For the millionth time

[blink172]

Ladies and Gentlemen.

I have just bought a brand new 172 (5 weeks delivery, sheesh ive got itchy fingers), but i also have a Mac audio Powered Sub box that i intend to fit. Anyone know if the OS fitted single cd with changer has a pair of Pre-outs i can link the amp upto?? Also, are the 40watts any good or do you need to swap them out for better ones?

Cheers for any help

 

[Rorrie]

no the HU doesnt, well it didnt on my dynamique. Its worth changing it anyway, as it will improve the quality a lot. I take it your talking about the speakers when you say the 40 watts, if so, yes do, its always worth it. By a set of comps.

I would say, buy a cheap alpine HU - £130 ish, and spend £120 ish on a pair of DLS R5 comps. will be very good. but at some point you should amp them up as well.

Rorrie

 

[Bubbles]

Good choice on the sub!! i had a mac audio one, very good.

 

[cat171]

dunno if this helps but a 172 my dad looked at had a sub+amp in it, the bloke said that the amp was wired to the rear speakers.

obvoiusly i dunno if its true tho but he seemed to know what he was on about !

 

[davidol]

yep that is true ur local halfords can supply u with converter which converts a high level output (i.e. speaker wires) into a low level output (i.e. a RCA connection). U will need to earth the complete unit and also take feeds using both rear speaker connections and ideally u dont wanna use the rear speakers any more as this will try and share the connection and spoil the sound quality on the output.

 

[nfbr]

dont bother with the hi-level output to RCA converters. They are not very good quality. Dont sound anywhere near as good as you would get for buyin a new head unit.