she_loves_the_D
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I just picked up a mk6 TDI. moving Up from about 10 years of driving mk4 tdi's.
So nice.
However. The stock stereo and sound quality is sooo bad (non fender) no monsoon thats for sure.
Ive been looking into aftermarket decks and i like the idea of the android decks.
They have Chinese ones from 100-200$ that have pretty cool features and come with a can bus box. They plug directly into the stock harness and bolt up to the same holes so installation is like 10 min. Some of them are only 2 inches deep so I could make a cubby behind it which would be cool.
But... Im kind of snobby about my sound quality. And i can see that they have no HPS or curve adjustment of any kind. Just some aftermarket EQ's from the app market.
What ive always ran is Pioneer stereos because they have great equalizers. High pass, low pass, Front curve, sub curve. Separate sub control. All for like $70. bluetooth even.
So I checked out the pioneers that work with android and they are like 300$ and only work with android auto. They are not full android. And from what ive read. They block you from watching youtube and netflix and junk on the stereo. You have to root the phone.
So my next thought is just eliminate the stereo all together and hook a nice amp with a crossover or run a digital signal processor Directly to the speakers and connect them to a bluetooth dongle. And just mount a tablet.
Then i could take it out take it with me if i want.
I feel like it would be more simple and sound better. (would be really cool to somehow wire a volume knob in there.
I dont think it would sound quite as good as a pioneer unless i got a really expensive dsp but it would be close. and unique.
Guess im just wondering if it would mess anything up. If the alarm runs through the stereo somehow. Or just your thoughts.
Thanks.
So nice.
However. The stock stereo and sound quality is sooo bad (non fender) no monsoon thats for sure.
Ive been looking into aftermarket decks and i like the idea of the android decks.
They have Chinese ones from 100-200$ that have pretty cool features and come with a can bus box. They plug directly into the stock harness and bolt up to the same holes so installation is like 10 min. Some of them are only 2 inches deep so I could make a cubby behind it which would be cool.
But... Im kind of snobby about my sound quality. And i can see that they have no HPS or curve adjustment of any kind. Just some aftermarket EQ's from the app market.
What ive always ran is Pioneer stereos because they have great equalizers. High pass, low pass, Front curve, sub curve. Separate sub control. All for like $70. bluetooth even.
So I checked out the pioneers that work with android and they are like 300$ and only work with android auto. They are not full android. And from what ive read. They block you from watching youtube and netflix and junk on the stereo. You have to root the phone.
So my next thought is just eliminate the stereo all together and hook a nice amp with a crossover or run a digital signal processor Directly to the speakers and connect them to a bluetooth dongle. And just mount a tablet.
Then i could take it out take it with me if i want.
I feel like it would be more simple and sound better. (would be really cool to somehow wire a volume knob in there.
I dont think it would sound quite as good as a pioneer unless i got a really expensive dsp but it would be close. and unique.
Guess im just wondering if it would mess anything up. If the alarm runs through the stereo somehow. Or just your thoughts.
Thanks.