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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8817981" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>I'd imagine that if your stock radio isn't found in a type of car that's very popular to restore/customize (like Mustangs) such a service probably wouldn't do much business. </p><p></p><p>The real issue is if you want "good" sound those old head units just are not fit for the job as they're basically built around the sole purpose of giving 3-4W into tiny paper stock speakers with a magnet the size of a pencil eraser. It is possible that little care was given to frequency response outside of the range that the stock speakers were capable of reproducing and it is also likely that noise floor wasn't considered at all and if you wanted to amplify the signal 10X to power even entry level modern aftermarket speakers there may be issues with the noise floor that nobody would have ever noticed 10dB earlier. I've actually noticed this just trying to use an entry level head unit from a reputable company (Pioneer IIRC) and the low end model was just noisy when you had 100W per channel amp on it.</p><p></p><p>Where there's a will there's a way, I'm sure, but the suggestion of just leaving the stock one in place and simply using a phone or tablet bluetooth connected to an amplifier or processor or whatever is probably the simplest solution to have good sound and original looks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8817981, member: 614752"] I'd imagine that if your stock radio isn't found in a type of car that's very popular to restore/customize (like Mustangs) such a service probably wouldn't do much business. The real issue is if you want "good" sound those old head units just are not fit for the job as they're basically built around the sole purpose of giving 3-4W into tiny paper stock speakers with a magnet the size of a pencil eraser. It is possible that little care was given to frequency response outside of the range that the stock speakers were capable of reproducing and it is also likely that noise floor wasn't considered at all and if you wanted to amplify the signal 10X to power even entry level modern aftermarket speakers there may be issues with the noise floor that nobody would have ever noticed 10dB earlier. I've actually noticed this just trying to use an entry level head unit from a reputable company (Pioneer IIRC) and the low end model was just noisy when you had 100W per channel amp on it. Where there's a will there's a way, I'm sure, but the suggestion of just leaving the stock one in place and simply using a phone or tablet bluetooth connected to an amplifier or processor or whatever is probably the simplest solution to have good sound and original looks. [/QUOTE]
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