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Say I have a radio that I am using outside the vehicle only for burps just competing with. How important of a role does it play since it only has one purpose? I plan on buying a new one later anyway, but I would like to hear everyones opinion.

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Don't understand your question.

Every system no matter what application has to have a source unit of some type ...

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Depends .. On output voltage etc

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Important for what?

Just for burps?

Doesn't matter.

Yeah just burps.

Depends .. On output voltage etc

Its a shitty sony that I was going to use for testing until I got a better one

Don't understand your question.

Every system no matter what application has to have a source unit of some type ...

I know that every application has to have a source unit. Its pretty much a stupid question.

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XS power D3400 up front 3 D3100s power in trunk
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Output voltage doesn't matter when you are talking about output from the amp. That's what gain matching is for. Now output voltage can make a difference depending on the setup. More voltage going through that RCA's can help if there's any interference. The same amount of interference will still be present...but the distortion percentage of a higher voltage will be lower. But this doesn't matter for short burps.

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Output voltage doesn't matter when you are talking about output from the amp. That's what gain matching is for. Now output voltage can make a difference depending on the setup. More voltage going through that RCA's can help if there's any interference. The same amount of interference will still be present...but the distortion percentage of a higher voltage will be lower. But this doesn't matter for short burps.

AA98Hoe was supposed to answer since he said it.

(But honestly, there shouldn't be any interference to begin with.)

And as you said, it doesn't matter for burps, you could even use a cellphone. (or even better a signal generator.)

What can be handy is a pauze button on the headunit.

Thinking is the root of all problems...

You ALWAYS get what you pay for.

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some competitors like to "roll" the volume up which is easiest done with a turn dial style volume knob....

Yep, used my xo3 for this

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