JohnK Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I have a z130BT installed in my car and for now am using the stock internal 18wx4 amplifier. When I play SD or USB source (and I'm pretty sure DVD too) and have the volume up in the 17-18 range I can start to hear a noise floor. It's pretty low but is still discernable when the source material is completely silent or during the "mute" moment while changing tracks. The specs say S/N ratio is 79db which isn't great. But before I go out and buy an amp to use the pre-outs, I'd like to confirm this that the noise floor I am hearing from the internal amp is normal. Thanks. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pionara Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 does your car have in inline amp? according to the owners manual, the amp s/n ratio should be much better: Power output ............................. 14 W RMS × 4 Channels (4 W and ≦ 1 % THD+N) S/N ratio ....................................... 91 dBA (reference: 1 W into 4W) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnK Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 No inline amp that I know of. I still have to get the radio antenna amps connected though ... maybe that has an effect on it? I see the 91dBa spec -- don't know where I got the 79 from ... I must have spaced and been reading the wrong PDF file (although I downloaded the z130 specifically ... hmmm). I'll check individual speaker outputs to see if there is a difference. Eventually I plan to install an external amp so if I can't solve this minor annoyance sooner then it will be solved later. But those of you who are using the internal amp on this unit hear no noise floor at vol.20 ? Thanks. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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