Recent content by mccar

I've spent the better part of a day now trying to truly understand "summing" for speaker-level outputs from a factory head unit. The car I'm getting only has 4 channels out and no subwoofer I'm considering the audiocontrol d-6.1200 to start with. It has a LOC, DSP, decent power with really low...

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Thanks for the thoughtful post. I'm just jaded with "fake" reviews of free offers. I have neighbors that sign up for all this stuff to give fake reviews. I've never heard of these brands and I just have to trust their numbers is my challenge. I just want facts, measures, readings, metrics...

Been out for a bit, back in my day McIntosth amps were the elites (seems they still are but have even more marketing than before) and there were many more brands than I recall (PPI, Orion, etc), but remember (maybe not correctly, I was young) that Rockford Fostgate was da bomb. Seems like now...

There is no way an aftermarket headunit will be able to control everything in my car unfortunately. This unit does suspension changes, A/C and heat, various screen adjustments and displays, lighting, basically all of it Yeah, I saw that (JL FiX). So, do I have to use one of these? Are there...

So, I'm trying to figure out what I need to hook up and control my system from my stock unit. I won't be using it for any power to speakers, just controls (volume, left/right, fade, set eq to flat for dsp). Also, I can't change it anyway b/c everything in the car runs through it (including...