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Reply With QuoteGain has notting to so with the whine.
Hey all,
For all the folks that have seen my dozen or so posts over the last 10 months about the alt. whine problem I had in my car - it's gone. Long and short of it is that regrounding and really scraping down the ground point to a mirror finish knocked the whine level down to about 10-20% of what it was before. Then I went back to my amp and started the tuning with the gains turned all the way down and BANG - no more alt. whine!!!! The problem is, even with the carpc volume setting at 100% now, I am only about 70-80% of where I'd like my max volume to be. So, do I have to get a more powerful amp to have more volume with the gain turned all the way down? Alternatively, will a better quality amp allow me to turn the gain higher without inducing the whine?
Thanks,
Mark
Gain has notting to so with the whine.
Kicker, you're totally wrong. If the gain is set higher it's more likely to amplify inducted noise that's picked up in the signal cables.
vette. The gain is not a volume knob! The gain allows you to match the amplifier's input voltage with the source unit's output voltage.
Originally Posted by Shadow
Ah, yes, I do recall someone saying something like this before, and I am quite sure you are dead on. Well, I have used 3 different sound cards now, and I've just about engineered the hell out of this setup, and this is where I'm at now. Any recommendations on how I can get more volume out of this type of setup? Thanks a ton!
Mark
what sound card are you currently running and what sound cards have you run?
looks like Shadow already nailed this one down...lol
Jan Bennett
FS: VW MKIV Bezel for 8" Lilliput - 95% Finished
Please post on the forums! Chances are, someone else has or will have the same questions as you!
I have run the onboard sound (NForce3 150 6-channel ALC650), an Audigy 2 NX, and now a Turtle Beach Montego 7.1 DDL card. They all seem to max out around the same volume, which is a small but noticable deal lower than what the basic stock radio would put out by way of volume (in other words, I am not trying to get ear-splitting sound here).
I'm tempted to say that it has more to do with your voltage output levels on those cards.
You wouldn't happen to know what those would be on the external cards would you? Onboard is rearely more than .5v.
Also, I'm assuming you have messed with ALL settings in windows. What media player are you using? WinAmp, WMP? Also, what are your MP3s recorded at? Are you basing your comparisons on the same recordings or just a general statement?
Jan Bennett
FS: VW MKIV Bezel for 8" Lilliput - 95% Finished
Please post on the forums! Chances are, someone else has or will have the same questions as you!
I dunno the voltage output on those cards, or even where to begin looking, but I will start Googling. Over the 9 months I have been trying to eliminate the whine, I have used most all of the media players commonly used here: Winamp, Media Player 9 and 10, Media Player Classic, as well as reloading the machine a half dozen times. I have tried maxing out things like the Winamp Pre-amp, etc. to gain some volume, but even when I adjust it back, it hasn't seemed to help if the whine is already there....
Thanks for thinking through this with me. I am going to try to find the external voltage info.
Oooh! Get a good line driver. Audiocontrol makes an awesome one.
Do you have a model # by any chance Shadow?
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