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factory vs aftermarket
i have a factory am fm cd in a 2002 ford focus want to know if i upgrade to a aftermarket alpine or eclipse if i will notice a noticable gain in sound quality with the factory speakers
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I would say yes. you will notice a better sound. and it will be even better adding a sub later -- The Clown Prince of Car Stereo "jk_arabians" wrote in message ... i have a factory am fm cd in a 2002 ford focus want to know if i upgrade to a aftermarket alpine or eclipse if i will notice a noticable gain in sound quality with the factory speakers -- jk_arabians |
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I should have qualified my answer a little more..
as long as the factory speakers are not blown now, it will make the sound better My recommended order to upgrade a system is.. 1st) head unit 2nd) sub with amp 3rd) upgrade factory speakers 4th) amp for upgraded speakers If you goto retailers like circuit city, they will tell you that upgrading speakers 1st will give you better sound. they tell you this because they make more profit of speaker sales than head unit sales. but in my experience this is false. Upgrading your speakers 1st before the head unit can actually make the sound not as good. Why you ask?? because the sound the the speaker can repoduce is limited to what the head unit puts out and upgraded speaker requirer more power so the sound will be lower. -- The Clown Prince of Car Stereo "jk_arabians" wrote in message ... i have a factory am fm cd in a 2002 ford focus want to know if i upgrade to a aftermarket alpine or eclipse if i will notice a noticable gain in sound quality with the factory speakers -- jk_arabians |
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"jk_arabians" wrote in message ... i have a factory am fm cd in a 2002 ford focus want to know if i upgrade to a aftermarket alpine or eclipse if i will notice a noticable gain in sound quality with the factory speakers Actually, without knowing the quality of your stock CD player it is hard to answer this question. However, chances are that an aftermarket HU will have more power than a stock deck and will therefore sound better. But I disagree with joe.ker on the upgrade order. Yes, upgrading the HU first is a good idea, but IMHO, I would then next upgrade the factory speakers. In fact, in terms of what will improve your sound the most, in some cases the VERY FIRST thing you should upgrade is the factory speakers. Speakers in any system have the biggest impact on sound quality, and the greatest attention (and budget?) should be devoted to choosing speakers. So after putting in a new HU and choosing new speakers, then I would worry about a subwoofer and sub amp. MOSFET |
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Actually, without knowing the quality of your stock CD player it is hard
to answer this question. However, chances are that an aftermarket HU will have more power than a stock deck and will therefore sound better. But I disagree with joe.ker on the upgrade order. Yes, upgrading the HU first is a good idea, but IMHO, I would then next upgrade the factory speakers. In fact, in terms of what will improve your sound the most, in some cases the VERY FIRST thing you should upgrade is the factory speakers. Speakers in any system have the biggest impact on sound quality, and the greatest attention (and budget?) should be devoted to choosing speakers. So after putting in a new HU and choosing new speakers, then I would worry about a subwoofer and sub amp. The problem is that it's difficult to predict how well the new speakers will mesh with the existing stock head unit. In some cases, a speaker upgrade will actually sound worse! Ultimately, it's best to upgrade both the speakers and head unit at the same time. (how's that for fence-sitting?) |
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"MZ" wrote in message ... The problem is that it's difficult to predict how well the new speakers will mesh with the existing stock head unit. In some cases, a speaker upgrade will actually sound worse! I was going to say worse, but I thought that was a little to strong, so I changed it to not as good. -- The Clown Prince of Car Stereo |
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jk_arabians wrote: i have a factory am fm cd in a 2002 ford focus want to know if i upgrade to a aftermarket alpine or eclipse if i will notice a noticable gain in sound quality with the factory speakers -- jk_arabians You don't know until you try the demo yourself. If I were you, I would buy from the store has the good return and refund policy and I install myself just for the test of it. Oh I have better idea. I would buy both alpine and elclipe and install myself to test which one is better one and keep that and return and get refund other. |
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wrote in message oups.com... jk_arabians wrote: i have a factory am fm cd in a 2002 ford focus want to know if i upgrade to a aftermarket alpine or eclipse if i will notice a noticable gain in sound quality with the factory speakers -- jk_arabians You don't know until you try the demo yourself. If I were you, I would buy from the store has the good return and refund policy and I install myself just for the test of it. Oh I have better idea. I would buy both alpine and elclipe and install myself to test which one is better one and keep that and return and get refund other. should all be the same right? all made in china after all.. ;-P |
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