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9 minutes ago, JakeW said:

Yes it is underseat rear of a crew cab. So even a line driver cleaning up the signal, really won’t yield any change at all? 

Line driver wont help at all.  I used to be on another car audio forum and i guy that was into spl tested the idea with zero improvement.

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1 minute ago, stingray72 said:

Line driver wont help at all.  I used to be on another car audio forum and i guy that was into spl tested the idea with zero improvement.

That's true, unless you have to have the gain way up on your amp. Sometimes, even if you're not clipping, I've seen (especially with less expensive amps) if you have the gain up almost or all the way, the amp will somewhat lightweight struggle, and send a little noise through the signal. Using a line driver to boost the RCA signal so you can lower the gain, can sometimes help sound quality.

But, now that I think about it, his gain probably isn't up super high anyway, so you're right, it probably won't help much

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4 minutes ago, stingray72 said:

Line driver wont help at all.  I used to be on another car audio forum and i guy that was into spl tested the idea with zero improvement.

Well that’s unfortunate. I was already maybe hoping the cleaner signal would do something! But honestly it doesn’t clip that bad now that I even need this unit if it’s not gonna provide any improvement. 

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Just now, Dafaseles said:

That's true, unless you have to have the gain way up on your amp. Sometimes, even if you're not clipping, I've seen (especially with less expensive amps) if you have the gain up almost or all the way, the amp will somewhat lightweight struggle, and send a little noise through the signal. Using a line driver to boost the RCA signal so you can lower the gain, can sometimes help sound quality.

But, now that I think about it, his gain probably isn't up super high anyway, so you're right, it probably won't help much

No it’s really not up far. Well I guess idk what the solution is here

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1 minute ago, Dafaseles said:

That's true, unless you have to have the gain way up on your amp. Sometimes, even if you're not clipping, I've seen (especially with less expensive amps) if you have the gain up almost or all the way, the amp will somewhat lightweight struggle, and send a little noise through the signal. Using a line driver to boost the RCA signal so you can lower the gain, can sometimes help sound quality.

But, now that I think about it, his gain probably isn't up super high anyway, so you're right, it probably won't help much

I can verify. 

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1 minute ago, JakeW said:

Well that’s unfortunate. I was already maybe hoping the cleaner signal would do something! But honestly it doesn’t clip that bad now that I even need this unit if it’s not gonna provide any improvement.  

You really shouldnt be clipping at all.

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Just now, JakeW said:

No it’s really not up far. Well I guess idk what the solution is here

You could try raising the seat and upgrading the subs.

You could say to yourself "I only need one friend in my truck at a time" and delete the back seat. Go super grande!

Or do a blow through. 

Other than that, yeah.... sorry bro. To get the bass, gotta give up the space

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9 minutes ago, stingray72 said:

You really shouldnt be clipping at all.

I agree! But the alpine 8.4” can send distorted…. That’s where the amp pro comes in, to clean it up

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6 minutes ago, stingray72 said:

What is the air space each sub is getting right now?  And what frequency is the port tuned to?

Air space is 1.38 per, divided. Tuned to 34hz

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