Hey everyone, I've got a question I was hoping you guys could answer.
My 1988 Townie originally came with the standard premium sound system. I upgraded the amp, door & rear deck speakers to factory JBL stuff (Door speakers are from a Mark VII) and now want to upgrade the factory deck as it's fidelity sucks. Girlfriend has the same set up in her '89 but with a newer Pioneer deck, so far no problems with running the stereo's internal amp through the JBL unit- sounds great, nice and punchy!
I want to drop in a Pioneer DEH-X6500HD or Alpine CDE-HD149BT or Kenwood KDC-X998 but want to know if someone makes a plug and play harness so I can send line-level inputs to the JBL amp instead of an amplified signal. I really want to retain the JBL amp. After some searching I found this and got a glimmer of hope with it..
Please take a look at these harnesses, which one should I go with?
-This one looks like a PITA and low quality but at least I could adjust the level going to the JBL amp.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_142C4FD...e.html?tp=3486
-I can't find it anymore but I really want something that will adapt the harness going to the JBL amp into 4 RCA's that I could just hook-up to the back of the reciever... This isn't the correct one but you get the idea. Does someone make it for our cars?
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_120GMRS...r.html?tp=3486
Also, what do you guys think about the radio choice? I've always been an Alpine dude but when we got Ashley's Townie the previous owner had just dropped a Pioneer in it. I liked it's loudness feature (which Alpines do not have) because it boosts bass at lower volumes which makes it sound that much better and I find myself not cranking up the volume as much, so I'm kind of leaning towards a Pioneer now. But, I hate their lack of buttons! I want 1-6 for presets and forward & reverse buttons dammit! Only Alpine shines in that department. So your thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks,
Derek
My 1988 Townie originally came with the standard premium sound system. I upgraded the amp, door & rear deck speakers to factory JBL stuff (Door speakers are from a Mark VII) and now want to upgrade the factory deck as it's fidelity sucks. Girlfriend has the same set up in her '89 but with a newer Pioneer deck, so far no problems with running the stereo's internal amp through the JBL unit- sounds great, nice and punchy!
I want to drop in a Pioneer DEH-X6500HD or Alpine CDE-HD149BT or Kenwood KDC-X998 but want to know if someone makes a plug and play harness so I can send line-level inputs to the JBL amp instead of an amplified signal. I really want to retain the JBL amp. After some searching I found this and got a glimmer of hope with it..
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-This one looks like a PITA and low quality but at least I could adjust the level going to the JBL amp.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_142C4FD...e.html?tp=3486
-I can't find it anymore but I really want something that will adapt the harness going to the JBL amp into 4 RCA's that I could just hook-up to the back of the reciever... This isn't the correct one but you get the idea. Does someone make it for our cars?
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_120GMRS...r.html?tp=3486
Also, what do you guys think about the radio choice? I've always been an Alpine dude but when we got Ashley's Townie the previous owner had just dropped a Pioneer in it. I liked it's loudness feature (which Alpines do not have) because it boosts bass at lower volumes which makes it sound that much better and I find myself not cranking up the volume as much, so I'm kind of leaning towards a Pioneer now. But, I hate their lack of buttons! I want 1-6 for presets and forward & reverse buttons dammit! Only Alpine shines in that department. So your thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks,
Derek
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