Technical Info & How To's

i am writeing this to try and help people understand what the specs of there amps mean. i'm not a expert on amps but i know enough to write this. when chooseing a amp theres many thing to look at like class a/b or class d and if you need a 2ch, 4ch or mono amp it go's on and on. ....so here it go's.... (in random order) you will need to know if you need a class a/b. class d ect ect. they are many types of class's like a, b, , c, a/b, d, t, x but the one's you see more in car audio is a/b and d. now there are more and more class t amps comming out because the price to build them are going down. CLASS A: these amps have an output device that never turns off, so they are a…

I figured this was the place to ask, since I cant seem to find anything after searching Google. I want to be able to plug in my USB drive to my Pioneer's IP-BUS interface and control my music from the HU, but Im not sure how to do it. I know the CD-UB100 does this exact thing, but I cant find any used ones for sale (I should have bought one a while ago when I found it new for $35 ), so I'm wondering if there is a way to DIY on making a USB input through the IP-BUS connector? I have found pinouts of this connector, but the onle pins they list are grounds and left and right audio. This would only be good for a 3.5mm stereo cable, which is what I have now. Im wondering…

I get a lot of PM's with comments that go like this... "I'd like to be in the upper 13's or even 14's full tilt", & hoping for that with one, maybe two alternators on 12,000 watts of power." There are two main sources of power in your system. One is the alternator, which is around 14.5 volts, & the other is the battery, which is 12.8-13.3 at best. So basically two voltage levels, 13.0 & 14.5,... & a very, very small gray area in-between those two numbers. The higher voltage source is the one producing ALL the current until the voltage drops to the next highest source, then that one will start helping. That's why you see voltage go fr…