***Help, Circuit City guy**

[1sty]

A good loc tht is properly setup will not add any distortion. I have even seen factory head unit in SQ comptitions. Hell many serious competition vetermins don't even both with aftermaket equipment in there daily drivers any more. LOC installs certainly have there success and failures and some cars simply can't be used with them (factory amplified systems are a nightmare). Other then that I have heard and installed several systems withe LOC that came out great with no hint of distortion.

 

[ROSB]

I just finished an install of 5x7 infinity 6800cs (front) and 6802cf (rear) with a 40x4 RMS amp using high-level inputs, also 120 RMS to a 12" sub. It sounds 100 times better than stock, I promise you. Circuit City Guy is just trying to sell you an aftermarket HU without realizing there is no commercial dash kit out yet.. he doesn't know what he is talking about.

I agree that the system would sound another 100 times better with an aftermarket HU w/ 3 4V+ pre-outs and high/low pass etc.. but sticking with the stock HU for now is the only option w/o custom work.

Go for the infinitys and a 4ch amp, you won't regret it. But read up on this forum and use ebay to get the most bang for your buck. Good luck!

Hey Thanks!!!

I will mostly do that setup like yours, but I was thinking just an MtX 10inch sub though.

 

[II-Savy]

Well it seems your sound system will look pretty good.

 

[theice]

Well it seems your sound system will look pretty good.

II-Savy must work for Circuit City.

Obviously, ROSB does not want to destroy the interior of a brand new car to put in a HU when its unnecessary.

 

[II-Savy]

lol no way. I have a family and house n crap to worry about.

If you looked inside that little adapter you'd see why. There is a wrong way and a right way to do things. Adding ANY distortion is bad period.

Also I'm suggesting he "destroy the interior of a brand new car". Wait for a kit to do it right.....and seriously is any of this neccessary....no but we still want it.

 

[sndsgood]

get a high quality loc and you won't get any distortion, not enough to be heard by ear anyway. loc's are just like anything , you get what you pay for. i'll be using aloc on my 3 and once the install is done i'll be competing with it in usaci and see how well it does. it's not distortion the kills speakers, 9x out of 10 its clipping the signal. and that doesnt nessicarily have to do with feeding a signal a small amount of distortion.


running a loc isnt a wrong way of doing something. its the best way of doing it without purchasing a headunit with rca outputs. that doesnt make it wrong. i could take a loc and some moderatly price audio equipment and have it sounding better then allot of kids who think the name on the equipment is everything. installation is more important the the equipment your running.



and for the original poster, take some advice, don't shop at the b.b and c.c. stores. go to a real audio store and talk to people who know what they are doing.

 

[El Ropo]

Great stuff on the last post, and I have to add that this is one of the more entertaining, and enlightening threads I've read on this forum

Thank you all for your input!

 

[1sty]

it's not distortion the kills speakers, 9x out of 10 its clipping the signal. and that doesnt nessicarily have to do with feeding a signal a small amount of distortion.

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Clipping is distortion. (poke)

 

[krstofer]

[/list]Clipping is distortion. (poke)

I always thougt clipping was when you kicked someone's leg while they were walking so they trip or fall down. (dunno)


(laugh)

 

[sndsgood]

you can distort a signal without clipping the signal.

 

[1sty]

you can distort a signal without clipping the signal.

THis is true, I was simply stating that clipping is distortion and not that distortion is only clipping.

Much like a square is a rectangle but a rectangle is certainly not always a square.

 

[p5tom]

what is a good loc for A 2003 p5?

A good loc tht is properly setup will not add any distortion. I have even seen factory head unit in SQ comptitions. Hell many serious competition vetermins don't even both with aftermaket equipment in there daily drivers any more. LOC installs certainly have there success and failures and some cars simply can't be used with them (factory amplified systems are a nightmare). Other then that I have heard and installed several systems withe LOC that came out great with no hint of distortion.

CAN U GET IT ONLINE? WHERE?