did some Gen 2's come w/out JBL and sub??

[Rio]

My 93 ATX has the "JBL" on the speaker covers. However, do not have the amps and sub in the trunk. I do have power pass. seat, sunroof, full leather, keyless entry. Everything except or a CD player and sub stock. However, I bought an Alpine-7893 awhile ago and I am VERY happy with it. It is a amazing deck, and really makes my music sound nice. When listening to ther radio, I CANT turn the volume up passed about 23 (keep in mind I am 17). It is LOUD!!! when listening to CD's it is more like 20. thumbs_u

 

[Levand16]

Duff:
If you installed an aftermarket receiver, then you would have had to bypass the factory premium sound amplifier. (Best Buy would have pulled an amplifier bypass harness off the shelf and used it to connect the two cables that connect to the factory amp.) If you're interested in good sound from your new receiver, it may be worth your while to run new speaker wiring, as the cabling running from the receiver to the amp was designed for low-level signals--not the speaker level signals you're using them for.

If you're interested in upgrading the sound without spending too much money or changing the OEM appearance, here's what I recommend:

Replacing the amplifier--this is the weakest part of the system, rated at about 7W RMS per channel. Cut the standard amplifier bypass harness in half, using one half for the line side amplifier connections and the other for the speaker connections. This way, you haven't detroyed any of the factory wiring. (I bought a 75RMSx4ch amp from Crutchfield--ask for the harness and you can get it for free.)

Replacing the back speakers--a good set of 3-way 6x8 Pioneer speakers can be had for less than $100.

Replacing the front speakers--I haven't found exactly what I want here yet, but these aren't a very high priority.

Use the information on shotimes.com to connect to the back of the factory radio--a set of female DSUB contacts from Radio Shack will make the connections to the pins on the receiver, and I bought a 3.5mm headphone jack and wired it so that I can plug in a CD/MP3 player, laptop, or whatever. If you do it right, plugging a cable into the jack will switch the sound source.

Hopefully there's something useful somewhere in this long post.

Dave

I ran my Alpine through the factory amp... it worked great.

 

[NiNeTy Fo SHO]

stevetatro:
Wait a minute. You're telling me there's another set of wires to each speaker the come from their own existing harness, that's not used from the factory?

Cool.

Thats exactly what I'm saying. thumbs_u

 

[Pekin21]

HopefulSHO; you don't have to bypass the "premium sound". I installed a Pioneer 45Wx4 deck in my 93' ATX and ran the 4 speakers through the stock amp, then used the pre-amp outs to run to my Pioneer amp to thump my 12" in the trunk. System sounds great!

HopefulSHO:
Aye. My '94 MTX does not have JBL either. No sub, and some cheapass stock speakers
No power pass. seat, no sunroof, no keyless entry, no leather.
Lightweight is right! Hehe not that it is a bad thing.
When Best Buy installed my Sony CD player, they said they by-passed the "premium sound". Wonder if that means I can remove the stock amps for a few pounds of weight savings?