Original stereo amp
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Original stereo amp
Hello, I have a 87 gxl that had a coolant leak under the dash, anyway long story short, I removed the dash and found what looks like an oem amp under there. If that's the case, can I use this with a new aftermarket radio? Or should I not re-install it if I go with an aftermarket radio
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The stock amps are crap anyways,so just wire the speakers to your new headunit or run the headunit to the amp with RCA wiring and then amp to speakers.
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Two audio amplifiers should not be used for one signal. If you have an aftermarket stereo with amplifiers built in, do not run them to the OEM audio amplifiers. It would be good to have aftermarket speakers in that situation.
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I imagine that the using the stock amplifiers may be okay, but audio quality could be distorted. If you remove the wires from the amp pre-amp and tie them to the post-amp, you can bypass the amplifiers. Just trash the amps after you do that. This is pretty simple to do. Make sure you crimp/solder and heatshrink/electrical tape the wires to protect from future problems.
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