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I give in. I'll get a head unit. Wanna help?
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<blockquote data-quote="Quartersawn" data-source="post: 8672434" data-attributes="member: 676770"><p>If you haven't seen me around here yet I am a motivated and eager to learn idiot. I will get some terms wrong, promise. I am very overwhelemed by the process of upgrading my system in my 2018 Toyota Corolla. I have a thread where some very cool people have helped me but I think I need to dumb it down.</p><p></p><p>Originally I wanted to keep the interior look of my car by not changing the head unit. After a 2 hour drive yesterday I realized my HU doesn't really do much. THEN I realized that you can get a head unit that does sound staging (wrong term?) things like 12 band EQ, time alignment, and crossover. PLUS my car doesn't interact with my phone almost at all. Android Auto looks pretty cool for that.</p><p></p><p>So I can save a step by not buying a signal processor, I wont have to flatten the stock radio signal, and I get a significantly better UI? Why didn't anyone tell me I was being dumb? Lol</p><p></p><p>Am I on the right track? That I can have all that in the head unit?</p><p></p><p>What models do you recommend? Which ones don't lag, have good controls for audio, and have a nice resolution? I can sacrifice power. I am not looking to be a loud car. My stock HU gets almost loud enough. An upgrade to 40 or 50 watts (seems to be the norm for the ones I have seen) should be plenty.</p><p></p><p>Goals: Again, motivated noob, bear with me.</p><p></p><p>Ability to dial in EQ, time, and whatever else to make a system with updraded woofers, tweets, and an undetermined sub (will have it's own power of course) be used to it's potential, within reason. If I can save money on a processor I am willing to spend more on the HU.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate all the help I can get. I am no stranger to forums, I will post a build log once I know what the hell I am doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quartersawn, post: 8672434, member: 676770"] If you haven't seen me around here yet I am a motivated and eager to learn idiot. I will get some terms wrong, promise. I am very overwhelemed by the process of upgrading my system in my 2018 Toyota Corolla. I have a thread where some very cool people have helped me but I think I need to dumb it down. Originally I wanted to keep the interior look of my car by not changing the head unit. After a 2 hour drive yesterday I realized my HU doesn't really do much. THEN I realized that you can get a head unit that does sound staging (wrong term?) things like 12 band EQ, time alignment, and crossover. PLUS my car doesn't interact with my phone almost at all. Android Auto looks pretty cool for that. So I can save a step by not buying a signal processor, I wont have to flatten the stock radio signal, and I get a significantly better UI? Why didn't anyone tell me I was being dumb? Lol Am I on the right track? That I can have all that in the head unit? What models do you recommend? Which ones don't lag, have good controls for audio, and have a nice resolution? I can sacrifice power. I am not looking to be a loud car. My stock HU gets almost loud enough. An upgrade to 40 or 50 watts (seems to be the norm for the ones I have seen) should be plenty. Goals: Again, motivated noob, bear with me. Ability to dial in EQ, time, and whatever else to make a system with updraded woofers, tweets, and an undetermined sub (will have it's own power of course) be used to it's potential, within reason. If I can save money on a processor I am willing to spend more on the HU. I appreciate all the help I can get. I am no stranger to forums, I will post a build log once I know what the hell I am doing. [/QUOTE]
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