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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 02:21 PM
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Is it possible to upgrade my standard alpine audio to the premium.

I know the premium wiring to the speaker locations is there between the armrest and the 4 front tweeters.

So do I just need the amp and four speakers?
 
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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 02:40 PM
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just adding better speakers will make a huge difference especially the tweeters in the a pillars and the ones on the dash I wouldn't worry about the rear speakers to much as they really don't have much impact and there are no rear passengers.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 02:50 PM
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The headunit has a switch on its chassis to switch between standard (without the amp) and premium (with the amp) modes .
 
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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 03:29 PM
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just adding better speakers will make a huge difference especially the tweeters in the a pillars and the ones on the dash I wouldn't worry about the rear speakers to much as they really don't have much impact and there are no rear passengers.
Thanks. But as I have my seat fully back I hear the rear speakers more than the front. So when using the head unit I have to fade it forward.

However I have fitted a parrot mki9000 and just using the parrot internal amp the sound quality is poor with high bass. So I want install it with the amp and feed it in via an aux.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteXKR
The headunit has a switch on its chassis to switch between standard (without the amp) and premium (with the amp) modes .
Thanks. So amp, tweeters and flick the switch!
 
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