Need advice on a new HU

DezUk

DezUk

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Im looking to replace my current Blaupunk DAB 52 headunit with an alpine unit. I have about £200 to spend on it so what models should i be looking at ?

Reason for the swap is the Blaupunk just doesnt have enough audio setting to tweak the bass etc. The HU will be working along side a piuoneer 4 channel amp that poer a set of Alpine comps up front.

Was hopefully looking to buy it tomorrow in halfords if they stock it :)
 
Please don't buy a £200 HU in Halfords. £200 at one of the online car audio stores will get you the sort of HU which is £300 in Halfords.
 
DezUk said:
Im looking to replace my current Blaupunk DAB 52 headunit with an alpine unit. I have about £200 to spend on it so what models should i be looking at ?

Reason for the swap is the Blaupunk just doesnt have enough audio setting to tweak the bass etc. The HU will be working along side a piuoneer 4 channel amp that poer a set of Alpine comps up front.

Was hopefully looking to buy it tomorrow in halfords if they stock it :)
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NO. NO. NO.

You don't WANT to tweak the bass. "omgz bass +10" sounds absolutely awful, it makes it sound nothing like the music producer intended. With the right set up, you do NOT need anything but flat. I'd look at the quality of the output / amp / speakers if it's not producing the sound you want, tweaking bass settings isn't the right answer if you want quality sound.

I'm sure someone will back me up on this ;)

Tom.

EDIT: just realised you don't have a sub, the money would almost definitely be better spent getting one to fill in the bass? there isn't really much option in cars if you want decent bass other than a well controlled sub.
 
*slaps head

So you must run it on flat and definitely not turn up the bass but then bung on a 500W sub instead. Ok, go figure.
 
Jonny69 said:
*slaps head

So you must run it on flat and definitely not turn up the bass but then bung on a 500W sub instead. Ok, go figure.
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i said a well controlled sub not the most powerful boomy chav POS you can find. changing a headunit purely to gain bass settings is silly imo, and subs can be integrated very well, with reasonably flat response, but most people assosciate subs with the crappy 5 bajillion watt ported chav set up you see in max power.

Tom.
 
Yeah but his might be one of the old ones (like in Robocop) that doesn't have bass settings. It has a knob for 'tone' behind the crackly volume control instead :D

I'm trying to remember what car it was my parents had in the 80's where the stereo was like that :D
 
Jonny69 said:
Yeah but his might be one of the old ones (like in Robocop) that doesn't have bass settings. It has a knob for 'tone' behind the crackly volume control instead :D

I'm trying to remember what car it was my parents had in the 80's where the stereo was like that :D
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it's a pretty modern and reasonably expensive headunit though :p (£200 ish?)

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Can't see the difference between 2 £200 headunits being anywhere near adding a half decent sub.

Tom.
 
Well to fill you guys in a have a Alpine MRD-501 mono amp[ that did power a 12" RE v4 sub up until recently when i turned my system on and there was an almighty popping noise :(

But i was never happy with the sub, it always over powered my comps up front and drowned out the quality sounds, it was in a sealed box. So now i want to chnage my HU and i am gonna get a sub later again maybe in the summer just build it up gradually.
 
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