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Thread: Is A front end without subs bad? |
    
Bronze Member Username: Goingnowhere09
Post Number: 13
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 01:28 pm: |
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So i'm buying my deck and two sets of speakers today...but im not getting my two 10's or my amp untill next month...is that bad, will i be disapointed in my sound quality(im on stock right now) and my deck has a built in speaker amp...i think...lol Im getting the Alpine Cda-9855...and im also lookinga t one of those ipod converters...good buy or not...thanks always...
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Silver Member Username: Scubasteve
College Park,
MD
Post Number: 551
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 04:51 pm: |
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Good deck, you shouldn't be depressed with the sound quality, depending on the speakers you bought. Yes the deck has an onboard amplifier but you could always get a 4 channel amp for the speakers if you want more out of them. Ipod converters are good also, much better than the so called FM modulators. |
Bronze Member Username: Biteworms
Clearwater,
Florida
United States
Post Number: 18
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 06:53 pm: |
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I find that Ipod hook-ups are way overpriced. I'm pretty sure your HU supports Mp3CDs. I'd burn a bunch of mp3s that way instead of wasting money on the connector. I have my 6000+ mp3 library (26 or so GBs) burned onto around 40 discs (alphabetically by artist-just dragged and dropped my existing directories). Its up to you though. On one hand it's a little less convienent, on the other, you save some $$$. |
Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 1645
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 08:27 pm: |
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You save even more money by just getting an aux-in RCA cable, the only loss being that it doesn't control or charge your iPod, but does play it. |
Silver Member Username: Scubasteve
College Park,
MD
Post Number: 559
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 11:12 pm: |
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well wormbites, what if you add an album to your collection? thats 40 discs down the drain. Also, with a library of 40 discs, more often than not, the song you want to hear isn't on the disc you have in.
The other thing I don't like about using the aux. input is that the signal is already passing through the headphone amplifier before it gets to the head unit. iPods don't have the greatest sound quality to begin with, but using the adapter gets the most out of it. |
Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 1646
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 11:58 pm: |
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Yeah true, I usually have to turn on the bass reducer EQ setting on my iPod to get it to sound right. They should make the EQ adjustable by bands rather than presets... |
Silver Member Username: Scubasteve
College Park,
MD
Post Number: 562
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 12:17 am: |
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plenty of other mp3 players do, thats why I dislike iPods. For a lot of reasons, they shouldn't be the choice for audiophiles, but thats what the adapters are for unfortunately. The little Samsung player I have has a bunch of presets and even a fully adjustable 5 band parametric eq. |
Gold Member Username: Illuminator
USA
Post Number: 1649
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 12:38 am: |
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To me, their huge success is/was advertising... |
Silver Member Username: Scubasteve
College Park,
MD
Post Number: 563
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 01:03 am: |
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very true, but the iPod is great for average user. Very easy to use, no complicated things like equilizers to confuse people and it does slide right into your pocket  Apple just found a way to make it cool. |
Bronze Member Username: Tdisanto
Post Number: 53
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 02:05 am: |
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You should notice a difference in sound quality for sure compared to the stock setup. Once upgraded with an amp, the results will again increase noticably. |
