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<blockquote data-quote="Seth F." data-source="post: 8717958" data-attributes="member: 680868"><p>A new head unit rich in features or a good DSP will cost you about the same honestly. I opted to maintain my factory head unit in my '18 Tacoma and spend the money on an Audio Control DM-608 DSP. DSP's will fix the crappy signal coming out of the head unit and compensate for bass roll off and odd frequency manipulations car manufacturers use to keep the factory speakers from blowing. Pioneer makes a nice head unit with a built in DSP/EQ but again, its relatively the same price or more as a good DSP. Going with a DSP also has the added bonus that you wont have to spend extra money on an adapter to interface with your steering wheel controls, which for today's vehicles means another $200+ if you want to retain everything. If that WavTec is only a line output converter with channel summing then you are still at the mercy of the stock HU EQ and crossover and gain settings on your amps.</p><p></p><p>Also, make sure to ask your installer if they level matched the stock HU to the LoC and the set the gains properly on the amps to avoid clipping.</p><p></p><p>I haven't heard anything bad about Metra kits. There are others like Best Kits and PAC. Did they say specifically what the problem was with the Metra kits?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seth F., post: 8717958, member: 680868"] A new head unit rich in features or a good DSP will cost you about the same honestly. I opted to maintain my factory head unit in my '18 Tacoma and spend the money on an Audio Control DM-608 DSP. DSP's will fix the crappy signal coming out of the head unit and compensate for bass roll off and odd frequency manipulations car manufacturers use to keep the factory speakers from blowing. Pioneer makes a nice head unit with a built in DSP/EQ but again, its relatively the same price or more as a good DSP. Going with a DSP also has the added bonus that you wont have to spend extra money on an adapter to interface with your steering wheel controls, which for today's vehicles means another $200+ if you want to retain everything. If that WavTec is only a line output converter with channel summing then you are still at the mercy of the stock HU EQ and crossover and gain settings on your amps. Also, make sure to ask your installer if they level matched the stock HU to the LoC and the set the gains properly on the amps to avoid clipping. I haven't heard anything bad about Metra kits. There are others like Best Kits and PAC. Did they say specifically what the problem was with the Metra kits? [/QUOTE]
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