Removing stereo noise

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Removing stereo noise

you dont want one of them 1s u poasted you need one of these

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=33172&TabID=1&source=14&doy=15m2

all you need is one between the hu and sub amp in the rca line

if you get a good eqauliser you might not need it as the better equalisers have ground loop isolation circuits built in.

normaiily the cause of a ground loop is due to not having a good enough earth either between the amp and the bodywork or the battery and the body work

basically the earth on the bravo/a between the battery / body is 4gague for the whole cars electronics!

so if u run a 0 gague posative lead from the battery to the amp you are only geting the benefit of 4gague because of the negative! also minus what ever the car is using so lets say 6gague worth of current flow for the earth.

now when you shove all that posative power down to the amp, when it comes out the amps nagative terminal it has no way of geting out quick enough, so it goes and finds another negative path which will be your rca cable to your headunit! now the power runing up the cable causes a feed back loop which comes out as a whine which changes pitch with the engine.

a ground loop isolator stops this by breaking the circuit in the rca lead! but i does not really cure the main problem that you dont have a good enough earth!
 
Uh huh :)

Remember, the earth lead to the battery is only about 18" long. 6ft of 0 guage has the same resistance as 18" of 4 guage.

Earth loops are a not the problem, they will exist whatever you do. Neither is the battery/chassis link the problem when it comes to noise as this will affect both the HU and the amp equally so you won't get noise.

Noise is caused by differing earth potentials at the equipment.

Also current only flows in as fast as it flows out.

The greatest causes of noise are:
Poor amp earth
Poor HU earth
Faulty wires
Faulty kit

The best way is to solve the source of the noise as ground loop isolators don't really work.

Sorry Ash ;)
 

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