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<blockquote data-quote="BroncosNeverDie" data-source="post: 8655472" data-attributes="member: 675219">I just wanted to quickly throw in my knowledge into this as I&#039;ve done some research about PIs in cars because I&#039;m looking at doing the same thing. Thing is, the DAC on the PI is absolutely garbage, the output sound you&#039;ll get is not even worth listening to so the first step is to find a good DAC that goes ON the PI. The one I&#039;m looking at is the ApplePi, as it&#039;s considered one of the best out there, especially for the money. Furthermore, the output voltage of the sound car of the Pi is around 2.4V I think, while I was told I&#039;d need around 4V signal. Now, I&#039;m an EE major, currently still in college and while I do not know THAT much about car audio and all that, what I would imagine I&#039;d have to do is set the gain on the amplifier completely different than if I were running a standard head unit.Also, one of the biggest detterents for me not doing this is that I&#039;d lose radio. I never listen to it but in case of emergencies it plays a useful role. So I&#039;m not all that sure yet. But if you end up doing this project, PLEASE let me know, I&#039;d love to know how it goes! Godspeed man!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BroncosNeverDie, post: 8655472, member: 675219"] I just wanted to quickly throw in my knowledge into this as I've done some research about PIs in cars because I'm looking at doing the same thing. Thing is, the DAC on the PI is absolutely garbage, the output sound you'll get is not even worth listening to so the first step is to find a good DAC that goes ON the PI. The one I'm looking at is the ApplePi, as it's considered one of the best out there, especially for the money. Furthermore, the output voltage of the sound car of the Pi is around 2.4V I think, while I was told I'd need around 4V signal. Now, I'm an EE major, currently still in college and while I do not know THAT much about car audio and all that, what I would imagine I'd have to do is set the gain on the amplifier completely different than if I were running a standard head unit. Also, one of the biggest detterents for me not doing this is that I'd lose radio. I never listen to it but in case of emergencies it plays a useful role. So I'm not all that sure yet. But if you end up doing this project, PLEASE let me know, I'd love to know how it goes! Godspeed man! [/QUOTE]

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