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Originally Posted by Jasper
I see. That's an interesting point you made, but oddly enough when I swapped in my Pioneer DMH 1500-NEX headunit into my 86.. I could tell the quality of sound lacks compared to the OEM headunit this car came with even after EQ adjustments. So I switched back to OEM without carplay and now trying to brainstorm my options.
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I think that will all depend on your pioneer headunit's amperage compared to your oem + the oem amp. I'm not sure if the pioneer headunit you put in utilizes the oem amp at all or if it bypasses it like the 2020 android auto/carplay compatible units. The crutchfield website lists the 1500-nex has 14W internal amp so if that's less thank the oem + amp, then it's possible it's not powerful enough to drive the oem speakers.
I think the only way to truly "upgrade" the sound would be to manually wire an aftermarket amp that hooks up to you aftermarket headunit that will guarantee enough amplier output to sufficiently drive the oem speakers. Would be much more work since you'd have to custom run wires to your trunk unless you can somehow modify the oem harness that runs to the oem amp in the trunk to work with the new amp.