Aftermarket Stereos

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Here you go.

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>>15166539
Enjoy, familia

>>15166649
>>15166654
anything 2din that isn't touchscreen?

>>15166665

So close!

Blaupunkt/Bosch make some nice sedate looking headunits

>>15166539
That would get a girl wet.

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>>15166669
not op. Just have a 2din. Don't want 1din and I've grown tired of the fairy lights on my 2din unit. pic related.

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>>15166665
Probably the least flashy thing Pioneer has for 2din

>>15166671

I feel like a DJ would use it to do live shows for their vinyl set up or whatever.

>>15166676
nice. I'll look into that

>>15166681
The newest Pioneer players are less flashy than the old models, considering swapping out my old one too.

>>15166682
Nice. I've been a big fan of Pioneer's quality for a long time so that's perfect for me.

>>15166682

I just don't want to have to resolder all of the wires for the harness.

>>15166539
Why not just buy a car with a good stereo?

Oh, you're poor?
Maybe if you weren't spending all your money on that old shitbox.
New cars suck, you say?
You've never driven one, have you?
Will the dealership even let you...
Oh, you buy privately. No wonder your car's so rusty.

>>15166693
>Why not just buy a car with a good stereo?
Pretty much no cars have good factory stereos with multiple RCA outputs and low distortion at very high volumes.

>>15166690
>hardwiring a headunit to the factory harness after cutting off the factory clip
>not leaving the factory harness/clip alone and using an aftermarket harness adapter

>>15166697
The only exception I know of is the second gen Scion tC.

>>15166700
Thats what I'm talking about. Using the factory connector with a harness adapter that is soldered to the harness for the headunit.

>>15166700
>>15166693

>assumingtoomuch

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You are already cum.

>>15166649
>>15166654
>>15166675
>>15166676
terrible.

>>15166679
Car park raves when?

>>15166736

Whats good?

>>15166735
This is the best looking non-flashy stereo I've ever seen, with the exception of the stock Becker unit in the higher end 190E

>>15166735
>see price
>go flaccid
And I was so close to climaxing.

>>15166752

>$1,499.99

>>15166735
>£1200

>>15166759
>>15166760
It's in the No Poorfags Club.

>>15166762
To be honest, I knew I was a poorfag before I saw that I couldn't afford an overpriced head unit.

>>15166762
The placebo audiophile club

Anyone have the WAT stereo pic?

>>15166735
What's it made of? Platinum? There's no way to justify that price.

>>15166780
It's the sound chips that drive the price up.

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>>15166762
>>15166768
>The floor is lava!

>>15166780

Its a SONY..

>>15166780
It's a low volume product, they could only make it so cheap. Top class head units back in the 90s cost similar amounts and that was a lot of money back then.

>>15166785
You can buy genuinely excellent sounding (provided you use flac) head units for £50 new.
Yes they look ricey as fuck, but manufacturers could make them look good for not much more cost.
Really head units should be modular and customisable and give people the opportunity to fit toned down fascias if they so wish.

>>15166787

I see you're almost done with the particle accelerator.

>>15166539
What's /o/'s opinion on fold-out head units?

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>>15166806
Liftoff in t minus 3 days

>>15166794
Which doesn't mean anything since it's not a Sony camera.

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>>15166813
WHOAO SUPAH SONEEC FIRAH!

>>15166802
Yeah, but these are for people who consider themselves audiophiles.

>>15166824

Uses mp3.

>>15166810
People who buy them have absolutely no taste whatsoever.

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it's single DIN, but everyone seems to like it

It's a tad over £100 shipped to the UK

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330593087790

>>15166875
I heard it's also pretty crap quality wise

>>15166875

>no rca out

>>15166875
It looks like a cellphone from 2002

>>15166727
Found the defensive poorfag.

>>15167121

>assuming
>implying

Projecting this much.

Looking for one for my s2000
Best a cheap chinese radio with bluetooth from dealextreme or similiar sites. Dont need flashyness or quality just a working shitradiobox that does its job

>>15167170
try >>>/g/csg

>tfw like spaceship interiors

Captains log, OP is a faggot.

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>>15167227

You can't make this stuff up. He actually likes the fold out flashy stuff.

>>15166735
That's too pricy. Maybe it I'll look good with those expensive restorations of older cars.

>>15166875
The problem with those is that they distort pretty early which is reason enough to not buy them.

>>15166649
>>15166654
Still doesn't match in 99% of car interiors

>>15166539
What is that things name? Brand name?

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It sticks out like a mad man.

>>15167328

It's on the front of the unit and in the file name.

>>15167303
>his car doesn't say Hello Dave and suck his dick while it drives him to work while he watches anime on the windshield

Who even needs to drive, it's 2016 for god's sake

>>15167384

>Star date 2000+16
>Complains about driving on an auto board.

>>15166539
what is a quality head unit?
I just need something to control line level outputs. most of the stuff I can buy even up to the 200$ mark has shit tier specs around 10% thd so i may as well just be using an 80s boombox.

>>15167338
how would you remove it if it was flush?

>>15167409
do you care if it looks ricey?
do you need a cd player? digital radio?

>>15166787
>cable lifted off the floor to "reduce noise"
>exposed connections

>>15166785
can't you just use an external DAC and hide it behind the dash?

>>15167533
I dont care. I pretty much just need a volume knob. I mean i could just but a din facia, add some knobs and connect it to a kit board behind the dash. I'd rather spend 200$ on something decent though that will just plug in.

even the expensive units by sony pioneer sound like shit though. like I have a 150$ receiver that is like the bottom of the line for home audio. but it produces better sound than any card audio. i just want my car stereo to stop sounding like a fucking built in PC speaker from the 90s.

>>15167338
Ugh it looks bad

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I have this, it's not flashy at all, I changed the color to match the rest of the interior lighting, it's feature rich and runs my aftermarket audio stuff great. There are plenty of good looking head units out there, stop looking for them at best buy,

>>15168275
kenwood kmm-bt312u

>>15166693
As someone in the process of buying a new car, I really don't understand this whole complicated multifunction display and other bullshit built into my radio.
I don't want to have to buy a new $2000 dolor unit after it fails.
Inb4 I should just change cars once the warranty is gone.

>>15168367
actually this has been superseded by the bt315u so that would be better.
basically all of kenwood's latest range are really good in flac mode, and most are cheap ($100 ish)
but still look typically ricey.

>>15167338
>$1500 stereo
>playing lossy shitrips off a phone
top kek

>>15168407
>dollar*
>>15168411
You can run flac off a phone. I doubt he is, but you could.

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>>15168411
>he doesn't have 64gb of lossless music on his phone
sounds like someone needs to become better

>>15167526
like any normal radio, you would press a button located in a corner and it would "release or pop out"
see >>15166676
the "eject" button is in the bottom right corner.

>>15168408
>bt315u
a lot of reviews say the screen is practically invisible during the day. seems like a deal breaker. but that said, there isnt that much info about them. in terms of quality. other than what's lifted from the brochure. having worked in an electronics store, everything is always super best ultra quality with over 9000 rams of boost.

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>>15168429
>he uses a phone to play music
>he can only have 64gb of music on his device
How's that fisher price DAC treating you? ayy lmao

You're killing me Larry

>>15166735
So ironic the simplest looking of units is the most expensive.

>>15168444

t. zhang hong ping

>>15168444
>using a phone for it's DAC when you paid sony $1500 for some of the best around
>pretending 64gb isn't plenty for the average road trip
How's the delusion treating you Cuthbert?

>>15168444
>DAC
Matters absolutely jack shit when you are connected via USB.

>>15168467
So your phone wasn't made in china? Fucking idiot

>being autistic about audio quality
>in a car where road, wind, and engine noise are all factors

>>15166824
Is that a turbo?

>>15168473
>>15168474
The anon I responded to posted about having music on his phone, and I am pretty sure he/she doesn't have music on their phone just to play it while driving, otherwise he/she would have gotten a stereo that can read music off of SD cards.

>>15168436
older models in this line have been tested and got good reviews.
model numbers also vary depending on geographical location.
for example i believe that model is called the bt-502dab in the uk
slightly different tuning for the different radio frequencies etc
but if the screen is a deal breaker so be it, i'd guess most of these will have similar screens.

>>15168492
It's an alternator you newfag

>>15168502
we're referring to this >>15167338

>>15168520
the post you (or whoever) commented on was referring to this
>>15168429
>he doesn't have 64gb of lossless music on his phone

>>15166693
>reading everything into nothing
I shiggy dat diggy and raise you a giggy.
He asked for advice on head units, not tryhard condescending. Maybe you should take your wife's son out shopping for a new escalade.

>>15168572
No anon, you should feel grateful to have been in the digital presence of one of those rich people I've heard exist
baka

>>15168593
Oh yeah, the kind of rich people who maintain their wealth by perusing tibetan wallcarpet weaving forums and telling others they're poor.
Shit, those fuckers truly make the internet great again. :^)
Famalamapai

>>15166766
>To be honest, I knew I was a poorfag before I saw that I couldn't afford an overpriced head unit.

There's no need for an overpriced head unit if you aren't going to get overpriced high-quality speakers and their surrounds as well. A lot of car's have non-ideal spaces for their speakers. To get the best sound, custom surrounds are needed too especially in car doors and rear dash.

>>15166810
>What's /o/'s opinion on fold-out head units?

It depends on the head unit. One advantage is a nice clean front if you aren't running that unit. I've seen some units that operate with that head unit display closed up. But you'll never know if you only armchair surf and complain on /o/ about not having options. Wanna see options? Then go out to the various car audio shops and look at them in person!

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>>15166900
>>15167319
It's a radio made for work trucks, so it can't drive large low-impedance speakers, and doesn't have line outputs so you can't hook it up to your own amp.

Also, MCR-1116 is superior.

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Nobody likes these?

>>15169463
>what is speaker to line level converter

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>>15166539
>Why do they have to be ugly? I don't need spaceship instrumentation lighting.

They aren't ugly. It's a matter of having accessible controls for the myriad features they have. If you insist on genuine authenticity to match non-obtrusive looks, then your head unit would have very few features. But I suspect you'd complain much more about having no features than about having a plain looking front in that case.

There are car head units with plain fronts. They hide most of the controls in either control units that come out (and go back in) OR have flip down doors exposing a lot more controls while having only a few controls on the other side of the door when it is in the up position. Besides these two major approaches is the one where most of the controls are on a remote control unit. There's one whose remote is semi-egg shaped so that it is both comfortable and SELF_ORIENTING in your hand so you don't have to look at it by taking your eyes off the road.

>>15166735
Some people hide their pretensive audiophile nature by saying they want elegantly plain-looking fronts (but still demand performance controls). That's the Bang Olufson crowd of which there are lots of them in the home theatre market. Besides OP, lots of home theatre users say "that's too flashy ugly" too which is why clean fronts from B&O are popular.

>>15167338
LOL

>>15169394
OP needs to go visit the audio shops. Small shops are only going to have the mainstream flashy units as that is what sells because having lots of features is what people want and having an easy flashy way to access those features means convenience blended with style. A plain-front hiding controls means less convenience and probably even less features.

>>15166539
>Why do they have to be ugly?

The primary market for these things is twats, who are easily impressed by design nightmares with lots of flashing lights.

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Hey /o/ when I buy a new stereo does it come with that box thing (pic related)

Also a lot of these say they play mp3s but they don't say anything about .flac or .ogg, I should be able to play them through aux on an external device correct?

My stereo, box included, got stolen so I need a new one, as well as a new center panel, and a new window motor...

>>15166539
I love this meme

I just want one that has HD radio, Bluetooth, FM/am, and CD. And cause my truck only has two speakers, they gotta count and have good range

>>15169515
At the top several posts, OP said he doesn't want either flashy displays or touch screens.

His solution exists, but it costs $1,499 or more just for the head unit. Hiding the features yet having the features is a difficult thing because that means moving features to many levels of controls in addition to having alternate means of accessing those controls such as voice and remote control. There's reasons why those $199 head units are so low-priced and that is both mass production and that dealers are willing to mass-order them in advance. Non-mass market items are going to be much higher priced to compensate.

>>15169796
>My stereo, box included, got stolen
>Hey /o/ when I buy a new stereo does it come with that box thing (pic related)
You didn't set a password in it? Failed attempts have 10 minute wait before you can try again.

In addition to password, most modern car audio units have removable faceplates. Without that, the box they stole is useless especially if you registered your product serial number. If they send in for a replacement faceplate that will work with that box's serial number, it will turn up stolen (assuming you report and that your manufacturer supports antitheft). And as expensive as my car's deluxe audio system is, it's useless if stolen since its computer is mated to my car's computer serial number. Use it elsewhere and that car will phone home it has a stolen audio system in it. Anti-theft works so well that there is virtually zero theft of factory high end units. Instead of trying to thwart thieves (failure), they thwarted buyers of stolen merchandise (success).

>>15169761
Do they want to make money? Or do they want plain units that don't sell more than a few per year?

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>>15166539
It drives me nuts that they all look so shitty.

>>15169897
I got the car like that, it was actually missing the center panel (the entire grey/silver area from above the shift knob/hazards to ac vents) so I need that as well, will probably order that when I get my stereo

I think the previous owner was too stupid to do that stuff though to be honest.

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>>15169992
picture of center panel/radio

>>15166802
>Really head units should be modular and customisable and give people the opportunity to fit toned down fascias if they so wish.
thisx10000

>>15169910
Needs a pair of Volume + and - buttons

>>15170012
Give me a minute.

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>>15170012
My shoop skills are not the greatest.

>>15170074
Not so good. Volume is better as a knob anyway.

>>15170097
I agree that knobs are better, especially the kind that turn the radio off if you turn it down far enough.

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>>15170097

>>15170074
Why the fuck y'all niggas want AUX only, but never USB? Stereo with proper USB and phone support is god tier as the sound quality is much better through USB.

>>15170129
kek

>>15170131
I don't want either, just give me bluetooth so I don't have to fuck with any damn cables.

>>15170001
>>Really head units should be modular and customisable and give people the opportunity to fit toned down fascias if they so wish.

WHY? If patent law and copyright law worked, then maybe.

But if a company made standardized features and it became normal, then knock -off substitutes from China would appear and cannibalize the marketplace. People would then order only the cheapest basic item with the expectation that they would then replace the factory unit with chinese knockoff head units and knock-off fascias to plug into the standardized factory comm system.

>>15168468

I have one of these. Worked great and I loved it, but it hasn't held up well with time (glitchy as fuck). But as far as low key but still great features, it's tough to beat. Hard as hell to find anymore as well.

>>15170129
They both look like garbage

>>15170157
Well, maybe then car manufacturers would finally get off their asses and make factory head units less horseshit.

>>15170157
The current system migrates towards proprietary computer signals centralized thru the car's main computer. Thus, handshaking of encrypted controls would ensure non-easy non-cheap replacement of the factory unit.

What would be great is an apple car. It would put part of the car's computer in the factory audio unit, part into the encrypted steering wheel control cluster, part into the dashboard display cluster, and part into each official apple speaker. Thus, removing and replacing any unit with non-apple gear would cause the encrypted signals to no longer flow in that path. That ensures only authorized apple parts would be used as replacements. It also gets around the magnusson-moss and other laws that regulate how far a manufacturer can go to prevent a customer from modifying their purchased item.

Of course, if the customer never really buys the gear but instead purchases a license to use it, then that is another matter altogether. Right now, customers own the physical hardware and not a mere license. But in the future, it might be that the customer owns all of the car except the computer system which itself is a perpetual transferable license. But because it is a license, modding of that item would be prohibited and preventable thru encyrption linking all the parts together.

>>15170157
I'm not talking about an industry wide standard neccessarily. But I can't see why the likes of Alpine couldn't make a range of din size models with a selection of different guts and say 5 different style fascias that could work with any of those.
Customising is a big market even in things like phones I can't see why car stereo can't be the same.
Maybe if it was kids would still have some interest in it.

>>15170200
was this post meant to trigger the living fuck out of me?

>>15170187
>Well, maybe then car manufacturers would finally get off their asses and make factory head units less horseshit.

That has been the case the past few years. It's still an ongoing revolution where the car companies know they can make money selling upscale audio system packages as part of the car. And they do sound great too since the company works with the speaker company to make sure the speaker design matches the car. Even in my previous car, I bought more expensive pioneers to replace the factory speakers and it sounded worse. Thankfully, cartoys had a guarantee it would sound better and so i got the original bose put back in. More "accurate" and "sharper" and "tight" are all positive features. But if the speakers are not matched to the shape of the car's shape, you get the uncanny valley effect. Terrible. The pioneers were better in every way but sounded rotten and even the cartoys staff agreed as much as they wanted to sell the full replacement to me.

>>15170204
>Customising is a big market even in things like phones I can't see why car stereo can't be the same.

It is not a big market. What does the phone manufacturer get out of the fascia or case market? Almost all the fascia or cases are from 3rd party chinese makers. So there is no incentive for car companies to make features that customers will not buy those fascia from the car company but instead buy from chinese knockoff companies.

>>15170232
If you hate intellectual property rights, then you'd hate those trying to make money from their intellectual property. Capitalism is bad! Down with capitalism because it requires intellectual property rights!

>>15170165
>it hasn't held up well with time (glitchy as fuck). But as far as low key but still great features, it's tough to beat. Hard as hell to find anymore as well.

Glitchy as fuck means it will be eventually hard to find because customers stop buying it and a negative reputation is hard to recover from, so even evolved versions without the glitches would be ideas that die on the vine.

>>15170267
>waaah but the chinese will copy us.
i can get a laptop with a million options when i order it it should be standard practice in head units.
if the chinese wanted to offer different style fascias they could do it right now. just make one or two styles and make the connections on the back different to fit the 10 most popular head units around and there you go.

>>15170279
I hate the idea that a car is so loaded with chips i can't even swap the speakers out without risking prison or a drone strike in my sleep for tampering with government licensed computers

>>15169515
>Nobody likes these?

They are delicate when the touch displays pop out of drawers and then angle up so that you can touch the screen. Over time, the screen gets a bit floppy and wiggly. That's really a big turn off.

The location of factory car touch screens is high up for a reason. Lower-mounted 3rd party car audio units mean the angle at which the finger approach is more horizontal. Girls that have fingernails have to touch the screen controls with their knuckles since poking with a finger tip will eventually scratch up that spot of the screen. I had to consider that when thinking about buying the factory high end unit or going 3rd party in my car.

>>15170323
I don't like it either, but the great majority of customers buying stuff don't care much about privacy. Thus, we get the features that the companies and government wants. In some cases, the government got search warrants and turned on those microphones built into cars so they could listen for any incriminating or useful conversations. Onstar cars have been remotely disabled by the gov't too. With more cars switching to drive by wire, perhaps cars in the distant future will drive people to the spot the police picked out. My car is transmission by wire and accelerator by wire.

>>15166700
>Having a car that has aftermarket support for the head unit wiring.

Get a load of this guy!

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Bottom barrel head unit, no CD player. I've had one for 2 years in my car and only thing is that I had to fix the aux port after about a year. No problems pushing 5 inch speakers to clipping.

>>15170498
sounds shit just reading your description

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Right now I have a 2003 Protege5. It has a pretty good factory stereo, for 2003. It has a factory subwoofer that is ok, but isn't the best. Also, the headunit is going out.

I'm thinking of getting a new HU with 3 RCA outs and all new speakers around the car, and adding a sub box into the back and two amps.
I'd have one 4 channel amplifier going with RCA out 1 and 2 going into it for the front and rear speakers, and then I'd take out the original spare tire sub and put in a new one with the third RCA out going into a mono amp into it.

Is it as simple as this, or am I missing something? Also, how the hell do I route the wires across my car and into my doors?

>pic related

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>>15170468
>Get a load of this guy!

My previous GM car was done that way. I wanted stealth audio which meant the dash looked like factory stock. But I would have 3rd party gear playing. That meant buying a 3rd party crossover control box too. But in the end that also mean the factory gear could play on its own if I didn't choose to use the 3rd party gear which was mounted in the trunk on an easily-removable mounting system. In the trunk was a 50-disc CD changer from Pioneer which was genuinely hard to find in the usa market as it was imported. The voice control microphone was a small flat metallic push button with holes in it for audio (very elegant). I used only the pushbutton feature and put it on the side console near my right knee. The aux microphone thus became my main mic and I put that in the driver's visor where it picked up my voice fine. The remote head display was also mounted on the visor and that is out of sight of most people peering into a car looking for a 3rd party unit to steal. But all they see is my factory unit and they give up since antitheft made them all but unsaleable.

Some things were not ideal such as reception of weak FM/AM radio stations because their signal went thru the crossover control box. The extra control boxes all went under the driver and passenger seats.

The advantage of 50 discs is that one can be spared just for special effects. A friend's sister provided the female voice over and I used the weapon sound from you know where.

Bad driver signted.

"Okay, both hands on navigation!" as I told passengers and they see I am not pushing buttons. They don't see me subtly moving my knee. "Computer. Fire. Photon. Torpedo." Yes, you have to enunciate each word with a distinct space because this was the older tech voice control. The proper burned CD would be selected and "Aye Sir. Firing Photon Torpedo. *sound of photon torpedo launch*" The burned CD had a long no_sound_at_all track after that.

Fun times.

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>>15170679
There are little wire grommets that are underneath your door hinges, that's how the wires are ran and they can be a bit of a bitch at first.

But yeah it's basically that simple.

>>15166676
Got one of these in the maxima and an older model one in the xterra
Great sound quality bluetooth aux microphone but fuck how bright the blue leds in the xterra are

>>15166539

The truth is that most normal people just use the stock radio in their car. Most new cars accept audio in and even on old ones you use stuff like a tape adapter or an FM tuner. If your car stereo fails, you look around online or at the dealership and get it replaced with a factory unit.

Who does that leave for the aftermarket head-unit market? Mostly teenagers, Mexicans, blacks, and poor people.

Given that the first 3 of these LOVE flashy head-units (sick system bro), and the last group likes getting stuff that looks expensive, it isn't hard to see why the aftermarket for head units has evolved the way it has.

Even if you were a manufacturer and didn't want to make ricey units, how are you going to have any success making something that looks more or less factory? All of the illuminated buttons in my car are orange, all of the buttons in my parents car are white, and all the buttons in my sister's car are green, to say nothing of different shape, etc.

>>15170679
>Also, how the hell do I route the wires across my car and into my doors?

To get wires to go across the gap between the door and the car body, you see that corrugated plastic tube that flexes? The wires for your door locks, power mirror, and power windows are in there. There should be enough room to snake speaker wires through and be sure to leave enough slack for the wire to flex or move. You don't want to simply wire everything straight and taut like some cheapskate wanting to not use one-inch more than necessary.

I have no idea what wire you are using, but do keep an eye out for abrasion wear in the tube. If it is too taut, too lose, or the wires are too fat, they will move around and rub the other wires.

>>15170712
sorry dude but no one uses cd changers anymore... its all about the mp3 and most usb sticks (8Gb+) will hold more than 50 cds.

>>15170136
USB is handy if you wanna recharge your phone, navigator, vape or whatever the fuck.


Bluetooth is a gift from the gods though, all modern cars should have it

>>15170576
Meh. It works fine. Has the same power output as my stock head unit that died. The aux port is the only problem I've had and I fixed it because I'm not retarded. So I guess if you're retarded this isn't for you.

There's also a version with Bluetooth.

>>15170712
I love when people go through the extra effort to have something done just the way they want it done. It sounds like you had an audio system like nobody else.

That's cool.

>>15172312
>vape
Do you have a hover board too?

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>>15166787

>>15169515
I've got a slightly older version of that one, it's bretty nice even if it needs an adapter with several miles of cable to hook up my newer iShit so I can do satnav with it.

>>15172459
Naw m8, I don't do that shit myself as the fumes smell tacky as fuck, but a lot of people here probably vape and a few of my friends use that shit and every now and then they want to charge their shit.
Personally I'm an absolutist, don't drink anything, smoke anything or use anything at all.

>>15166794
BD?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxeYW63Uf38

>>15172600

I try to get my correct vape to scrap ratio.

Can anyone recommend a decent 2DIN head unit, that won't break the bank and has ISO connectors in the back? I'm just a little bit to shit to deal with the single cables

Please and thanks

Bump?

>>15173832
Screen or no screen?

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>>15166539

Porsche and Becker have them.

Prepare to suck dick though, they will cost you

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>>15174578

And yes Becker does navigation on it.

>>15174578
Or just but a $5 cable that adds AUX to those old Becker headunits

>>15169999
checked

>>15174541
I mean I would like a screen, but I don't really have anything more than 150$ to spend on it, so it's not necessary

You have one on your mind?

>>15174846
See
>>15166675
>>15166676

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hello there, 89' fisher electronics, everything works

>>15166539
>Why do they have to be ugly?
because the people that put in aftermarket stereo equipment are spics and niggers.

>>15166654
>here you go
>some generic shit with red and blue leds

>>15166675
>double din unit
>no nav
>no screen
>xl badge of poverty

for what purpose

>>15174989
b-but anon none of those have ISO jacks

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>>15166693

>What are aftermarket speakers
>He spends $$$$ on a moving sound system machine
>Mfw

>>15175020
It's cheap, well built, and feature-heavy. I already have a GPS unit cuz I have no sense of direction

>>15174991
i need it

>>15175121
You don't need those

>>15172459
Vape is not for the hoverboarders here. The active ingredient THC is available in vape form.

A number of states decriminalized marijuana and two states allow the common population to use it recreationally (colorado and washington). In washington, you are not to cultivate "dealer amounts" without a license and there are lots of shops that sell VAPE cannabis THC oils. So for those who don't particularly like the smoking aspect, there is vape which also lets you carry a lot of it in a small space (just like USB lets you carry a lot more than big CDs). Some people visit to stock up on vape thc oil before going back to their states.

>>15174991
> 89' fisher
It's amazing it still works since things like certain electronic parts such as electrolytic capacitors dry out over time and eventually stop working.

what about Boss audio? bit lower in the price bracket, but seems OK. especially the 870 dbi.

I have a car audio issue. I'm driving an 06 Camry. The plastic rear speakers covers are all ripped to shreds (wtf).

What do ?

>>15175420
there are probably oem replacement ones.

what do you mean ripped to shreds? you mean cracked?

maybe someone cleaned it using a solvent and it ate away at the plastic.

>>15175420
>The plastic rear speakers covers are all ripped to shreds

No idea what you mean't by ripped to shreds. The whole dash is ripped to shreds? Is it decomoposed type ripping? It is pulled type ripping like children grabbed things and tugged. Is it slashed like a box cutter type set of cuts? A cat did it? How far are the shreds? The entire rear dash or just the speaker area? The speakers are flush mount hidden under the dash fabric or there is a protruding grill that was slashed?

Really, the way you wrote it the only answer is "Just repair it" because there are no details. It's like someone asking for help who just says "Help, it's not working!" Making people play the 20 questions game is not good.

>>15175426
>maybe someone cleaned it using a solvent and it ate away at the plastic.
Yeah, in the case of protruding speaker fronts, if there are lots of "rip like" tears between all the holes, then it was probably a combination of cleaner and ultraviolet/sunlight.

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I wish they made stereos the way they make millitary radios.

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Best aftermarket radio of all time. no competition.

Jaycar QM3781 also known as Kienzle MCR-1016BT

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>>15176923
Pfft, cheap looking shit for a cheap shitbox. I bet that doesn't even have RCA-outs

>>15176947
Friend had one in his E30. Didn't yank it after we parted out and sold the shell to some dude who needed the whole rear end. It sounded bretty gud

>>15176920
>I wish they made stereos the way they make millitary radios.

0. Boring uniform color requirement.

1. Low bidder unless corruption causes the winner.

2. Sole source, no competition allowed after a company has been selected. /o/ may not purchase from any other supplier.

3. Variety of radios limited to standardized units.

4. No decorative or non-performance mods allowed (by the book of military standards).

5. Use of non-approved radios not allowed.

6. Due to encryption or other standards, illegal knock offs typically don't work

7. Official customers cannot use knock-offs or risk being suspected as a spy (severe penalty for spying)

8. Costs are high

9. Weight is heavy

10. Requirement of resistance to impact and small shrapnel of no use to /o/ consumers because such impacts or shrapnel would slay the customer.

11. Radiation resistance of no use to /o/ consumers because if such radiation exists, /o/ consumers have other more dire problems than listening to howard stern on their durable tough heavy monochrome paint ugly radio.

12. Military connectors are large, unwieldy, heavy, and expensive.

13. Hypermilers will not like such a unit.

>>15177067
0/10 fuck off and learn to formulate decent arguments Alphonse

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>>15176947

Pfft, thirteen seconds in Google tells you it's a VDO unit with a pair of outputs, LM358 op-amp IC's, same AD and DA converters as used by Pioneer and Alpine (manufactured by VDO Dayton), bluetooth, Apple IOS control, and the same VDO output section found across the range.

So it's made to equal or greater specification than the VDO OEM and aftermarket units with the same op-amps used by every brand you could list here that in your opinion are subjectively better than this unit.

With the same op-amps and AD/DA converters.

It takes longer to type dumb shit into a text box to announce to the world that you are a dumb shit than it does to pull the specifications for just about anything. Lurk moar, search before post etc, u r a dumb dumb etc

>>15166539
>Why do they have to be ugly?

Do your thing, then close up the display panel and it has a nice clean front with minimal controls once again. It's only when you open it up that all those complicated controls show up to let you use all the features with a minimum of keypresses.

One of the worst ergonomic headunits ever required like 43 keypresses to do something. It had minimal buttons and no touchscreen and thus relied on menus and decision branching. Simplicity at its finest, eh?

>>15176947
>Pfft, cheap looking shit for a cheap shitbox. I bet that doesn't even have RCA-outs

That Jaycar QM3781 was down to $79 each on sale. It's a unit from the 2010 era for those that wanted a basic unit in a DD or beater.

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Just ordered this Blaupunkt from Crutchfield for $79 shipped with all the adapter bits for my Miata. Doesn't look ricey at all so it should look decent in the spartan interior of the car..

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-PCi5S6oCCn9/p_023ADEL130/Blaupunkt-Adelaide-130.html