Nope. The Mach system involves more than the deck. It (and other Ford
premium systems) also include separate amplifiers mounted elsewhere in the
vehicle. Since the Mach head unit is designed to feed a signal to an
amplifier, rather than run speakers itself, it would likely do a much worse
job than the stock deck in your van.
> Hi,
> I have a question for you all that have experience in Ford stock radios.
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> Roger
> gpkart@aol.com
EFFENDI - 24 Mar 2004 20:04 GMT
> Nope. The Mach system involves more than the deck. It (and other Ford
> premium systems) also include separate amplifiers mounted elsewhere in the
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>>Roger
>>gpkart@aol.com
Additionally if you are planning on adding more speakers and a sub, deck
power is definitely not going to be enough. Most headunits cant even put
out more than 20-25 watts RMS per channel. I think it is time that you
saved a little money and invest in some amplifiers, you can still keep
your factory deck though. Wire through an LOC (Line Output Convertor) to
the amps and run power and speaker wires and your good to go. In my
opinion the price you would pay for the upgraded Ford factory system
would probably end up costing you are around the same amount of money.
Car audio is really cheap these days and using eBay (wisely) can save
you a lot of money. Good Luck
GP KART - 24 Mar 2004 22:11 GMT
Thanks for the info guys! newsgroups rule!
Roger