Stock radio + subwoofers, untold story....
#1
Stock radio + subwoofers, untold story....
Okay, so the short and sweet of the story is that I've spent the past few weeks looking for information on hooking up a pair of subwoofers with a stock radio, to my dismay I found very very little. ((flashing forward to today)) I received my amp along with my PAC OEM Hon17 RCA converter, after tearing the dash apart in about ten minutes I was getting into the radio finally, I got the PAC oem converter hooked up, ( plugs into the radio and the stock harness plugs into it ) assuming just about everyone knows how to hook up an amp and subwoofer I won't dive into that, at this point I have got two kicker cvr12's and a 1000watt 500rms amp hooked up to them and it sounds amazing. Now, with that said, I WILL need better speakers and perhaps a new h/u in the future, but this is simply due to the fact that the music cannot keep up with the bass. I suppose the main point in all of my jabbering is that the PAC oem converter works like a dream, and the stock h/u isn't necessarily a bad thing with subs. That is all!
#3
The stock head unit is designed to make the best of the stock speakers at stock RMS. I too have a line output converter and Ive noticed that the HU is filtering out anything the stock speakers cant play. So if the song your listening to has a low bass note you wont hear it because the HU knows the stock speakers cant play that. You kinda need a aftermarket HU for decent sound.
#5
The stock head unit is designed to make the best of the stock speakers at stock RMS. I too have a line output converter and Ive noticed that the HU is filtering out anything the stock speakers cant play. So if the song your listening to has a low bass note you wont hear it because the HU knows the stock speakers cant play that. You kinda need a aftermarket HU for decent sound.
Would a sound processor solve for this?
#6
You could try one of these:
The Epicenter Plus by AudioControl (Gray) Bass processor with aux input for factory or aftermarket systems at Crutchfield.com
My dad uses one of these in his 740i. You can use it in conjunction with a line output converter to restore the bass and increase voltage.
The Epicenter Plus by AudioControl (Gray) Bass processor with aux input for factory or aftermarket systems at Crutchfield.com
My dad uses one of these in his 740i. You can use it in conjunction with a line output converter to restore the bass and increase voltage.
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