speaker/HU debate

[Viper]

so.. which will make more of a difference (positive) to quality of sound..

being that i can only get 1 of the 2 options..

[Barry123]

Headunit... and i will explain if you want :cool:

[YM03]

speakers will give you a much better sound over standard, but with ice the install is only as good as the part before it, so top head unit crap speakers =not so good sound and so on

[Barry123]

speakers will give you a much better sound over standard, but with ice the install is only as good as the part before it, so top head unit crap speakers =not so good sound and so on


and visa-versa surely?

[Mattvtr]

headunit before speakers
headunit provides the power
speakers run the power but depending on how good the standards are you may not notice as much of a difference but changing speakers will mean the sound quality will only be as good as the standard unit (i assume is what you have) can do

[VTaaRon]

what head unit do you have now? i think the speakers will be the better option but how much do you have to spend might be able to get both in your budget

[YM03]

but the standard head unit normaly over powers the standard speakers, turn it up and they can't handle it, upgrade speakers and they can handle it.

but as I said it all works in a chain the system is only as good as the part before it

[Viper]

i have standard saxo HU and same with speakers..

[Baz]

Hu Imo

[Barry123]

what i said earlier... standard head unit was made on tight budget, therefore was designed and made on lower quality electronics and circuits blocks. headunits contains a lot of electronics therefore a lot scope for the sound to be read and reproduced badly.
An aftermarket one will have a lot more development time, better electronics and thus produce better sound.

and speaker has very little that can be done to improve the quality. the cone, the coils and the magnet can be changed but only to a finite amount, therefore less scope for improvment in the quality.

The 'wattage' of the speaker doesnt matter as that doesnt rate the 'quality'.

Good choice of head unit will yeild better 'instant' results.

[YM03]

what i said earlier... standard head unit was made on tight budget, therefore was designed and made on lower quality electronics and circuits blocks. headunits contains a lot of electronics therefore a lot scope for the sound to be read and reproduced badly.
An aftermarket one will have a lot more development time, better electronics and thus produce better sound.

and speaker has very little that can be done to improve the quality. the cone, the coils and the magnet can be changed but only to a finite amount, therefore less scope for improvment in the quality.

The 'wattage' of the speaker doesnt matter as that doesnt rate the 'quality'.

Good choice of head unit will yeild better 'instant' results.

point taken

but when I upgraded my speakers the sound was alot better, not as good when I upgrded head unit, then again amped them

[VTaaRon]

what i said earlier... standard head unit was made on tight budget, therefore was designed and made on lower quality electronics and circuits blocks. headunits contains a lot of electronics therefore a lot scope for the sound to be read and reproduced badly.
An aftermarket one will have a lot more development time, better electronics and thus produce better sound.

and speaker has very little that can be done to improve the quality. the cone, the coils and the magnet can be changed but only to a finite amount, therefore less scope for improvment in the quality.

The 'wattage' of the speaker doesnt matter as that doesnt rate the 'quality'.

Good choice of head unit will yeild better 'instant' results. thats like saying you should change your mp3 player not your headphones! granted the standard player might not be amazing but more and more people are sticking with them for security reasons plus some cars have nice branded players that do exactly the same as the jazzy aftermarket ones but look different because they fit in better with the dash i say a nice set of comps will be money well spent rather than a uprated cd player playing through 10w speakers that will get nicked by chaves in a matter of weeks and leave you with no sound!

[Barry123]

i've done the other way round man,
headunit on standard speakers. and it was a vast improvement...

humm this debate could last a while...
I need to get some decent speakers really :)

[Barry123]

thats like saying you should change your mp3 player not your headphones!

... so you think changing the headphones would yeild better difference in sound than a better mp3 player?

[Viper]

wot we need.. is to try new HU o old speakers.. and new speakers on old HU.. thats the best way..

[YM03]

i've done the other way round man,
headunit on standard speakers. and it was a vast improvement...

humm this debate could last a while...
I need to get some decent speakers really :)
very true ad it's like the 6x9 debate lol