I’ve been trying to find a car audio community. So far I’ve not been successful. I’ve got some questions about upgrading an android auto head unit. Anyone have some suggestions?
Have you hit lemmyverse.net and clicked on “communities” and searched that? That spiders all the instances and builds an index of everything out there. If it’s not on that list, probably not out there.
Oh this is great, thank you
Love the idea of making one! I would join. But as far as already established communities, the http://www.diymobileaudio.com/ forum is by far the best place. Really knowledgeable people and they are really nice. They’ve helped with a few of my projects.
To answer your question, I would like to ask if you are specifically looking for a head unit running android, or just a head unit with a screen and can use android auto with your phone. If it is the latter then I would recommend kenwood or an alpine unit. If you have any questions about the specific model lmk. We can talk further based on your needs 👍
It’s been many years since I was into car audio. Are Rockford Fosgate subwoofers still the best? I remember the T1’s were insane.
RF are kinda mid and overpriced imo.
It all depends on your budget/power/space requirements but generally my go to’s are JL Audio, DC Audio, Sundown, and best bang for your buck is by far NVX.
DC/Sundown if you want some seriously loud bass (SPL). JL Audio is also a bit overpriced but you can find used W4/W6 all day for really good prices and I think they have the best mix of power and sound quality. I am personally running two NVX 8” in a ported enclosure in the spare wheel compartment in my vw alltrack off of a 500w rms amp and they get crazy loud for being only 8” and I have them tuned to about 30-32hz and they get pretty damn low and sound very good. I would recommend NVX all day, but if you can get a good price I would probably still get some JL Audio subs. Can’t go wrong with either though as long as you match it with the right size amp and box.
OK good advice. Thank you
I think it’s such a niche subject that you won’t find much on Lemmy. I’d go to a dedicated forum, like caraudio.com, for help.
