DJrepresent

Hi,


A friend of mine told me that instead of changing the factory speakers, to rather change the stereo and that I would notice a much greater difference in sound quality than changing the speakers and keeping the same stereo (I have an xB 2009). Any opinions on this?


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Metro273

I have to agree with your buddy cause that's the 1st thing I did! You'll notice the difference BIGTIME!...

DJrepresent

What's different about the stereos? I thought that it was a matter of the speaker's output and quality. I assumed that all the CD players / radios do is just output digital signals.

What qualities should I look for when buying a radio?



DJ

DaBlackBox

yup i noticed this in my first gen. have the stock speakers on & i got a pioneer d3 put in & now i have tons of bass & treble which my stock stereo couldn't give me

randomsuper

headunit is the most important part of a stereo system. go alpine if you're very picky. best sound possible. pioneer's aren't bad either.

AndreyCo

but isn't the stock head unit a pioneer?

randomsuper

yes but there aren't a lot of tunability features on it. no real frequency control or anything like that. trust me. i went from the upgraded headunit to a d3 and the difference was night and day.

DJrepresent

LOL! Here's what I wanted to upgrade my sound to:


Alpine SPR-13s (90 watts RMS + two tweeters)
Alpine SPR-13c (90 watts RMS)
Alpine S-series 10" Subwoofer (200 watt RMS)


I was thinking that I could install all this and get something amazing in my car. Are you saying that it WONT be as good as getting a new head unit? I really don't want to go over budget but I have to ask, around how much money do you think I should spend on a head unit that will be decent? I don't need something that's state-of-the-art, or a GPS, video playback, PS3, w/e.

emptystreets130

HU will give you a better sound stage. I would do that first before changing the speakers.

GQQSE13

ya new head unit and new speakers will bring a much bette sound quality rather than the stocks (granted my stock speakers are holding up pretty good and not totally drowned out by my subs)

randomsuper

get a good headunit, buy some cdt speakers on ebay, amp them up, and you won't regret it. i got this set up and have since installed it in 2 other xb's and the sound quality you'll get is amazing.

DJrepresent

Cool, but what kind of headunit? I heard from an audio technician that the factory HU is programmed to output only a certain frequency range so as not to damage the factory speakers. I'm assuming that the need to buy a new HU is to get the full range of sounds. Is this correct?

*Edit: I found this item: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-PWBmXDY...aspx?I=236REQ5

Will this do the trick?

DJ

randomsuper

no experience with it. i know the jl cleansweep is ok and the rockford 3sixty is badass.