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David has been helping me set up a completely new system, he has been a great help, saved me a bunch of money and I will post more about that when I'm done getting it all in. Trying to do more SQ than shear volume in a way that is almost totally hidden, or could have been there back in 93 when it rolled off the line.
So far I'm running from the bottom of an iPod through a powered cable to a JL line driver, which gives me volume control, to a JL M400/4. I'm using the breaker on the dash to turn on the powered cable, line driver and the amp, and I have a ground wire run from the battery along with the amp ground all the way back to the powered cable. So far everything works great. The HSE has the usual positive, negative as well as a tach signal and a switched wire. I don't see any reason to add any power direct from the battery, so I'm thinking that the amp turn on lead should be fine for both the switched and the constant power. I'm guessing that this will mean I loose my setting every time I turn the HSE off, but the 1800 RPM factory default setting seems about right so I don't see having to change it. Opinions are welcome, this is a work in progress that will last all winter.
For all of those worried about having multiple line drivers, it appears to me that the HSE only has a line driver on the AUX Input. The main doesn't have a way to adjust the levels so I think it is just a pass through, and the line driver is to boost the AUX Input up to the main. If i find out differently, I'll report back.
So far I'm running from the bottom of an iPod through a powered cable to a JL line driver, which gives me volume control, to a JL M400/4. I'm using the breaker on the dash to turn on the powered cable, line driver and the amp, and I have a ground wire run from the battery along with the amp ground all the way back to the powered cable. So far everything works great. The HSE has the usual positive, negative as well as a tach signal and a switched wire. I don't see any reason to add any power direct from the battery, so I'm thinking that the amp turn on lead should be fine for both the switched and the constant power. I'm guessing that this will mean I loose my setting every time I turn the HSE off, but the 1800 RPM factory default setting seems about right so I don't see having to change it. Opinions are welcome, this is a work in progress that will last all winter.
For all of those worried about having multiple line drivers, it appears to me that the HSE only has a line driver on the AUX Input. The main doesn't have a way to adjust the levels so I think it is just a pass through, and the line driver is to boost the AUX Input up to the main. If i find out differently, I'll report back.
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