I have a 2011 Dodge Durango that I have been fortunate to get as my father's last car. I had a 2005 outback with GOD-TIER audio that was put in stock by the crazy Subaru engineers in the premium models. I love good audio but have never dabbled in-car audio, only headphones and stuff for home.
The problem is my ears have been spoiled by my last car and the audio sounds like complete garbage despite what looks like a good stock system on paper. This comes directly from the Alpine Audio site who makes the system in the car:
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2011 Dodge Durango
7.1 Channel Surround Sound System
Standard on the R/T, Crew & Citadel
I want to know what the heck is bottlenecking the system, do I need a new amp? Or is the head unit not giving a good clean source? How can I go about testing these things?
I am pretty sure the amp is separate from the head unit, which is this thing: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=RHB+430N
Thanks!
The problem is my ears have been spoiled by my last car and the audio sounds like complete garbage despite what looks like a good stock system on paper. This comes directly from the Alpine Audio site who makes the system in the car:
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2011 Dodge Durango
7.1 Channel Surround Sound System
Standard on the R/T, Crew & Citadel
- 12-channel surround sound amplifier with 506 watts of power
- Two 25mm silk dome tweeters
- 3.5” center channel speaker
- Two 6x9” front door speakers
- Two 6.5” rear door surround speakers
- Two 2.5” surround speakers in the D pillar
- 8” DVC subwoofer in dedicated enclosure under the load floor
I want to know what the heck is bottlenecking the system, do I need a new amp? Or is the head unit not giving a good clean source? How can I go about testing these things?
I am pretty sure the amp is separate from the head unit, which is this thing: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=RHB+430N
Thanks!