I'm new to this site... hello everyone ^^
First off let me say.. I have not been in the car audio scene in over 10years.. so my knowledge is a bit oldschool & also very limited at this point.
Concerning my dilemma...
I live South Korea... I just bought a Renault-Samsung 2011 SM5...
However I did not choose the Bose audio option... [bIG REGRETS]
and I really really am disappointed with the stock panasonic sound system.
This stock system is just so.......... ugh~
The bass and power overall are a major disappointment.
With that said...
I went to the Car Audio store and asked what my options were.. without spending a boat load of money on custom car audio equipment & installation..
*important note*
I dont want to redo the whole system with amplifiers, speakers, woofers, etc...
I've been down that road before and it just didn't end too well...
I just want to make my system sound with a bit more bass w/ better sound quality...
*stock Bose / JBL-ish* would suffice just fine~
I dont need a huge thumping system that will break my budget...
Anyways....
The Car Audio place after much debate and thought while talking with me... suggested that installing a Preamp and connecting it to my stock headunit will improve the power and sound quality dramatically.....
And if I recall.. they showed me a tiny rectangular device with 4 tubes that look like tiny light bulbs inside of it...
Is this a tube preamp??
I think that is what they were talking about..
My korean ***** so a lot of what they were saying was lost in translation.
Anyways... my burning question is...
If I were to install "just" the tube preamp within my system...
what noticeable differences would there be... and also what would be the difference between a regular preamp vs. a tube preamp??
And do you car audio gurus think this is the best way to go for budget and ideal purposes?
Can anyone confirm and give me their advice on if this is actually the best way to go???
Thanks a bunch.
Forgive me for my lack of knowledge on this matter.. I have been searching google for the last hour for tube preamp car audio info.. and there just isn't much info on there.
First off let me say.. I have not been in the car audio scene in over 10years.. so my knowledge is a bit oldschool & also very limited at this point.
Concerning my dilemma...
I live South Korea... I just bought a Renault-Samsung 2011 SM5...
However I did not choose the Bose audio option... [bIG REGRETS]
and I really really am disappointed with the stock panasonic sound system.
This stock system is just so.......... ugh~
The bass and power overall are a major disappointment.
With that said...
I went to the Car Audio store and asked what my options were.. without spending a boat load of money on custom car audio equipment & installation..
*important note*
I dont want to redo the whole system with amplifiers, speakers, woofers, etc...
I've been down that road before and it just didn't end too well...
I just want to make my system sound with a bit more bass w/ better sound quality...
*stock Bose / JBL-ish* would suffice just fine~
I dont need a huge thumping system that will break my budget...
Anyways....
The Car Audio place after much debate and thought while talking with me... suggested that installing a Preamp and connecting it to my stock headunit will improve the power and sound quality dramatically.....
And if I recall.. they showed me a tiny rectangular device with 4 tubes that look like tiny light bulbs inside of it...
Is this a tube preamp??
I think that is what they were talking about..
My korean ***** so a lot of what they were saying was lost in translation.
Anyways... my burning question is...
If I were to install "just" the tube preamp within my system...
what noticeable differences would there be... and also what would be the difference between a regular preamp vs. a tube preamp??
And do you car audio gurus think this is the best way to go for budget and ideal purposes?
Can anyone confirm and give me their advice on if this is actually the best way to go???
Thanks a bunch.
Forgive me for my lack of knowledge on this matter.. I have been searching google for the last hour for tube preamp car audio info.. and there just isn't much info on there.