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<blockquote data-quote="infinotize" data-source="post: 276292" data-attributes="member: 545825">Right now I have an older Alpine tape unit connected to a changer. Running some not so new MB Quart comps up front, I don&#039;t know about the back (previous owner put the 4 speakers in) and I don&#039;t really care. Running them off a 50x4 RMS Alpine amp. In the hatch I have a Shiva running off a Profile Clarus amp (300 RMS).Basically, the bass is there, the quarts deliver nice highs, but all else is just weak. I have heard other people&#039;s systems with &#039;lesser&#039; equipment that has more in the mids department. Beyond that, it just doesn&#039;t sound like I think it should, and I think the HU is to blame.My car has a stock EQ that I tried to get functioning, at one point it worked and I could make the speakers sound much better, but the wiring was **** near impossible and it was filled with humming and distortion.Assuming that the weak point here is the older alpine tape deck, I&#039;m looking for a unit without an amp (or can be disabled) that will give me more control over the sound (tape deck has bass and treble only ). I know the Alpine 7995 is a nice unit without amp, but what kind of sound control does it have? And I&#039;m open to suggestions of anything else in that price range, but not too much over.Also, the stock EQ is shaped oddly, and I don&#039;t know if I could fit a DIN-wide seperate EQ in there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="infinotize, post: 276292, member: 545825"] Right now I have an older Alpine tape unit connected to a changer. Running some not so new MB Quart comps up front, I don't know about the back (previous owner put the 4 speakers in) and I don't really care. Running them off a 50x4 RMS Alpine amp. In the hatch I have a Shiva running off a Profile Clarus amp (300 RMS). Basically, the bass is there, the quarts deliver nice highs, but all else is just weak. I have heard other people's systems with 'lesser' equipment that has more in the mids department. Beyond that, it just doesn't sound like I think it should, and I think the HU is to blame. My car has a stock EQ that I tried to get functioning, at one point it worked and I could make the speakers sound much better, but the wiring was **** near impossible and it was filled with humming and distortion. Assuming that the weak point here is the older alpine tape deck, I'm looking for a unit without an amp (or can be disabled) that will give me more control over the sound (tape deck has bass and treble only ). I know the Alpine 7995 is a nice unit without amp, but what kind of sound control does it have? And I'm open to suggestions of anything else in that price range, but not too much over. Also, the stock EQ is shaped oddly, and I don't know if I could fit a DIN-wide seperate EQ in there. [/QUOTE]

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