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I currently use my iphone as my "music source" in my car. I run a 3.5mm to RCA Adapter. Sending a single pair of RCA's to my Rockford R150x2. Then i run RCAs from the Rockfords RCA outputs to my sub amps using Piggyback RCAs. My question is, Would there be any benifit buying a headunit and using that as my "Music source"?  More clear sound? I would still plug my phone into headunit and play from my phone.  Any input would be greatly appreciated!

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Please for the love of all things holy, get a head unit. A headphone jack puts out almost no voltage when hooked directly to rca. Getting a head unit will give the amps a proper amount of signal voltage and give you the required adjustment for everything. Plus you will have a dedicated subwoofer output that will clean the signal up tremendously. Also you will get an even better signal if you get an iPod ready deck and hook it up with a usb instead of 3.5mm.

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1 hour ago, Wasteland_Audio said:

Please for the love of all things holy, get a head unit. A headphone jack puts out almost no voltage when hooked directly to rca. Getting a head unit will give the amps a proper amount of signal voltage and give you the required adjustment for everything. Plus you will have a dedicated subwoofer output that will clean the signal up tremendously. Also you will get an even better signal if you get an iPod ready deck and hook it up with a usb instead of 3.5mm.

 

Why would a low voltage signal matter before amplification?

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9 hours ago, Krakin said:

 

Why would a low voltage signal matter before amplification?

I've always found that a higher voltage (between 2 and 4 volts) produced a cleaner signal than say a .2 volt signal with the gain cranked on the amp to match it. That's just my experience tho, it may just be that you can set your eq much more accurately on a deck than you can an ipod.

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Headunit will give you more tuning options then just a iphone.  Not a fan of Android or IPhone for source unit.  Lacks the ability to tweek audio.

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On 1/28/2017 at 11:02 AM, Wasteland_Audio said:

I've always found that a higher voltage (between 2 and 4 volts) produced a cleaner signal than say a .2 volt signal with the gain cranked on the amp to match it. That's just my experience tho 

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