Hey Guys,
Went through a lot of posts and I have more less an idea on how to approach it but would appreciate a bit of guidance.
Long story short - just scrapped my old first car in which I had fitted Pioneer 2 din stereo with build in amplifier and connected underseat subwoofer from BassFace.
Now got my Insignia 2015 and the sound is... flat and disappointing. I was originally planning to fit my aftermarket stereo from old car but it doesn't seem to be possible as climate controls are in the way and didn't see any fascia kits for 2015.
As disappointing as it is with the build in gps and not having android auto and other nice things now, I am planning to at least upgrade audio.
My sub is active and has a high signal input. I am looking into buying Pioneer amplifier with high input too, so that I can wire it to the oem stereo and swap speakers for something a bit better.
Now to my knowledge I need to access a connector behind right side storage compartment and take signal from there, connect to amplifier and from there back to the speaker. Does it sound right?
If so, my concern is that I will end up with two amplifiers, each four channels (subwoofer takes all 4 channels and bridges them). Do I just split each channel and wire both subwoofer and extra amplifier? I think the amplifiers would have high impedance input so logically should not overload my stereo but I prefer to ask. Did someone do it already? Any experience?
Also, I would like to avoid cutting cables, any way to get a connectors to take signal out and put back to speakers?
Went through a lot of posts and I have more less an idea on how to approach it but would appreciate a bit of guidance.
Long story short - just scrapped my old first car in which I had fitted Pioneer 2 din stereo with build in amplifier and connected underseat subwoofer from BassFace.
Now got my Insignia 2015 and the sound is... flat and disappointing. I was originally planning to fit my aftermarket stereo from old car but it doesn't seem to be possible as climate controls are in the way and didn't see any fascia kits for 2015.
As disappointing as it is with the build in gps and not having android auto and other nice things now, I am planning to at least upgrade audio.
My sub is active and has a high signal input. I am looking into buying Pioneer amplifier with high input too, so that I can wire it to the oem stereo and swap speakers for something a bit better.
Now to my knowledge I need to access a connector behind right side storage compartment and take signal from there, connect to amplifier and from there back to the speaker. Does it sound right?
If so, my concern is that I will end up with two amplifiers, each four channels (subwoofer takes all 4 channels and bridges them). Do I just split each channel and wire both subwoofer and extra amplifier? I think the amplifiers would have high impedance input so logically should not overload my stereo but I prefer to ask. Did someone do it already? Any experience?
Also, I would like to avoid cutting cables, any way to get a connectors to take signal out and put back to speakers?
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