wouldn't it be nice if manufactures settled on a standard input/output voltage? and how bout a volume control that stops right before distortion.... there are so many questions regaurding gains, and settings, it's almost worse than the almighty "ohm" questions, yet personally i see no advantage to not standardizing? even the lowest voltage levels i believe to have great quality, provided a decent rca is used... am i missing a key reason not to standardize?
2007-10-24 03:21:46 · 4 answers · asked by Rick G 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
Kaezoo, good point about the recording level, it is especially noticable when making my own "mixed" cd's, the volume certainly fluctuates, and a digital input, what a steller idea, like a digital coax. i would be all for that, not to mention it would cut down on the shear number of cabling, and likely interferance too... gee thats seems like a obvious move now that you mention it.
2007-10-24 04:25:51 · update #1
metalmann56 - amen to that...
2007-10-24 08:15:51 · update #2
The key reason: marketing. Manufacturers see the advantage to having a "premium" high-voltage head unit available for buyers to "step up" to.
I'm not sure if a standard "no distortion" volume setting is practical without a standard for the source recordings. If you have a volume control that stops just before distortion on a certain CD, then what happens when you play a CD recorded at a lower (or higher) level? Not to mention that if the CD has a lot of dynamic range, a volume level that prevents distortion for the louder passages may be unacceptably low for the quieter passages.
The real need is for a standard for balanced or digital inputs and outputs between source units and amplifiers, so that all interconnects can be noise-free regardless of voltage level.
2007-10-24 04:02:17 · answer #1 · answered by KaeZoo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean 'stops right before clipping', not distortion. Clipping is when the amp (whether it be in the players internal amp, or an external amp) is pushed too far.
There are some HU's that will not clip. Eclipse has some, they are pricey, though.
There are some amps that reduce clipping, like the MTX 9501.
Recording levels has most to do with it, as previously mentioned.
2007-10-24 21:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by ohm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the real reason, is probably the reason behind most things. money. manufactures are all making money, so why change? and whos to say what voltage would be used? some companys would have to change and some wouldnt.
i think its a great idea though. but we'll probably never see it. i just wish everything was as simple as home audio. plug it in, and turn it up.
2007-10-24 08:04:03 · answer #3 · answered by JimL 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Even if it were standardized, there would be some differences in voltgae due to component values so you would still need some way to 'fine tune'.
Some people would still want total control.
2007-10-24 04:08:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋