Upgraded stereo head

[Steve 02/RT10]

I was very dissapointed in the sound of my stock system. Today I upgraded the head only and the sound so awesome I decided to keep the stock speakers and amp for now. definately work the time.

 

[Randy]

My experience, also. The weak spot in the Viper sound system is the Alpine head unit. Replacing that makes a noticable sound improvment, even on an RT/10.

 

[STL RT/10]

What kind of head unit did you go with? I've had a hell of a time finding one that will utilize the factory amp. Or did you make your own harness to convert? Where did you purchase it?

 

[DodgeViper01]

I acutally thought the RT/10 had a nice system being that it is stock but the only problem I have is the lack of a 6 disc changer so I have to change the stock unit in order to do this. Still unsure.

 

[charlesj]

i think the sound is ok but i also want to replace head unit with a good mp3 player. any suggestions / thoughts?

 

[Steve 02/RT10]

I went with the Alpine CDA 9851, It was a perfect fit.

 

[ruckdr]

I agree, the weak link is the head unit - I went with Panasonic CQ-C1300U, AM/FM/CD/MP3/WMA. RCA outputs to both amps.
Later,

 

[Dv8tor]

I just swapped out the speakers with speakers that fit like factory. Holes lined up and all. Still sounded like crap. I also wanted to hook up my 12 CD changer I have, so yesterday I swapped out the head unit for an Alpine CDA-9855. Sounds 9 times better. I think I need an amp to really make it sound as good as possible for this car, but I don't think I'm going to do it because that means rewiring the entire system. Not to mention no where to put the bigger amp. I think I can live with the sound system now. It's much better.

 

[Steve 02/RT10]

Dv8tor,
What speakers did you use and did you have to take the door off?
Thanks