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YOUR RESEARCHSo how?s the sound on the Continental head unit?
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I replaced my original 996 Becker with a Nakamichi that looks entirely appropriate, but I didn't hear a huge bump in sound quality.
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If you haven't replaced, or at least inspected your dash/rear speakers, that's probably the first place to look and the first thing to replace for sound quality (don't expect miracles, however, they are pretty tiny speakers and even much better quality replacements are unlikely to blow you away).
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In my old '83 3.2 Carrera, I replaced the stock head unit with a modern (at the time) Blaupunkt -- the replacement Blaupunkt looked phenomenal, but not much of a sound quality improvement.
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If you haven't replaced, or at least inspected your dash/rear speakers, that's probably the first place to look and the first thing to replace for sound quality (don't expect miracles, however, they are pretty tiny speakers and even much better quality replacements are unlikely to blow you away).
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If you haven't replaced, or at least inspected your dash/rear speakers, that's probably the first place to look and the first thing to replace for sound quality (don't expect miracles, however, they are pretty tiny speakers and even much better quality replacements are unlikely to blow you away).
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If you haven't replaced, or at least inspected your dash/rear speakers, that's probably the first place to look and the first thing to replace for sound quality (don't expect miracles, however, they are pretty tiny speakers and even much better quality replacements are unlikely to blow you away).
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In my old '83 3.2 Carrera, I replaced the stock head unit with a modern (at the time) Blaupunkt -- the replacement Blaupunkt looked phenomenal, but not much of a sound quality improvement.
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If you haven't replaced, or at least inspected your dash/rear speakers, that's probably the first place to look and the first thing to replace for sound quality (don't expect miracles, however, they are pretty tiny speakers and even much better quality replacements are unlikely to blow you away).
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Anyone care to review the sound quality of the Continental radio with the stock 996 speakers? I�m almost afraid to ask�😐
My factory head unit is awful, and the CD changer is a waste of space, so I need to something and I really like the idea of keeping the aesthetic that that the Continental offers.
Thank you!
I suspected as much. I�ll probably look for an amp that can mount where the CD changer goes, find some speakers to go with with it, and do the Continental head unit all at once.
Yea a small 4x30-50 amp is all u need. Also double check that it can take the high line inputs from the cont radio as they dont have rca low line outputs. That way u dont need an extra convertor.
i just put the dash and door speakers together. The amp can handle the 2 ohm resistance and i put the rear speakers by themselves at 4 ohm. U can sdjust the gain to balance it out. I can also bridge the amp for a fith channel to run a sub box.
The subs in the doors are 2 ohms by themselves... I'm not sure what the dash speakers are - make sure whatever amp you go with spec's out properly for the speaker loads... Good Luck
Just wanted to plug the Blaupunkt Bremen SQR 46 DAB. Retro looks but great feature set. In my opinion it looks great in the 996 as well. I believe they are being discontinued but I got mine from FVD for a great price.
Just noticed you said "with the stock 996 speakers". Assuming they are original, your stock dash and rear speakers are probably toast. They are made out of very poor materials and the surrounds on most of them are shot (perforated) now being 20ish years old (the picture in post #8 is typical). If you haven't replaced, or at least inspected your dash/rear speakers, that's probably the first place to look and the first thing to replace for sound quality (don't expect miracles, however, they are pretty tiny speakers and even much better quality replacements are unlikely to blow you away).
The original stock door speakers (woofers), however, are very well made with rubber surrounds and will likely outlive us all (they almost certainly do NOT need to be replaced, and aren't easy to find substitutes for anyway given they are a) 2ohms; and b) woofers only (not full-range, and not subwoofers)).
To be honest, I don't know how much of a difference the radio makes sound-quality wise. I replaced my original 996 Becker with a Nakamichi that looks entirely appropriate, but I didn't hear a huge bump in sound quality. I'm not totally convinced that stock Becker is lacking on sound quality. I think it's mostly the speakers that makes an audible difference.
In my old '83 3.2 Carrera, I replaced the stock head unit with a modern (at the time) Blaupunkt -- the replacement Blaupunkt looked phenomenal, but not much of a sound quality improvement.
Happy to be proven otherwise, but I'm not convinced that replacing the head unit yields big sonic rewards. I think there is a way to retrofit Bluetooth to the original radio, and that's what I probably would do if I had to do it over again. The installer of my Nakamichi included a lifetime option to refit the original radio -- I might do that eventually (especially if I can add Bluetooth to it).
Bear in mind there are a few different versions of Continental radios (one with CD, one without, for example), so it might be helpful to provide a link to clarify which version you are considering.
Would love to hear how it compares to the original stereo, especially if you are using the same amp and speakers to compare. I personally haven't experienced a big sound quality bump from changing head units, but would love to hear experiences counter to that.
I noticed a slight bump in quality and power. I honestly wasn't expecting much out of the stock speakers but the sound system is pretty good for what it is. My father's 986 with the bose system is hopeless. Terrible sound quality and not enough power to hear anything with the top down.
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