daisy chaining...

[deLeo 10+ year member]

Is there any disadvantage of daisychaning my 4channel to my monoblock amp? am i better off just running another set of RCA's from the headunit to the subamp or can i save the money on 20ft rca's and just daisychain them together

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[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

as long as the 4channel passes a full signal you should be fine. but if you're using a HPF on the HU it won't work...

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

also if your HU has a seperate sub level control, that wont work either

 

[deLeo 10+ year member]

well i have a hpf on the headunit and on the 4channel so i can just turn it off on the HU and let the amp be the hpf then set the lpf accordingly?

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

yea^ but also read waht i wrote before

 

[deLeo 10+ year member]

Pioneer Premier FH-P800BT

is my headunit...

Preamp Voltage: 4 volts

Subwoofer Preamp Outputs: Yes

so i guess i cant?

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

you can, i was just saying that.. if you wanted to use the subwoofer volume control on te HU (if it has one) it wont work if you daisy chain it.. cause either youll use the rcas for teh front speakers.. and the subwoofer control wont do anything or you use the subwoofer one.. and when you raise it.. it will raise your front speakers too since its going through the same connection

just spend the $15 and run the rcas imo

 

[Midget 10+ year member]

If you were running a deck with only one set of pre-amp outs, I would say yes. But you have the sub volume control at your fingertips. I would just spend the extra on the RCA's.

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[skittlesRgood 10+ year member]

already spent a lot of money on a new setup. why cheap out on $15?

 

[Simek4life 10+ year member]

Just buy another set of RCA's cheap azz. lol

 

[deLeo 10+ year member]

already spent a lot of money on a new setup. why cheap out on $15?

yeah your right... lol i have stinger 4channel why cheapout im just going 2 get the stinger rcas for my subamp

 

[Saint211 10+ year member]

yeah dont cheap out. I split my subwoofer preout into two lines to feed my sub amps the same signal. I also then split my front and rear outputs so I feed both my 4 channels the same signal. I have 3 speakers in each front door, and 3 speakeris in the rear of my car, and I still have fade/balance and can use all my crossovers and sub settings.

Im so much happier than when I used to daisy chain amps.