is tha HU really important to tha sound of ur system, b/c i have a clarion HU and sumbody told me if i had a betta 1 it would make my subs hit harder. is that true?

 

it won't necessarily make it hit harder. it'll improve sq on your overall system though. but one big factor is your box...what kind of box are your subs currently in?

and please type correctly

 

well my headunit totally changed the sound in my car.

For me, Clarity at higher volumes enabled me to play the system harder.

 

I love my new Eclipse HU!

 

If you have a really nice setup, a better hu can make a HUGE difference (mostly sq, maybe a little spl) but if you have a low-end setup, a better hu won't help too much. There are too many other variables to say one way or another.

 

dependent on the output voltage of the radio (Considering if you only use the rcas and amp your signal) youll start out with a much bigger advantage than some of the lower price units. IE if you had one of the old pioneers that only had .5 volt on the rcas and amped them, you had to in turn run the amp gain higher to properly match, whereas the alpines at that time with 2.5 allowed much lower gain settings, which in turn reduces your distortion and allows for more volume.
figure theres a way to get around everything (Crappy subs-Build a decent box and they can sound alright. Cheap highs can be masked if properly deadened and imaged and possibly sound better than incorrectly non deadened high end speakers, etc etc) there are a million tricks. But when the head is crappy so is the reast. All the signal originates from there to include trash and distortion, then you amplify that and in a way have to tune to get it out...

i say swap

 

well i got 2 12's that take 450 watts a piece in a ported box thats all from audiobahn, and i have a 900 watt RF punch amp pushin it, it sounds good to me, but really i dont ride around wit tha system up at its full potential, i usually have tha bass on -2 or -4 (it goes from -6 to +6)and treb at +4

 

I have a single Eclipse 12 powered by a Diamond 1200.1. Until yesterday, I had the stock headunit on it, but after getting the new headunit, it's a world of difference, the bass hits much cleaner. At times in my old setup, at lower volume the bass would really drown out the components, now it complements the components very nicely. What I am telling you is how the headunit helped me just in the bass area. It's even a bigger difference in the highs.

HU is important.

 

ok so the stock HU is basically garbage compared to any aftermarket HU right? b/c i always thought ppl jus swapped HU's fa tha look of it or b/c of the accessories it has

alright now that ques. is answered, i have anotha 1; i plan on gettin anotha car and i jus want to keep tha car lookin as plain as possible, if and when i put any money into tha car and want it to b towards tha motor, so could i keep tha stock HU of tha new car and get an equalizer and get tha same effect as i would gettin a apline unit?

 

bump.........

 

stock HU's DO NOT OFFER A FLAT SIGNAL....its in some way shape or form equalized from the factory to offer boost to the OEM speakers its integrated with. So in turn they do not make good sources for aftermarket speakers/systems. Even with an EQ and line driver its relatively easy to clip the signal, distortion levels are high...

 

mannys a smart dude listen to em. You figure they have to please people that like a little bit of bump and those that like a little bit of clairty, but they do this at the cheapest angle possible. If thats what you want to do do it, but realize that a good clean signal comes with good clean sound. If it sounds good to you on the stocker, hell keep it, me in my last car I drove my trade in to the dealer with a wiring kit already wired onto my radio pulled into the ampm and pulled the surrond and swapped radios before leaving the block. Y? Cause to me I know that stock is never enough. To you it may be.

 

Actually Manny when dealing with Bose or most other OEM amplified systems, the HU does send a flat signal. All processing/equalization is done within the amp(s)

And you should know this !

 

And we both should've realized the man is not even speaking on an OEM HU...haha Guzo's post threw me off a bit...

 

Personally I like the look of the stock stereo on the max not only for security, but it looks more luxurious to me then all the goofy green, blue, and purple light shows coming from these aftermarket units, but it wouldn't be able to drive my system correctly. Yea whatever everyone else said , it should not make that much of a difference on the low-end by swapping units. The hi-end is a whole nother story. Your box building is the most important detail to look into when dealing with the low end some people will say its more important than the sub that goes in it.

 

Goofy? you can see my interior shot in post#3.

Let me know what looks goofy!? And after swapping out my head unit, and still running the Bose speakers, the sound quality improved drastically at all volumes. The best way I can describe it was that the Bose speakers sounded more crisp.

 

yours doesn't count, that's just overkill!

Is the screen removable?
I'm really looking forward to getting a dvd setup, but don't want any additional attention that would deprive my sleep.

 

aye man that is a hot HU, im pretty sure thats a eclipse, that **** cost WAYYY too much, i dont care if its tha 5435 or 5495, i wish i had 1 of those--tha only i can get 1 of those is if i bought it from a crackhead.......and he'll prolly be chargin too much

 

head unit....who needs one of those?