Adding a AX-DSP

Maybe I'm confused about what you're saying but the "speaker feed" is what?

Usually you have pre-amp outputs that go to the amp on the deck/head unit and the speaker wires come out of the amp and direct to the speakers, thus making the speaker wires coming out of the head unit no longer needed...

Which is why I'm puzzled why you're trying the send the "speaker Feed" out of the amp and back into the head unit?

 

My solution to using the OEM head unit will always be:

1. Remove it

2. set it on fire

3. pick up a aftermarket unit

 

That's helpful in terms of establishing your position, but most of us have no idea what our options are for a Prius stereo upgrade. Have you found any threads on here that can help us? Do you have any examples of upgrades that'd get us inspired?

As in anyone can talk negative about anything, but people who take it to the next level and show what's way, way better are way less than worthless when it comes to helping and inspiring.

 

How about helping the original post? Lol...

Watching the video you posted right now... And as someone who's been collecting pro audio recording studio gear for more than a decade, I still don't understand why people get ripped off by such awful low quality gear?

But I guess if you love your car stereo volume so much you can't even hear the crappy sound quality caused by, among other things, the sound of your license plate rattling this all makes perfect sense.

Or maybe if you want to know what it's about to run some pro audio in your car and realize the savings despite signal-to-noise issues? This is what I was touring in a decade ago...

 

If you remove the speakers first, you can see what color the wires are on the speaker end of it, which will most likely make it easy to find the wires on the head unit end of it... Unless of course they changed wire colors of 'em via a plug somewhere along the circuit, which would be a really mean thing to do.

Back in the day we would use a small battery on the speaker wires to make a crackling noise thru the speaker to confirm we had the right wires.

As for using the same wires, that's a mistake if your new amp is pumping significantly more power to the speakers than the head unit pumps to them... It could effect sound quality, or worse case scenario, melt the insulation off the wires and damage the new gear you just bought...

 

Yea... tone generator, continuity tester, circuit tester, etc., whatever.. When I got my first car stereo gig in mid-80's it was my test light, my screwdriver gun, my wire strippers and lots of speaker cable and crimpers.

 

I agree with TK on this one... The OEM head unit is terrible and extremely limited. Although, I will admit, I am interested in seeing how this sounds with that processor installed..

 

Id be interested to see how adding a dsp would in my current set up