Line Output Converters

Maybe the last piece of the puzzle you’ve been struggling with lies with line output converters. Just what exactly are they? What benefit do they bring?

Since they are not exactly critical for the actual car audio system, they might become unnoticed to some. In fact, any system can make do without line output converters. But it is like boxing with one hand tied at your back. Yes you can have good audio on a car system without using line output converters, as you can box with only one hand. But that doesn’t make it really easier. Line output converters make everything easier. Here are some line output converters you can examine to understand what they really do.

Scosche SLC4

What It Is: A Four Channel Line Output Converter

From Scosche, these line output converters maybe the piece you’d be looking if you want to connect to a car stereo equipment, an amplifier that has no speaker level inputs. This marvelous output converter costs pretty cheap, at $20, and yet it can handle up to 4 speaker level inputs as well as four RCA cable outputs. All these is really enough for any 4 channel sound system setup. What more can you ask?

What are the line output converter instructions for these? Pretty simple, all you got to do is connect the audio cable speaker leads to the device from the car stereo. The line output converter then trims down and truncates all the inward bound speaker level audio signals until the outgoing signals are attuned to the preamp inputs on the amplifier.

The Scosche is one versatile adapter. The applications you can do with this one are quite numerous. For instance you’d want an amplifier connection only that your receiver doesn’t have preamplifier outputs and the amplifier you had also doesn’t have speaker level inputs. Then use the Scorche line output converter, this adapter accepts speaker level outputs then converts them to preamp outputs. This line output converter also features fader control; that means you can hook 2 channel amplifiers or 4 channel amplifiers and not lose any fader control. The Scosche SLC4 four channel line output converter rewards several add-ons on your part; you can aftermarket several audio components that has factory amplifiers like Premium/ JBL/ Bose systems. The feature, interface with factory amplified systems, allows the matching and installation of an aftermarket receiver with factory amplified settings. Product examples of which is from Premium, JBL and Bose systems.

With common ground audio systems, the Scosche SLC4 four channel line output converters also allows addition for aftermarket receivers to common ground system –without having to install new speaker wires.

For subwoofer application, the Scosche SLC4 line output converter allows practically unlimited plans for subwoofer (or subwoofers) integration. With the line output controls you can manage the output levels

AudioLink PowerLink II

What It Is: A Line Output Converter

What do you do if you are planning to connect a car stereo to an amplifier that doesn’t have preamp outputs? You use line output converter. AudioLink’s PowerLink II is a line output converter suited for just that task in hand. This line output converter accepts speaker leads from the stereo and then provides RCA preamp level outputs to be used for the amplifier.

In a nutshell, line output converters lets you connect to car stereo to amplifiers without first needing to fulfill the requirement of preamp outputs nor speaker level inputs, by accepting signals from your stereo system, modifying them to RCA preamp levels then releasing them to be accepted to the amplifiers. This is especially healthy to car audio owners who don’t have complete accessories.