Need advice folks! = )

[Pool100]

I'm pretty new to ICE and hope old birds here can share advice on what I should do next...

 

I just fixed up a CDT component set... and currently listening is up one notch!

 

Just want to ask:

 

1) If I don't want to install amplifier, will changing HU from my stock Toyota HU to Pioneer 6850 make a significant difference to listening experience?

 

2) Should amp or HU be next on the list?

 

3) Any best value for money amp to recommend?

 

Cheers and thanks in advance!

[Hungee]

IMO ... any amp is better than no amp and any amp is not expensive, especially 2nd-hand.

 

But whether HU or amp change 1st, then I dunno liao cos subjective ... to me amp 1st then HU, but some say HU is the source. if source produces garbage, amp amplifies garbage to be BIGGER pile of garbage

 

Just my 0.0000002 cents

[Adawang]

tink changing to another HU, will not make audible difference

[Ivan0507]

changing to a new HU off/cos will better than the toyota stock HU.toyota stock hu suck...

change the HU 1st.if you got budget than add in an amp for the 2nd stage.

[V200]

I changed speakers. Sound improved!

then added amp. Needed a hi-lo converter. However, got aeroplane sound.....sort of whinny....very irriating. Sound improved another notch. But not as much as changing speakers.

Then I changed hu. The sound changed a lot. Sounds much clearer. No more whinny aeroplane sound. Mine is toyota stock head unit. Changed to pioneer 8650.