Eliminate the head unit entirely and spend that money on a DSP(Digital Signal Processor) with built in amp instead.
This is why I posted! Getting suggestions and ideas! Thank you! I am not familiar with DSPs or what they even look like. But I like researching things and this will give me a great opportunity to so!
That looks cool! Unfortunately, the more I think about it, I don't listen to the radio and the only music I listen to is on my Spotify playlist.
With those, I would definitely need 4 speakers!
I BARELY listen to the radio. But I have a collection of DVDs so that's why I wanted the DVD player. It's nice to have something that looks the part.
My 66 Valiant had the dash cut for a single DIN when I got it. There was a decent Sony unit in there at the time. It has the modern bells and whistles, and plenty of power at 45 watts to all four speakers. I put a pair of 4" in the dash and some 6x9's in the back. It makes more than enough volume and sounds very good. Going with most any name brand dash unit and speakers will work nicely in your car.
Would I be able to stream an app like Spotify to the DSP? (that's where all my music comes from)
I like that stereo
Thanks for the reply. I will have to be happy with just the 6 x 9s since I don't want to cut into the front doors for door mounts.
I got the bracket that Jerry on here makes. I forget his screen name. It's a nice aluminum bracket that mounts 2 3.5" speakers in the front where the factory speaker goes.
That looks pretty interesting (and simplistic). Questions: where do you plan on plugging in the power cord? Will this work with my iPhone using Spotify? Thanks for sharing!
https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Amplifier-Wireless-Receiver-Adapter/dp/B072Q157FY/?tag=fabo03-20
I bought this to power 2 6x9's in the rear and the speaker in the dash.
Haven't installed it yet due to rear window leak issues........
So you tune stations with your stock radio? But I only have an AM radio… an Am/FM would cost more than a complete aftermarket system
https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Amplifier-Wireless-Receiver-Adapter/dp/B072Q157FY/?tag=fabo03-20
I bought this to power 2 6x9's in the rear and the speaker in the dash.
Haven't installed it yet due to rear window leak issues........
planned on wiring it up under the dash (not sure yet) Should play anything from your phone via bluetooth
Doesn't have a radio, just plays whatever music you can send to it via bluetooth.
Ah.. but I like to hear Fox and NPR in the mornings so it wouldn’t work for me .
As mentioned above, any streaming app that goes out via Bluetooth will work. Look on-line for all the DSP's available. Places like Woofers etc and others will have amplified and non-amplified DSP's. Each speaker will have it's own channel, and others you can bridge the amp outputs to feed more power to , say a woofer in the trunk etc. The other nice thing about DSP's is that you can electronically cross over your speakers and use Time Delay to tune the sound.
This is great information! Thank you! So, I will have two 6x9s and possibly a sub. So I guess I'm looking at at least a 4 channel DSP?
I hear you loud and clear, brother.
Makes sense. Thanks for the reply.
