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Hey, thanks for checking out my topic 1st of all, 2ndly ... as you can see in the "topic description" im trying to find out what a "Daisy Chain connection" is between two amplifiers. If anyone knows what it is please tell, and if possible describe how to link the amps in this fashion.

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when you've got multiple amps for your substage, you may want to be able to control all of them at once and have them do the same thing - like when you turn the bass knob up you want it to apply to all of the amps.

maxilink (SP?) i think does this, there are other methods also. I'm not an expert in this area- hopefully someone else will chime in

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Some amps have RCA inputs and RCA outputs you run RCA's from one output of an amp to the others input and so on that's a daisy chain

The master amp gets the input from the deck

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yup thanks TB Alpine :)

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I've had as many as 8 daisy chained.

I would at least use a line driver to help bump up the rca voltage.

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daisy chain is using the rca inputs and outputs on amps. this is NOT strapping the amps, where both amps do the same thing. when daisy chaining, i'm pretty sure you have to set each gain individually and control each amp individually.

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daisy chain is using the rca inputs and outputs on amps. this is NOT strapping the amps, where both amps do the same thing. when daisy chaining, i'm pretty sure you have to set each gain individually and control each amp individually.

Yes this is true setting the gains on both amps is called line matching

When strapping amps this step also has to be taken unless you run rf that's the only company that I know of that the master amp sets the slave amps

Daisy chain = linking amps

Strapping = making to amps into one huge amp

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I've had as many as 8 daisy chained.

I would at least use a line driver to help bump up the rca voltage.

did you relay all the remote turn-on's? on some amps i've been able to 'daisy chain' the remote turn-on's for up to 4 amps.....any more none of them would turn on, had to toss a relay or three in the mix.

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