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Originally Posted by TheDalton
Thank you Matt, awesome response!
Your post is extremely helpful and is exactly what I was hoping to get - someone with more experience sharing their thoughts.
I think you're right about the type of music, when I was 16-19 I listened to mostly rap just for the bass pretty much. I'm over it now (I am still a huge Eminem fan though ;p) and looking to broaden my tastes so I will definitely take your recommendation on listening to a live Dave Matthews Band performance to try to pick up on the staging.
Are some youtube videos high enough quality for this? It'd be cool to see their locations on video and match it up to the sound I'm hearing.
Thanks for your advice about the head unit also - to be honest, I didn't really understand the post about modifying the PAC to run the input wire for the amplifier. I've only had to "plug n play" pre amp outputs on the back of an aftermarket HU. I need to reread that post.
Does this method sound as clear as the pre amp outputs?
Will I be able to add a second amp for the factory speakers in the future?
And yes, I am referring to your build about the sound deadening. I am extremely jealous of the sound deadening you did. I do not have an ear for "clear, crisp mids and highs" but I do unfortunately have an ear for the slightest little rattle + road noise. If I can find good MLV locally(to try to mitigate shipping costs) I will definitely go the route you did. And if I can save $700-800 by not getting the scosche kit + new HU then I won't feel as guilty dropping so much into sound deadening.
I'd really like to do this, have you been able to drive it yet with the carpet and panels back in to notice the difference?
Again, thanks for your response. You've helped a lot already!
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I wrote a response earlier today, pretty lengthy, and then my browser took a dump on me... so, here we are round 2, and unfortunately, you are going to get the cliff notes version.
music tastes evolve as you start to understand the complexities - and start trying to identify them in the music. i used to be a pretty big bass head, still am to a large degree, but I enjoy a widely varying musical genres. from classical to jazz, to rap to easy listening, to new age to alternative rock... anything that tells me the artist put some thought into the music... i like.
for staging... an easy song to pick the cues up on is from Alice in Chains - the MTV unplugged version. Check out the Video
, and then find a quality recording for it, and try to see how various stereo's stage. listen to it on your headphones, home theater, and then in your car. how does all this sound? Could you tell a difference not only in the staging, but also in the clarity and crispness moving from one to the other?
As for the HU, I can't help you much there. I don't know much about it. What you would want to find is what kinda signal it outputs, and if it's a clean signal without an EQ from the factory? If it's strong, and clean, then there isn't really a point to get an aftermarket HU, unless there is some functionality that you want that you don't currently have.
good luck with your plans.