Keeping Stock Stereo with Aftermarket Subwoofer??
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Keeping Stock Stereo with Aftermarket Subwoofer??
I have a 2006 F 150 Lariat and I want to put in an aftermarket subwoofer. Is there anyway to put in a subwoofer and still keep the stock head unit?? I don't have the audiofile system. Just don't know where to go from here. Thanks.
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Yes. The most cost effective way is to use a line level converter. It involves tapping the signal from one of your door speakers, usually one of the rears. The converter converts (go figure) the signal to an RCA output that you can send to an external amp and then to a sub.
Some companies sell sound/signal processors that hook directly to the factory unit and can integrate a sub. They are more costly though. Check crutchfield's website for all your options.
Some companies sell sound/signal processors that hook directly to the factory unit and can integrate a sub. They are more costly though. Check crutchfield's website for all your options.
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I was gonna go that route, and to make it cleaner and not have to splice into any wires, i ended up getting a line converter and both the male and female stereo jacks from the stereo; made it so i was passing everything through the line converter and had RCA jacks available for the subs. I ended up giving up on that when I got a CD stuck in the stock deck, and just got an aftermarket deck. Crutchfield is a bit pricier, but for line converters and jacks like that, they're not much worse than the competition, and they will tell you all the color codings of the wires over the phone (pretty important, makes life easy)
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Thanks alot that was a big help I will do some looking around and see what I can find. Does one or the other have better sound quality than the other? With the converter only being $20 just kinda worried sound quality may not be as good. I was looking to get an aftermarket stereo but was worried about keeping the steering wheel controls for the stereo and didn't know if it would screw up the DVD player mounted on the overhead rail system. Just trying to figure out my best options. Thanks alot to both you so far. Anymore suggestions would be awesome. Thanks!!
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It is far easier to tap a line converter off the back of the headunit. I was going to just splice in off the rear door speaker lines and I pulled everything off and there is alot of wires there. It takes like 5 mins to pull your head unit off only downside is you have to run a longer patch cable. Do a search for the correct color wires.
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Thanks alot that was a big help I will do some looking around and see what I can find. Does one or the other have better sound quality than the other? With the converter only being $20 just kinda worried sound quality may not be as good. I was looking to get an aftermarket stereo but was worried about keeping the steering wheel controls for the stereo and didn't know if it would screw up the DVD player mounted on the overhead rail system. Just trying to figure out my best options. Thanks alot to both you so far. Anymore suggestions would be awesome. Thanks!!
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if you are worried about quality consider this,
AudioControl EQS is a device that takes input from a head unit (stock or not). it then cleans up the signal and eqs it. you can send this signal to an amp and so on.
as time and money become available (good luck with these gas prices) you can incorporate and upgrade the stock door speakers to amped nice ones.
just a thought
AudioControl EQS is a device that takes input from a head unit (stock or not). it then cleans up the signal and eqs it. you can send this signal to an amp and so on.
as time and money become available (good luck with these gas prices) you can incorporate and upgrade the stock door speakers to amped nice ones.
just a thought
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