Stock radio

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: July 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM

Topic: Stock radio

Posted By: wew1267
Subject: Stock radio
Date Posted: July 23, 2003 at 6:27 PM

I have a new truck with a stock radio that I like. I am putting new speakers in the dash and comp. speakers in the doors. Also a 4x175 watt (rms) amp. Is there any down fall to a stock radio "i.e. freq. responce or sound quality, or is the amp the sorce of that kind of stuff. Thx Will

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Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: July 23, 2003 at 6:40 PM

No you're headed in the right direction in terms of improving sound quality. As long as you use a good line output converter and install everything correctly, you will notice a huge improvement in the overall sound quality. Obviously there will eventually be a limit to how good it will sound without you replacing the factory source unit, but it's fine to leave it in place for the time being.

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Posted By: donkason
Date Posted: July 23, 2003 at 9:20 PM

Depending on your head unit sound quality can be severly limited. If you have a nice new unit you should be o.k. Not all stock radios are created equal.

Posted By: wew1267
Date Posted: July 24, 2003 at 3:25 PM

Thx for the feed back