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Re: Questions about this setup?
Posted by JohnB (more from JohnB) on Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:43:46
In Reply to: Questions about this setup?, Ubbs, Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:50:01
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No, you're not wrong.
Comes under the heading of pragmatism...you may not be able to find out the wires from the head unit are the preamp outputs...Saab isn't exactly forthcoming. So a line level output with an impedance matching coil to your subwoofer amp sounds like a way to go. It shouldn't be any dirtier than than the line output from the amp you already have.
As for distortion over the line run...I would think even a preamp output line run back to an amp input can pick up distortion/signals; depends on how you run it. The impedance matching coil or transformer or whatever you use to drop the speaker level output of your existing amp down to the preamp level of your sub amp should not audibly increase any distortion other than that put into the signal by your OEM amp (that's not to say there isn't any distortion put in there by the OEM amp, but that's another story!).
Thousands of people have installed speaker level subamp inputs to powered subwoofers that look like big posts, Bazooka being a prime/first name brand with a few copiers around, Kenwood makes one. The line level inputs usually work just fine.
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Posts in this Thread:
- adding aftermarket amp '93 stock cd/casette, Bryan Nielsen, Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:05:10
- Yep, GregA, Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:43:48
- Questions about this setup?, Ubbs, Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:50:01
- Oops, last sentence should read "speaker level inputs", JohnB, Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:44:48
- Re: Questions about this setup?, GM, Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:44:45
- Oops, last sentence should read, JohnB, Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:44:07
- Re: Questions about this setup?, JohnB, Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:43:46 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: adding aftermarket amp '93 stock cd/casette, GregA, Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:39:07
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