Hi,
Have stock radio (non shaker) in 2013 Mustang V6. Would like to install aftermarket amplifier. Is there any way to bypass the amplifier in the factory radio? Is it internal and therefore can't be bypassed?

thanks!

 

If you dont have a shaker system you dont have a amplifier.

 

Ok now I'm really confused. There has to be an amplifier somewhere. Maybe built-in to the head unit and can't be bypassed?

 

Speakers are fed direct from the head unit. No standalone amp.

 

If you want a clean, unamplified source you will likely need an aftermarket head unit with preamp outputs. Don't think any factory head units offer such a feature.

 

Yep, or you can get a sound processor to clean up the signal from the factory head unit

 

Almost all head units have some sort of internal amp, unless its a high end SQ head unit.

 

Yes, but most aftermarket head units do offer preamp outputs. So at least you have the option.

 

Right, I guess I should have specified factory HU. What I was getting at is almost any factory head unit is going to have an internal amp. So he either has to get an aftermarket one to gain the preouts, or get a sound processor to clean up the factory signal

 

Thanks for all the replies. If I go with sound processor how would that work? Take speaker outputs from HU into the processor and then processor out to car wiring harness and 4 speakers? Or do the outputs have to go to an external amp and then to 4 speakers?


Since I'm not really bypassing the internal amp, would I just be "boosting" the factory internal amp in the HU?


thanks!

 

Some processors do allow you to connect speakers directly to it, or connect an amp via preamp outputs. It would depend on how much power the speakers need.

It's not just boosting, it alters the incoming signal. If it was just boosting it it would just be an amplifier.

 

^^What Joeywhat Said. Factory radios typically come with low watts and a filtered signal to keep the crappy stock speakers from blowing up. A sound processor will take that ugly signal and clean it up, so you have a full, unfiltered, signal to send to the aftermarket speakers/amplifiers.