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Uk Dave Wrote:or splitters- (female rca into 2males)however obviously your amps seeing a poorer quality signal then as its been split.

Have you had a problem with this ever?
I've never know it to be an issue.

Stands to reason its going to be poorer quality-if splitters were the perfect answer why have head units ever got more than one pair of pre-outs splitters are just a way of getting round it if youve got a budget headunit and need 4 inputs into an amp or want to run two seperate amps off one rca lead.

Didnt remember saying i`d had a problem with it,just its a poorer signal.

if we were bothered about loss of quality using splitters we wouldnt use mp3's as an mp3 has already lost audio quality but that loss is never spoken about. Any loss from a splitter generaly reduces the signal strength so the audio level drops right across the band which is then brought back to a level with the gain of the amp. If you are loosing signal quality at variable frequencies then you are using poor quality cable. Unless you go to extreme lengths to normalise your audio and you recognise the difference between very good audio and good audio then you wont see any difference in quality in fact its probaly the same difference as using copper connectors or silver or gold plated. The frequency is too low for stripline theory to take any effect so like i say your left with 1 attribute which is the resistance of poor quality cable.

Most cheap headunits only have 1 set of output rcas because the space the headunit is taking up is already cramped whereas a good headunit tends to have 1 output which is sent to a active crossover elsewhere in the vehicle to split the audio into seperate bands.

You never here the BBC quibling about using splitters and they are renowned for sound and vision quality

Bruton Wrote:if we were bothered about loss of quality using splitters we wouldnt use mp3's as an mp3 has already lost audio quality but that loss is never spoken about. Any loss from a splitter generaly reduces the signal strength so the audio level drops right across the band which is then brought back to a level with the gain of the amp. If you are loosing signal quality at variable frequencies then you are using poor quality cable. Unless you go to extreme lengths to normalise your audio and you recognise the difference between very good audio and good audio then you wont see any difference in quality in fact its probaly the same difference as using copper connectors or silver or gold plated. The frequency is too low for stripline theory to take any effect so like i say your left with 1 attribute which is the resistance of poor quality cable.

Most cheap headunits only have 1 set of output rcas because the space the headunit is taking up is already cramped whereas a good headunit tends to have 1 output which is sent to a active crossover elsewhere in the vehicle to split the audio into seperate bands.

You never here the BBC quibling about using splitters and they are renowned for sound and vision quality

Sorry dudes you`ll never convince me splitters are a good thing theyre just for convenience-its not about any audio level its signal quality based on audio signal input ie somethings only as good as what youre putting in ie a shit signal in is an amplified shit signal out-the better quality signal ya put into an amp the better it will be out.

If the quality and strength of pre-out signals aint an issue how come cheaper headunits run a 2v (generally) and top end models usually 3x5V??

By the way youre not seriously comparing the bbc to something put in the average car are ya and then assuming its of the same quality that would just be a piss take.

I think you lot have just confussed the poor lad!

its obvious the lad aint going to be joining iasca anytime soon so surely going into this much detail is not needed.

tbh jamie ive had both brands of headunits and there both been sound, my next stereo for the scoob is going to be a pioneer just cos it looks good as a double din, but like i said before try alpine dont look "fancy" but does a top job

No offence folks but if ya dont know anyone in the "know"about car audio where do ya pick it up at any time of the day or night????

On forums like this,dont look at stuff ya type on here as just answering one persons question but probably many as there"may" be ppl reading it who`s only just gettin into it thats afraid to ask stuff based on others takin the piss.

Someones gotta explain it somewhere/sometime if nobody ever passed info on how the fcuk would anyone know anything from anyone elses experiences.

agreed ^^^^

my new head units funky... has a nice 4" dvd screen and only cost £100

Uk Dave Wrote:afraid to ask stuff based on others takin the piss.

good point that.
i think there's more of it going off than we'd imagine.
shame really as most car related stuff can be anwsered on maxxd, by someone or other.