There is a lot of talk here about aftermarket head units that don't look like shit, and while there are a few companies making proper looking units that somewhat match the interior of your car, they tend to be a lot more expensive. Below I have a solution for many of you who would prefer a completely stock look.
Buy a line driver such as the JL Audio CL-RLC.
What you need is a good set of speakers, a 4 channel amp, a sub (optional) and the line driver. This will allow you to wire the amp directly to your speakers bypassing the radio. You can use either use a 3.5 aux in, or digital in from your phone/mp3 player. The line driver comes with its own volume knob that you can be placed anywhere. This setup completely bypasses your radio. It will remain in place, but will not work. You can supply power to your radio so it still powers on, and lights up.
The downside is that you will loose FM/AM function, or a CD player.
Many new cars, and head unit don't even come with a CD player anymore anyway.
Most of us already have a phone charger in the car, many of you already have a phone mount in the car, and now all you do is run an aux cord to your phone, and bam! You have a great working sound system
All other functions, and controls are delegated to the amp: gain, treble, bass, xfade, etc.
Your audio device can run presets.
You can use a dedicated MP3 player for your car, or use your phone. You can stream internet radio, or use a multitude of streaming software that lets you play music from your home PC.
And should you ever decide to remove the radio to make room for more gauges, you'll still be able to play that Eurobeat down on the touge!
>>14985336
>>14985345
Can't imagine how bad this will sound. But might be useful in a pinch, or for a beater.
>>14985336
There are a lot of people who don't own cars with a decent stereo, which amuses the fuck out of me.
My car's got a damn good one stock, that reads from a USB stick or aux input. The USB stick method means I can use the buttons on the steering wheel to control it.
Apparently I can control it by shouting at it while pulling a flappy paddle, but I don't think that's a smart idea.
>>14985518
Sounds great honestly. Mine works like a champ.
>>14985345
I wish I had an aux port
>>14985662
It's $10
>>14985678
How's the sound? Parents have $5k Bowers and Wilkins shit at home so I'm spoiled but can't afford any good audio myself
>>14985709
Sounds great to me. But then I'm not picky
>>14985345
>>14985785
Good solution if you dont want to spend the money on an amp, and such.
These come in higher wattage too.
>>14985345
Everyone always posts this without a link or name
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Either wire an aux jack into your CD changer control or if you don't have one get an FM modulator that physically connects to your antenna
>>14985836
try revers image search next time
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C4MT274/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=1944687722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00LSEVA8I&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0BJNNZY1MZ0GWVZHT8VB
tfw shit box's speakers are blown out
tfw it wouldn't be worth putting anything new in because the car is probably on the verge of death
>>14985808
What are the higher wattage ones?
Can you splice these things into your stock radio cables so you can still use the radio?
>>14985883
I could use a fiio amp, right?
>>14986670
No, that unit itself is an amp.
If you find a way to wire your car speakers into an AUX port, sure, you can use a portable headphone amp. If you think a portable headphone amp can power actual speakers.
Car speakers need real amps. Either the kind thats present inside head units, the dedicated kind that powers speakers, and subs, or the cheapo kind that is just an aux in and 15watt to two speakers.
>>14986825
I'm running 4 speakers on it.
No break up at full volume.
I'm actually quite impressed with it.
>>14985345
would an amp this small be suitable for front and rear 4.5"/6.25" speakers in a corolla?
>>14987078
I'm running two 4" and two 6x9s.
Although they are stock speakers from 1992
>>14987090
shit yeah. Random question, but do you/anybody else have recommendations for cheap replacement speakers? My shitbox only has 2 front speakers (4" each), and I'm going to install rear speakers since there are none, not sure what size to go with on the rear tho.
also cheap 1-channel amp for a sub? I managed to pick up a working JL Audio 12" 1000W sub for $25 because the cone broke and the guy glued it. and it's probably stolen lol
>>14987184
Pioneer sells super cheap speakers that sound fine.
>>14986844
>No break up at full volume
Because it's like 5 watts total
>>14987184
find your car on crutchfield.com and go from there
>>14985644
>BMW BUSINESS CD
GOLLY GEEZ. I'M A PROFESSIONAL AND
GOOD THING THAT IT IS A BUSINESS CD DRIVE AND NOT A PLEB CD DRIVE.
knowing /o/ and /g/ most of you will fuck up the insulation of cables and the circuit board and burn down your car.
inb4 wat is insulation
I can't decide which radio I want to get for my car, what would you guys choose? It's a double DIN, but a single DIN means I can get one of those little shelves or even an equalizer, but the double DIN would easily take up the slot
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_104762BRGB/Boss-762BRGB.html?tp=5684
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KDR870B/JVC-KD-R870BT.html?tp=5684
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_104870DBI/Boss-870DBI.html?tp=5684
>>14985345
>class d
>12v input
Enjoy literally 5wpc
Just go to a pawn shop and buy a fucking car amp and wire it up
desu in the future I wont buy head units anymore, just gonna make an aluminum panel and put that in place of the radio.
Volume knob, power switch and aux input jack are all I need. (might put a bluetooth module behind it so I can wirelessly play music)
>>14985336
This is shit tier advice and your stereo sounds like garbage. You just don't know what a good stereo sounds like. A fucking line driver? With no equalizer running off a freaking 3.5mm auxiliary jack?
If you are poor as fuck and lack an auxiliary jack this could work but if you want a nice sounding stereo that looks stock please, piss off.
>>14987774
>no equalizer
of course all you want to do is bang shitty bass at full blast without regard to sound quality or clarity.
>inb4 i'll adjust the shitty potentiometers on my amp once
>>14987815
>what is a minidsp
Oh right, it's something I own.
>>14987750
literally see OPs post.
Or do an isimple media wire -> PAC knob for volume - > an amp -> speakers, cheaper, sounds better, and you get EQ on the amp
>>14987794
Did you read the post dumb nigger?
You can have any input you want. 3.5, quarter inch, digital, etc.
And it's up to the amp you choose, with gold control and optimization that will make it sound good.
Feel free to add any inline equalizer if you want.
>>14987833
I'm not concerned with the looks of the radio, it doesn't exactly apply to me
>>14987829
>I enjoy one DSP setting for all genres of music
Like I said, max bass all the time. Your stereo still sounds like shit, better clarity, but still shit.
>>14987848
Two band EQ not any better than a factory stereo. Hell, you may as well just hook up a LOC and run your extra speakers off the OEM head unit since you aren't going to be reaching in your trunk to adjust EQ...ever.
>>14987854
EQ via input is trash, adjusting the pots on an amp is not a suitable way to set up a stereo unless loud bass is your only intent
>Feel free to add any inline equalizer if you want
All the difference in the world. With that plan is sound.
>>14987881
I have my shit set flat and the sub amp has an external volume knob to adjust bass depending on genre.
You're p dumb my dude.
>>14987891
>only needing to adjust the bass
>everything else is flat
>>14987906
>flat response is bad
???
I actually measure shit too, measurement mic with room EQ wizard etc.
Shit sounds so cash.
>>14985336
Shut Up Cuck.
Would buying a chinkshit no name headunit be a bad idea?
>>14988747
I got a cheap ass Dual with bluetooth, usb and aux in fur like 30 dollars off ebay, it did me well til I got a nice pioneer one.
Would recommend.
>>14988869
Dual is okay. We used to sell that at Best Buy and get an amazing employee discount on it. Like 80% off.
Bought a Kenwood hu with aux input and sub out for $16. Sound with stock speakers has improved 300%, literally instantly turned into hifi. Found a JBL GTO 75.2 for $30 and wired it in with supplied cables so 0$ spent on wiring. Use an Altec Lansing ADA890 subwoofer thats been gutted of the toroidal and amp circuit (sounded like shit in stock form anyway), port has been cancelled so now its sealed.
It can go loud, but sounds premium as fuck at low (normal) listening volumes, which is what im after.
Has that warm Pioneer sound, altough nothing in there is Pioneer.
Last time I had a good aftermarket hu+amp+sub was in 2005 and cost me $400.
You can have premium sound for the cost of a few hamburgers in 2016, no need for improvised shit, line drivers and stuff. Biggest issue was rewiring the ISO plug, because I soldered it and heatshrank the connections, which was very time consuming, everything else took an hour and half.
I have a golf mk3 with an rare original Nokia DSP sound kit. the cassette player mechanism died on me. so i bought an converter kit that makes it possible to install an aftermarket stereo
bought that,cables, and re installed my old bass.
problem is i got the worst case of alternator whine. when driving.
>>14989341
>problem is i got the worst case of alternator whine. when driving.
Could be a bad bearing.
Replace it before its broken
>>14988747
add bluetooth and a cd player and i would buy that in a heart beat
>>14989351
uhm i mean in my stereo.
when the car is shut off. it works.. well fine!
but as soon starting the car and driving
vvvvvvVVVVV/gear change/ vvvvvvvVVVVVVVV/gear change/
What kind of sound are your trying to accomplish with a line driver?? throw that garbage out son and get a head unit with a big ass Pre-out like 8 volts or more.. your amps will thank you for it and won't need to work as hard.. if you can't afford it, get an older head unit with an aux input and a big pre-out..
>>14989361
You probably have bad grounds. Find the negative cable going from your battery to the chassis and engine, clean up the contacts.
You may also need to check out, or install one of them electric dampeners. Forgot what its called, but cars with dizzy use them, keeps electric noise down. They tend to use some piss 18 gauge wire that corrodes, or breaks easily. Usually right next to the ignition coil.
Wowzers! /o/ has no idea whats going on when it comes to car audio.
I expected better of you faggots.
>>14989666
P much this
>>14989666
Satan, please show us the way!
Satanic trips checked.
>>14989666
oh, you have something credible to add?
Some Nakamichi headunits are nice, though I never owned one so I can't say how good thw sound is. They usually have high reviews.
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I'd recommend buying a modern Porsche® with the Burmester® audio package. Comes with an auxiliary jack and Bluetooth® audio.
>>14993112
Blue lights I know, you can adjust them.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_613DPX301U/Kenwood-DPX301U.html?cc=01#&gid=1&pid=1
>>14985336
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_500W235BT/Alpine-CDE-W235BT.html
Everybody hold the fuck on. That thing in the second post, is that an mini amp or what? could i use that to just send the signal to my big amp i have in the boot? By cutting up the cinch cables and fucking soldering them on there?
I drew a pic to make my shit understandable
