Standard or Upgrade HU?

[pilsburypie 10+ year member]

My car has at the moment it's standard HU with 6 disc changer. I kept it to keep the look of the dash sleek how it has been designed.... I think the standard HU is made by Blaupunkt, it seems alright, but certainly doesn't have the bells a whistles on that most HU's do.

Just wondering how much of an improvement a decent (£250 / $500) HU will make to my car's sound? It's a playoff as if I loose the standard HU, the matching 6 disc changer in the dash will probably not work...... hmmmm....dilema

Components in front doors pushed with sony 222w amp

Components in rear doors straight off Hu

2 x 12" Infinity subs in factory bandpass box pushed by Infinity 1200w amp

Pioneer subwoofer controller

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

I do not know what type of vehicle you drive but there are adapters available for certain vehicle types that will allow an aftermarket headunit to control an OEM disc changer.

Whether or not this option is applicable to your specific case is yet to be determined but do not completely discount the possibility of using that OEM changer just yet...

 

[pilsburypie 10+ year member]

Sorry chaps - My car is a VW Passat. If I could change the HU and keepp the 6 disc changer that would be great.

Still wondering how much better a different HU would be.....

 

[dipitydoo 10+ year member]

Unless you are looking for some specific features of an aftermarket unit (mp3, ipod capability, crossover, etc., keep your unit.

 

[pilsburypie 10+ year member]

Unless you are looking for some specific features of an aftermarket unit (mp3, ipod capability, crossover, etc., keep your unit.

No real extra features, just wondering how much improved the SQ will be.....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[Nelson9937955 10+ year member]

No real extra features, just wondering how much improved the SQ will be.....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

Since you have amps, components and subs in your system, I think you would notice a big difference in SQ. If i was in your shoes I would upgrade.

If the changer is the only thing holding you back, just get a HU that supprts mp3 and make 320 kbps rips of your cd's onto one mp3 and you can probably fit more than 6 discs worth of music onto one cd anyways.