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<blockquote data-quote="Span" data-source="post: 8516274" data-attributes="member: 670603">Hi, I&#039;m not only new to the forums, but I&#039;m new to car audio in general and could really use some help.My girlfriends drives a 2000 Toyota Tacoma and it has this problem: When you turn the volume up to a certain high enough volume (not very loud), the speakers start making cracking and static sounds. She had already bought new speakers thinking that would fix the problem, so I installed them and she&#039;s still getting the same problem. She doesn&#039;t have a fancy system or anything special, and from what I&#039;ve read, it could be the cars amp which is the problem. She doesn&#039;t have an external stand alone amp.So I guess I have a few questions here:1) Do head units contain built in amplifiers? and if they do would this likely fix my problem?2) Are &quot;head units&quot; the same thing as &quot;stereo receivers&quot; that you can buy at any store?3) Are all &quot;head units&quot; universal? Like will they be compatible with any car (or more specifically in this case, a car that already has a head unit installed)?4) If I do get a new head unit, is there any obvious things I should watch out for when I install it?I apologize for my car audio ignorance. If you need more information let me know, any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!Thank you</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Span, post: 8516274, member: 670603"] Hi, I'm not only new to the forums, but I'm new to car audio in general and could really use some help. My girlfriends drives a 2000 Toyota Tacoma and it has this problem: When you turn the volume up to a certain high enough volume (not very loud), the speakers start making cracking and static sounds. She had already bought new speakers thinking that would fix the problem, so I installed them and she's still getting the same problem. She doesn't have a fancy system or anything special, and from what I've read, it could be the cars amp which is the problem. She doesn't have an external stand alone amp. So I guess I have a few questions here: 1) Do head units contain built in amplifiers? and if they do would this likely fix my problem? 2) Are "head units" the same thing as "stereo receivers" that you can buy at any store? 3) Are all "head units" universal? Like will they be compatible with any car (or more specifically in this case, a car that already has a head unit installed)? 4) If I do get a new head unit, is there any obvious things I should watch out for when I install it? I apologize for my car audio ignorance. If you need more information let me know, any help or insight would be greatly appreciated! Thank you [/QUOTE]

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