output from a base audio system. using a line level converter is cool if you do not have a high level input on the amp. Usually if you burn coils on the speakers it is because of clipping the output of the amp, this could be from low voltage, bad grounds or because the gain is too high on the amp....

[Potsyboy]

You should have full range output from a base audio system. using a line level converter is cool if you do not have a high level input on the amp. Usually if you burn coils on the speakers it is because of clipping the output of the amp, this could be from low voltage, bad grounds or because the gain is too high on the amp....

I'm pretty sure it was the gain since I had it all the way up and have the bass boost set to the middle. I know DUH DUH DUH , it gave me an excuse to get the 06 s12l7 though