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Yeah, heh, Latvia - Eastern par of Europe, aka Middle of Nowhere, haha! Sadly, that also means I can't really afford of lot of pretty and shiny stuff. :) EDIT: @Boomin_tahoe thanks for suggestion. That's what I'm doing! That's how I picked up the amp. lightly used, in mint...

Thanks for all the help Jeff. I've been building PCs as a hobby for quite a few years, so I'm, perhaps in error, trying to apply same logic to car audio. For example, the most expensive graphics card will do you no good, if your CPU is the bottleneck in the system, or, say, spending $300 on...

Purely out of curiousity. Was the Pioneer a better bet for a network setup, because of the better built in crossover? Pioneer had 6th order on subwoofer channel and 4th order on remaining channels, while Kenwood managed only 4th and 2nd respectively. Got a few more questions now. Am I right...

Thanks, Jeff! You're right, I had models mixed up completely. Instead of 192R, that should've been 193BT, but that one is nowhere near 100 euros. So it's down to KDC-X5100BT and DEH-X5900XT. While active network setup sounds all fancy and nice, I was planning for something more simple, like I...

Thanks once more for the help guys. One more question regarding aftermarket headunits. I've looked around and checked some prices (have a friend working in an online store) and here's pretty much what I have available/can afford: - Alpine CDA-192R (100 euros) - Pioneer DEH-X5900BT (115...

Your thoughts on MVH-X580BT and UTE-92BT? EDIT: Add in X5900BT to the list.

Hey, happy to help while being helped. In theory, if your HU has that 24bit DAC and supports FLAC, ALAC, APE, or some other form of lossless audio (at work/a little lazy to Google search your HU), you could, in theory, even rip SACD's or vinyl and get even better SQ than your CDs from that USB...

+1 for Kingston. I have a Kingston DT R3.0 G2, that's enclosed in rubber and is shock and waterproof. Has even seen a whole washing machine cycle, when I forgot it in my jeans pocket. Sadly, it seems they no longer manufacture these. Here another part idea, part question. What would happen if...

Thanks! I love music and I do understand some bits and pieces, just not car audio. Never owned a car until few months ago, so I've never looked into the matter. Hence loads of questions. That's also the reason why I'm trying to keep this as cheap as possible, because I understand that BT =...

Certainly not. USB carries digital signal for one, so there is no loss when signal is transferred from source to the DAC in the headunit. With USB there's just a question how good the DAC in headunit is and how well it can convert that digital signal to analog. BT is digital signal as well, but...

I'll keep the specs in mind and look around what I can find. Chinese are always an option I guess, when it comes to the install kit. Free shipping and most of the time the quality will be the same, since it's all being manufactured in China anyway, only drawback is the fact that it can take up...

Audison/Hertz afaik, are owned by the same people and both, again afaik, are EU based, which could be the reason why it's more expensive state-side. Shipping costs and taxes, most likely. The reason I wanted to retain the stock HU is because it just looks better, imho, than two headunits...

Thanks for the reply. DSP seems to me quite the overkill for this situation, but I understand what you're saying. Audison Bit 10 is 228 euros, or 270USD. I could, most likely, get a semi-decent aftermarket HU and an adapter for a 1DIN HU for half that price... Most of the time I see people doing...

Boy do I hope that "another one" is not a bad thing, heh... Here's the stock head unit/radio:

Hello there, Another noob here, in need of help. I'm terribly, terribly sorry if I'm asking something that has been covered 101 time, but at the moment I'm just sick and tired of Google searches and trying to figure out what's right and what's a bag of bullcrap. The fact I'm new to this and...