[flash]

for over a year, i have had a horrible alternator whine in my stereo. so much so that i didn't want to drive the car. keep in mind that i have spent a small fortune on this system, so i was particularly motivated to resolve it.



i tried all sorts of wiring changes, moving grounds around, re-routing things, new cables, yada yada - no dice



i went to the internet and found some "fixes" - no dice



thought maybe the eq was making noise - sent it back - installed new one - do dice



changed eq models to the new one - no dice



i went back to the internet and found that the pioneer decks are prone to the whine, as a result of a blown pico resistor. - yanked the deck - sent it in - it spent 2 months there - they lost it - they found it - they hadn't fixed it - got a new one - no dice



that left the amp - i had changed everything else in my hunt. yanked the amp - installed new one - SUCCESS!!!!



she's nice and quiet now. a few tuning tweaks and i'm done - WOOHOO!!!



now to do something about quieting down the exhaust a bit, and i can finally drive the car and enjoy it.

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[dry664]

Congrats Flash. Mines still whining. I have a Clarion deck with 3x 5v preouts in a box waiting to replace the current Pioneer with 2x 1.5V's. Hopefully this will sort mine out.

Nothing better than throwing even more money at it is there <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/clap.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[bombfactory]

But once you squash the amp whine and dial down the muffler drone, you'll then be able to hear a half dozen other noises you couldn't hear before, and it starts all over again... :-)

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[flash]

all too true. right now though, i am running the top up a lot, just to knock down the noise. with the exhaust quieter, i can once again zip out the window and roll down the windows, and let the air flow, or even (dare i say it?) put down the top altogether



re: my noise - i knew it was a grounding thing. i just never imagined it was inside the amp.

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[ds968]

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1392854978' post='155286']all too true. right now though, i am running the top up a lot, just to knock down the noise. with the exhaust quieter, i can once again zip out the window and roll down the windows, and let the air flow, or even (dare i say it?) put down the top altogether. .[/quote]



Go for it, the only sound you'll hear now is the gentle whisper of the wind flowing through your hair ....uh, wait ..:-)

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