Question on getting bass from a head unit with no bass

[NCPonyBoy]

I have a 68 Mustang so head units are hard to find. I have a cheap Pyle one now but it fits great and uses USB and SD cards. It then goes into an amp and then a crossover to a 12 in woofer and 8x10's. My question I have no bass, can anything give me bass when I'm pretty sure it's the head unit that is the issue? Thinking of an equalizer or bass booster but don't want to spend the money if it's simply "garbage in, garbage out".

THoughts?

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[IonRL205 10+ year member]

I have a 68 Mustang so head units are hard to find. I have a cheap Pyle one now but it fits great and uses USB and SD cards. It then goes into an amp and then a crossover to a 12 in woofer and 8x10's. My question I have no bass, can anything give me bass when I'm pretty sure it's the head unit that is the issue? Thinking of an equalizer or bass booster but don't want to spend the money if it's simply "garbage in, garbage out".
THoughts?

What kind of amp. And what all is connected to it? And how do you have it connected?

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

omg these stupid double posts.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Especially describe the crossover and how that's wired. We need more info.

 

[NCPonyBoy]

OK, I have RCA's out of the deck to a generic 150 watt Amp. The speaker outputs go to a Kenwood crossover that has a woofer out and 2 mid outputs. Woofer goes to a Sony 12 in and 2 Kicker 6x9's. I really think it's the deck but I can't find a duel shaft unti that is worth a crap.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Can you tell us what crossover (model) that is? Cuz I've never seen one with a subwoofer output. Typically we amp the sub separately because you want to keep bass out of the main speakers. Are you using the hipass filter on the amp?