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The Cheapest Way To Upgrade Your Car Strereo
5.1. Factory Vs After Market – What The Car Dealer Won’t Tell You
By the way, everytime I use the word “receiver”, I am referring to the head unit, a cassette player, CD player, or whatever.
The first thing for you to consider is whether or not you need a new receiver.
If you decide to keep the one that came with your car, there is absolutely no problem with that.
I don’t want to steer you the other way but you’re gonna love what I am about to tell you.
An after market receiver is much better than a factory receiver for many reasons.
An aftermarket receiver has more power.
I don’t care what your car manual says.
You see,
the dealer tells you what the PMPO (Peak Music Power Output) of your receiver is, this way; they make you think that you have the best.
No, they are not lying to you.
What they’re not telling you is that if the peek power is exceeded for more than a few seconds, there is a danger of damaging your receiver’s Amplifier, and your speakers
Peek Power is different from RMS power
RMS stands for Root Means Squared. b o r i n g ! Basically this is the average, continuous amount of power that your speakers can accept without the possibility of damaging them.
Now let say your factory receiver is 35 Watts/ch RMS, does it have more power than an after market one with 25 Watts/ch RMS?
NO, IT DOES NOT!
Tricky little bastards, these car manufacturers!
There is something else they didn’t tell you.
The factory radio is rated at a higher THD (Total Harmonic Distortion).
No distortion means that the sound coming out of the speakers is exactly like the one on the CD, tape, MD, or radio.
Unfortunately, the factory receiver is rated at up to 5% while the aftermarket Receiver, most of them is less than 1%.
Trust me, it makes a big difference
Here are some other differences
· Better radio reception – better at pulling distant stations
· Better Signal to noise ratio - how much louder the music is compared to the background noise you hear when there is no music (the higher the dB, the better)
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"The Cheapest Way to Upgrade Your Car Stereo" is a manual that is intended to help you upgrade or install a car stereo in your car while saving money in the process. even if you don't know how to install your own car stereo, you should read this manual because it will help you decide which audio equipments is best for your car stereo installation budget. you can read it online for FREE or you can download the PDF version for a minimal fee
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