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ryan0204

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 3:39 PM / IP Logged

I just installed a new head unit in my car and the bass is pretty dissapointing, my factory stereo had much better bass than this one. I don't want to put a subwoofer in my car and the new stereo sounds pretty good except for the weak bass, so I was wondering if there are any cheap amplifiers out there that just amplify bass?

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:09 PM / IP Logged

Most factory head units have built-in EQ circuitry to improve bass response. Try simply boosting the bass control on yor new HU to, say, +4 or so.

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:13 PM / IP Logged

it may have a "loud" button try that.

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ryan0204

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:28 PM / IP Logged

Here's the unit I bought: http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90119678&loc=111&sp=1

I have the bass to +10 and loudness on and the bass is about half of what the factory unit put out when it wasn't even cranked up all the way.

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:35 PM / IP Logged

Are you absolutely sure you have your speakers in phase? pos. to pos. and neg. to neg.?

ryan0204

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 4:36 PM / IP Logged

I'm positive the speakers aren't the problem, I put the factory deck back in just to double check and the bass sounded much better.

ryan0204

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 6:59 PM / IP Logged

Back to the original question, are there any inexpensive amps that will just amplify the bass?

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 7:10 PM / IP Logged

Uh... no... What deck is this? Are you SURE it is wired properly, are you sure that you do not have a external amplifier that is in the way? Give us the vehicle type and deck model. Your deck may just be a POS.

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ryan0204

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 7:15 PM / IP Logged

Here's the deck: http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90119678&loc=111&sp=1

And the vehicle is a 2000 pontiac sunfire.

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Posted: January 25, 2005 at 7:56 PM / IP Logged

Oh... oh, dude. Look you got a POS, IMO. All my experience with BOSS, particularly the decks has been that they are junk. 60x4? No, sorry son, not even close. More like 10 or 15x4 @1k w/ 15% THD. Im not surprised it sounds worse.

Well, double check your wiring and play with your eq settings. Short of that you can get a cheap 4 channel, that would make it sound better. This is better then your built in amp, i know it only says 40x4, but the specs on those 40w look allot better then the deck, i promise. http://www.cardomain.com/item/BOSC350 Keeping with the BOSS audio theme...

Personally, id just try to get my money back and buy a better deck, many can be had for 100-150 that are a world away from that BOSS.

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