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<blockquote data-quote="keep_hope_alive" data-source="post: 7450488" data-attributes="member: 576029">depends if your factory system has active crossovers or not.&nbsp; if your tweeters and woofers are powered by separate factory amp channels - then you need an OEM summing interface instead of a simple LOC if you don&#039;t have a full range signal available.if the factory tweeters have simple capacitor filters on them, then the outputs are likely to be full range, and then yes, a LOC will be fine.any distortion or noise you&#039;ll hear will be from the factory amplifier, not the LOC.&nbsp; the LOC will not generate a lot of noise itself, it&#039;s job is to make the signal lower.HU distortion will be your enemy.&nbsp; really, your question is if you can get good sound using a factory HU as a source.&nbsp; the answer is maybe - it depends on what volume you are at and what your gain structure is like.&nbsp; for really good sound, an OEM interface is designed to get the best possible sound quality from a factory source, and part of that is replacing the volume control and leaving the HU volume fixed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="keep_hope_alive, post: 7450488, member: 576029"] depends if your factory system has active crossovers or not. if your tweeters and woofers are powered by separate factory amp channels - then you need an OEM summing interface instead of a simple LOC if you don't have a full range signal available. if the factory tweeters have simple capacitor filters on them, then the outputs are likely to be full range, and then yes, a LOC will be fine. any distortion or noise you'll hear will be from the factory amplifier, not the LOC. the LOC will not generate a lot of noise itself, it's job is to make the signal lower. HU distortion will be your enemy. really, your question is if you can get good sound using a factory HU as a source. the answer is maybe - it depends on what volume you are at and what your gain structure is like. for really good sound, an OEM interface is designed to get the best possible sound quality from a factory source, and part of that is replacing the volume control and leaving the HU volume fixed. [/QUOTE]

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