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<blockquote data-quote="audiobaun" data-source="post: 8762743" data-attributes="member: 634282"><p>What head unit do you have in right now? Does it provide for your needs? Like BT and features needed or wanted? This is the Main source for your music listening needs and wants and what will be needed for your expansion needs and wants of the system. Get the best within your budget for your needs.If the existing radio/HU meets your criteria, then utilize it/use it.</p><p>Secondly.. I would pull each door panel and investigate your current speaker conditions. Looks can be deceiving as they may appear to be fine. Pushing in and out on the cone fairly easy as stated earlier and hearing scratching sounds and poor resistance leads to a bad speaker, as well as the surround torn. you can remove each speaker and test each with a DMM at its ohm value to see if its within its limitations of a 4 ohm or 2 ohm speaker.There is a You Tube Vid to view to learn and show how to use the DMM(Digital Multimeter);</p><p>The tweeters may still be just fine and can still be used to save funds with a simple inline Bass Blocker and wired to the new mid and use a blocker on those to save funds without a passive crossover(approx. $20 bucks on up) and run off HU power as well as placing blockers on rear speakers to run off HU power if they are still good as well.</p><p>You can add a small 4 ch. 50-100x 4 channel amplifier to get a better source of clarity and power than most 200$ hu will not provide. Id place an amplifier on the front at the min. and 2 ch amplifier(and bass blockers on rears.) Use the PLASTIC speaker baffles in the front doors rather than the Foam ones, or deaden the speaker location . Save more funds and add your sub stage later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="audiobaun, post: 8762743, member: 634282"] What head unit do you have in right now? Does it provide for your needs? Like BT and features needed or wanted? This is the Main source for your music listening needs and wants and what will be needed for your expansion needs and wants of the system. Get the best within your budget for your needs.If the existing radio/HU meets your criteria, then utilize it/use it. Secondly.. I would pull each door panel and investigate your current speaker conditions. Looks can be deceiving as they may appear to be fine. Pushing in and out on the cone fairly easy as stated earlier and hearing scratching sounds and poor resistance leads to a bad speaker, as well as the surround torn. you can remove each speaker and test each with a DMM at its ohm value to see if its within its limitations of a 4 ohm or 2 ohm speaker.There is a You Tube Vid to view to learn and show how to use the DMM(Digital Multimeter); The tweeters may still be just fine and can still be used to save funds with a simple inline Bass Blocker and wired to the new mid and use a blocker on those to save funds without a passive crossover(approx. $20 bucks on up) and run off HU power as well as placing blockers on rear speakers to run off HU power if they are still good as well. You can add a small 4 ch. 50-100x 4 channel amplifier to get a better source of clarity and power than most 200$ hu will not provide. Id place an amplifier on the front at the min. and 2 ch amplifier(and bass blockers on rears.) Use the PLASTIC speaker baffles in the front doors rather than the Foam ones, or deaden the speaker location . Save more funds and add your sub stage later. [/QUOTE]
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