Want to stay stock w/ radio

[thedukey42 10+ year member]

Just wondering who has used what to get the best sound out of their stock radio. I want to try the 3sixty.2 or .1 or clean sweep or any other solution, but am not sure if it is the best route to go. I used to run my system off my eclipse 8445, but it died & now I'm weighing my options. Crime is always a concern so I figured using some sort of processor would be best.

BTW my car is a 1999 toyota camry, if that helps.

I am concerned with the fact I only have 4 channels to work with off the stock head unit, no sub out & I am not sure if any of these processors can actually reproduce the sq of my eclipse or other sq head units. I read that my fader usage will be eliminated & I don't know if that's really a good or bad thing, seeing as I never used it in the past.

Also if anyone has used these if you could give some info on to how you set it up, i get the general idea of connections, but I'm looking for more fine tweaking , setting of eq's & time alignment.

I searched & found some info, Tuan if you read this it'd be great if you could give a review of what you think, I saw you were looking into buying one & giving it a test.

Anyone else please feel free to voice your opinion.

thanks for any help!

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[Babs 10+ year member]

Also throw in the Alpine that's coming out.. Called the PXE-H650 and the JBL MS-8.

Those two have more extensive processing and some serious auto-tuning/calibrating capability that's supposed to be a far cry from either of the CS or the 3sixty.2. The MS-8 actually placed well in an IASCA SQ competition car.

Only problem is the H650 and MS-8 are just teasing.. Not available yet.. Expect the H650 first. Crutchfield already has a page for it waiting on product.

Although if I found a great deal on the RF unit, I'd probably consider it... I'd love to hear some real reviews of that one from pro's that have heard SQ systems to compare to..

Just how good can the 3sixty.2 setups sound with an OEM system.. compared to a high-level SQ head unit????