Audio recommendations?
07-25-2011, 02:43 PM
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Audio recommendations?
I have decided to leave the non-working radio in the dash for stock appearance and would like to simply have an amp with output for 4 speakers and an iPod connection for my audio pleasure... anyone have any recommendations on a setup?
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07-25-2011, 03:35 PM
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1958-62 (C1) Retrosound AM/FM Stereo
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07-25-2011, 03:48 PM
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I looked at those... just not a fan of how it looks... I was thinking about something like this...
http://www.pyleaudio.com/sku/PLMRMP3...ower-Amplifier
http://www.pyleaudio.com/sku/PLMRMP3...ower-Amplifier
07-25-2011, 04:09 PM
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07-25-2011, 05:10 PM
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Ipod ! I also do not want to remove my existing radio or cut any thing up.
How does it sound and what type of speakers are you getting or using ?
Thx, Mark
07-25-2011, 05:46 PM
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Since you have to use the earphone output from the ipod, just hooking an amp to it won't work. You need to add a pre amp between the ipod output and the main amp. I have this setup in my car. The audio and video is driven by an Ipod only. There is no head unit. I have the Ipod in the glovebox, and mounted the preamp behind the glovebox. This is the preamp http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAu...Overdrive.aspx
You can then add a steering wheel control, which will allow you to change channels, volume, etc., from your steering wheel. Here's a link to the one I use.
http://www.theistore.com/scosche-wir...pod-and-iphone
Here is a video of my car in action.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx7VUmG7878
This will thump with the best of them....
Mike Coletta
You can then add a steering wheel control, which will allow you to change channels, volume, etc., from your steering wheel. Here's a link to the one I use.
http://www.theistore.com/scosche-wir...pod-and-iphone
Here is a video of my car in action.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx7VUmG7878
This will thump with the best of them....
Mike Coletta
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07-25-2011, 07:00 PM
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Since you have to use the earphone output from the ipod, just hooking an amp to it won't work. You need to add a pre amp between the ipod output and the main amp. I have this setup in my car. The audio and video is driven by an Ipod only. There is no head unit. I have the Ipod in the glovebox, and mounted the preamp behind the glovebox. This is the preamp http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAu...Overdrive.aspx
You can then add a steering wheel control, which will allow you to change channels, volume, etc., from your steering wheel. Here's a link to the one I use.
http://www.theistore.com/scosche-wir...pod-and-iphone
Here is a video of my car in action.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx7VUmG7878
This will thump with the best of them....
Mike Coletta
You can then add a steering wheel control, which will allow you to change channels, volume, etc., from your steering wheel. Here's a link to the one I use.
http://www.theistore.com/scosche-wir...pod-and-iphone
Here is a video of my car in action.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx7VUmG7878
This will thump with the best of them....
Mike Coletta
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07-25-2011, 07:23 PM
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I run an MP3 player to a 4-channel amp with an attenuator box I made that sits under the passenger's seat where I can reach it. The MP3 player has plenty of power to drive the amp without a preamp and is actually attenuated. The volume control is far more convenient than trying to change volume on the MP3 when you're driving (and not looking).
BTW, you state that your radio was dead. In what respect?
Mine was bad with a noisy power transistor, but I tapped off the signal from the radio's preamp before it reaches the transistor and the signal is cleaner than a stock radio and is sent to the amp. I also added a "hot wire" to the power switch to bring on the amp and bring up the power antenna when the radio is switched on.
When the MP3 is plugged in under the seat, it disconnects the radio.
BTW, you state that your radio was dead. In what respect?
Mine was bad with a noisy power transistor, but I tapped off the signal from the radio's preamp before it reaches the transistor and the signal is cleaner than a stock radio and is sent to the amp. I also added a "hot wire" to the power switch to bring on the amp and bring up the power antenna when the radio is switched on.
When the MP3 is plugged in under the seat, it disconnects the radio.
07-26-2011, 07:55 AM
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Sounds cool... do you have any photos? What kind of amp are you using?
My Custom Autosound USA-6 is sketchy at best... I actually sent it back to them and was told it had water damage despite the fact the car had never seen rain or water... but I don't want to pull that scab off again... :-)
Scott
My Custom Autosound USA-6 is sketchy at best... I actually sent it back to them and was told it had water damage despite the fact the car had never seen rain or water... but I don't want to pull that scab off again... :-)
Scott
07-26-2011, 08:16 AM
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Scott,
The Ipod will work, but it will not be very loud, and distorted. The signal coming from the "earphone out" is very small. The amp will read it, and amplify it, but because you have to drive the volume of the ipod up, you won't get a clean signal. What the "overdrive" pre amp does, is to maximize a clean signal to the amp, which will then produce more volume, with a lot less distortion. Some of the MP3 players (like what Toddalin is talking about), have a much higher output level. Take a look at this article...should help. http://beavishifi.com/articles/headphonejack/
Mike Coletta
The Ipod will work, but it will not be very loud, and distorted. The signal coming from the "earphone out" is very small. The amp will read it, and amplify it, but because you have to drive the volume of the ipod up, you won't get a clean signal. What the "overdrive" pre amp does, is to maximize a clean signal to the amp, which will then produce more volume, with a lot less distortion. Some of the MP3 players (like what Toddalin is talking about), have a much higher output level. Take a look at this article...should help. http://beavishifi.com/articles/headphonejack/
Mike Coletta
07-26-2011, 01:33 PM
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Sounds cool... do you have any photos? What kind of amp are you using?
My Custom Autosound USA-6 is sketchy at best... I actually sent it back to them and was told it had water damage despite the fact the car had never seen rain or water... but I don't want to pull that scab off again... :-)
Scott
My Custom Autosound USA-6 is sketchy at best... I actually sent it back to them and was told it had water damage despite the fact the car had never seen rain or water... but I don't want to pull that scab off again... :-)
Scott
After taking these photos, I repainted the seat frames.
07-26-2011, 02:31 PM
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But the preamp from the stock radio runs through the 4-channel amp (mono in 4 channels) until I plug the MP3 player into the box under the seat. That disconnects the radio and connects the MP3 player.
There are resistors in the box to compensate for the two different output levels of the radio and MP3 player, but both use the volume **** mounted in the box.
Of course the radio can also use the volume **** on the dashboard to control its level and the MP3 has it's own output level control so **** under the seat serves as a "master" volume.