Hooking up car audio to my N802s..
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I figured that would get your attention.
With the lady out of town for the next 2 days I have some free time to play with some of my car audio gear thats been playing closet duty for some time now.
Round 1 was getting a Pioneer Priemer copper chassis head unit and some old school Priemer ODR (Optical Digital Reference) Class A amps hooked up. These have no RCA inputs, they use optical inputs. I was very impressed with the sound! Not the first time I have dabled with hooking up some nice car audio gear to the 802s, but the first time I decided to get a stereo setup goin. The ability of the amps to drive the 802s sounds right on par with any of my home amps I have used.
Round 2 was hooking up my straight from Japan, Carozzeria (Pioneer) head unit. This is a 3rd gen version of the first one used, however it was never sold in the states. Again, I used the ODR amps, sounded very similar. This wasnt a head unit critical listening comparison. Rather seeing what ODR amps sound like and what kind of EQ adjustment they allow. The ODR amps have built in EQ that is adjusted the a proprietary Pioneer Cable. They do not use RCA inputs rather optical in and out. You can daisy chain up to 8 together and the head unit has optical in and outputs.
After seeing the difference in the 2 head units I moved on to a high end Sony amp from the same era. This was Sony's top amp of the time with no built in crossover. With this I added the Carozzeria network EQ as the Sony has RCA inputs (like 99.9% of every other amp on the market)
Once again, the amp drives the 802s just fine. It sounds wonderful with as much bass and clarity as I have heard with other home amps. I am very pleased with this amp and hope I can use it in a car some day soon.
Some pics of the goodies
And random pics of the type of adjustment this headunit and eq have.
Some of the amps next up to bat. 8)
I figured that would get your attention.
With the lady out of town for the next 2 days I have some free time to play with some of my car audio gear thats been playing closet duty for some time now.
Round 1 was getting a Pioneer Priemer copper chassis head unit and some old school Priemer ODR (Optical Digital Reference) Class A amps hooked up. These have no RCA inputs, they use optical inputs. I was very impressed with the sound! Not the first time I have dabled with hooking up some nice car audio gear to the 802s, but the first time I decided to get a stereo setup goin. The ability of the amps to drive the 802s sounds right on par with any of my home amps I have used.
Round 2 was hooking up my straight from Japan, Carozzeria (Pioneer) head unit. This is a 3rd gen version of the first one used, however it was never sold in the states. Again, I used the ODR amps, sounded very similar. This wasnt a head unit critical listening comparison. Rather seeing what ODR amps sound like and what kind of EQ adjustment they allow. The ODR amps have built in EQ that is adjusted the a proprietary Pioneer Cable. They do not use RCA inputs rather optical in and out. You can daisy chain up to 8 together and the head unit has optical in and outputs.
After seeing the difference in the 2 head units I moved on to a high end Sony amp from the same era. This was Sony's top amp of the time with no built in crossover. With this I added the Carozzeria network EQ as the Sony has RCA inputs (like 99.9% of every other amp on the market)
Once again, the amp drives the 802s just fine. It sounds wonderful with as much bass and clarity as I have heard with other home amps. I am very pleased with this amp and hope I can use it in a car some day soon.
Some pics of the goodies
And random pics of the type of adjustment this headunit and eq have.
Some of the amps next up to bat. 8)
Especially in my room.
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