Finally! Bought a BRZ

[pallen]

Do some exhaust mods like half the members on this board and you'll never hear the stereo again

[daiheadjai]

Or just flip down the rear seats and let that sound in.

As well as whatever you've got in the trunk...

[ls1ac]

I got a 4X6 foot bound pile carpet that kind of matched the inside and put the back seat down.
It made quit a difference.

[thomasmryan]

Originally Posted by soundman98

how are you getting an outboard DAC to connect without the analog input?

last time i ran across this, someone broke open the stereo and soldered to the cd audio feed...

i use the 3.5mm input below the usb port on the console with the stock head unit in the '16.


i rip sacd, dvd-a and 96k/24bit files and store them on an onkyo DP-x1. it holds 432 gig. (the dp-x1a does 576 gig) i use the line out into the above mentioned input.


i also use an oppo ha-se to convert pandora off the ipad. slightly better sounding dac than the onkyo.

[ermax]

Originally Posted by thomasmryan

i use the 3.5mm input below the usb port on the console with the stock head unit in the '16.


i rip sacd, dvd-a and 96k/24bit files and store them on an onkyo DP-x1. it holds 432 gig. (the dp-x1a does 576 gig) i use the line out into the above mentioned input.


i also use an oppo ha-se to convert pandora off the ipad. slightly better sounding dac than the onkyo.

Feeding high bit depth and high sample rates through a high quality DAC isn’t going to overcome the trash setup our car has. The noise levels, even after sound deadening is still going to bulk out the high quality source. You can hardly even tell a difference between AUX in vs BT SBC because the car makes so much noise.

[Willpower]

Originally Posted by PenGun

LOL. I have about $8000 worth of stereo scattered about me, but you know, I leave the stereo off in the car. It sounds so sweet already.


If I really cared I would get one of these: https://www.crutchfield.com/p_130DXT...-P99RS-80.html

OUCH!

[soundman98]

i want that stereo. they can keep the rest.

[thomasmryan]

Originally Posted by ermax

Feeding high bit depth and high sample rates through a high quality DAC isn’t going to overcome the trash setup our car has. The noise levels, even after sound deadening is still going to bulk out the high quality source. You can hardly even tell a difference between AUX in vs BT SBC because the car makes so much noise.

agreed, but better rendering of the media is a major improvement regardless of the noise floor, unfiltered power supply and 'the room'.

[jcw99]

Originally Posted by Sphinx

Yeah, cranked it all the way up, but with sunglasses, hard to see clearly. Worse is that at night, the NAV screen is too bright if I want the dash all the way lit up. So, had to turn the NAV to "night" mode - hopefully that will solve part of it.



I'm 150 lbs and 5'6" - I could stand to lose a few, but not sure that will fix my seating position. I typically like my butt way low and my knees at the highest position. Only other car i had this type of an issue with was a BMW Z4 but it was better. Oh well -it is what it is.

I mess around with all the seat adjustments whenever I get uncomfortable on a long trip. You can also mess with the steering wheel in-out and up-down adjustments. Good Luck! BTW I'm 240 and 5'6" and really need to lose a few!

[Sphinx]

So how exactly are you guys sound deadening? I can't imagine using so much sound deadening that it would affect the car's weight meaningfully.

[PenGun]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i want that stereo. they can keep the rest.

Yeah, that head is kinda the holy grail of car audio. The DSP is just so good, or so they say.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Sphinx

So how exactly are you guys sound deadening? I can't imagine using so much sound deadening that it would affect the car's weight meaningfully.

most people lather it on like shaving cream.



the real trick is to deaden the floppy panels.
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...ostcount=22629

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by PenGun

Yeah, that head is kinda the holy grail of car audio. The DSP is just so good, or so they say.

honestly, i don't want or care about it's capabilities. the capabilities of an external dsp are better IMO. i just want that knob/screen configuration.

[PenGun]

Originally Posted by soundman98

honestly, i don't want or care about it's capabilities. the capabilities of an external dsp are better IMO. i just want that knob/screen configuration.

Wow. Just wow. I'm very old and the preoccupation with how things look keeps amazing me. Like spending a pile of money to make your car sound a bit different, kind of blows my mind.


I would be interested as I do know a bit about that piece, what DSP you would consider better. That one kinda has a heavy rep, not that I have heard it.