shamaal
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- 91 Mazda Navajo
1991 Mazda Navajo: equivalent to the 91 Explorer with the premium sound installation.
Stock radio was replaced ten years ago with a Sony CD player. The Sony has output RCA connectors intended to go to the amplifiers (unused) and a connector that goes straight to speakers (used)
The install guys used Metra and Scosche adaptor parts. The adaptor configuration is from the Sony speaker connector, to the Scosche speaker level converter and then on to the stock amp.
If I understand this correctly, they are taking the speaker outputs and attenuating them to feed the stock amp. It seems to me to be simpler to run the connectors from the Sony RCA connector (preamp?) and run them out to the amp instead of knocking down the speaker signal.
I've looked up the Crutchfield adapter and it does the same thing. I'm off to the story tomorrow to buy a new CD player and before I install, the question is:
Is there any advantage to attenuating the HU speaker output to drive the stock amp or is it just a byproduct of 'one size fits all" from the adaptor manufacturers?
Thanks!
Stock radio was replaced ten years ago with a Sony CD player. The Sony has output RCA connectors intended to go to the amplifiers (unused) and a connector that goes straight to speakers (used)
The install guys used Metra and Scosche adaptor parts. The adaptor configuration is from the Sony speaker connector, to the Scosche speaker level converter and then on to the stock amp.
If I understand this correctly, they are taking the speaker outputs and attenuating them to feed the stock amp. It seems to me to be simpler to run the connectors from the Sony RCA connector (preamp?) and run them out to the amp instead of knocking down the speaker signal.
I've looked up the Crutchfield adapter and it does the same thing. I'm off to the story tomorrow to buy a new CD player and before I install, the question is:
Is there any advantage to attenuating the HU speaker output to drive the stock amp or is it just a byproduct of 'one size fits all" from the adaptor manufacturers?
Thanks!