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Old Jan 12, 2003
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Factory head deck and amp??

I am not that familiar wit car stereo, but i am more of a hi-fi audiophile so i know alot about home audio. anyways, i was wondering if it is possible to connect the factory head deck to an amp with speaker level inputs?? i know it won't sound its best but i don't like aftermarket head decks cause it doen't match as well and i won't get jacked like i did before wit another car. has anyone else done this setup? and would it work with the speaker inputs without distorting?
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Some amps have both high speaker level inputs and / or low RCA level inputs.

High inputs go off speaker outputs of the deck.
Low inputs (RCA) go off aftermarket decks.

If your amp only has Low inputs, get a LOC (Line out converter) to take the deck speaker high outputs and convert them to low inputs for the amp.
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so this would work?? and manufactures design the speaker-level inputs for head decks w/o preamp outputs like factory head decks??
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youll never get nearly the same quality through a converter as you will with rca's, but itll be better
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It would sound no where near as good....
factory hu's in cars suck [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]
just buy a hu with a removable faceplate heh
When I park in the ghetto I take the faceplate off so
no more "shiny tingy" for ghetto people to steal
just my $.06(inflation)
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hu aren't that bad. right now i have polk ex365 6.5" and ex369 6x9 and it pretty good. but i guess i listen to more of an acoustic type music. i am not really into the today's music. i am probably one of the few that appreciates the factory hu.
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