Project Blackburd - HiFiDelity's 2005 Dodge Magnum R/T build

Ok after waffling between DSP's based on what was available and reviews I've said Fuck IT. As much as I want to us the McIntosh HU I'd be giving up steering wheel controls and I can't find a DSP that I'm not afraid will disappear and give me nothing but headaches in the sub $300 range that I could pair with the stock HU. So I just decided I would just get a new HU with built in processing preferably non touch (I don't think even the stock Touch Screen looks good in the first gen LX's). After looking around I settled on one I've messed with in the past with a simple DSP that will get the job done well enough, a Sony WX-900BT (yes the same model that was slated to be installed in the cavalier when I still had it). It's got T/A as well as the other standard processing features for a regular HU (HP/LPF, 10 band EQ, ect).

I was tempted to go with Pioneers new Non-Touch Double Din FH-S700BS which has similar features as well as support for 2 way active setups but Best Buy had a super deal for black friday on the 900BT taking it from $130 to $69 out the door so...yeah no brainer. Also the 900BT is better looking in real life using a rubberized textured face with a glossy finish on just the screen as apposed to just glossy black all around, which unless it's a McIntosh HU looks real tacky. So in a week or so should have the HU and will be getting the dash kit and steering wheel control module so I can install it.

Then I'll be working on building the amp rack over the winter. :D
 
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Wow, that is a great deal! i was gonna suggest the Pioneer MWH-S600s. 13 band, ta, active 3-way, etc. MECHLESS. But, AWESOME score on your part. Im glad Sony is starting to make their way back up.
 
Oddly enough 3 years ago when I was looking at HU options Sony was the only one making multiple head units in the sub 200 dollar range with T/A, 10 band EQ, and 6 channel pre-outs. Pioneer has jumped in but there HUs are double the price and in most cases don't have double the features. Kenwood hasn't made anything aside from the x998 that has a DSP and JVC has just become bottom tier junk, despite having 2 nice options a couple years back and Alpine has just stopped careing.
 
believe it or not, i got a jvc recently that had all of those features-active 3-way, ta, 13 band, bluetooth(sub $100) and was mechless. Not bad but just wasnt my cup of tea. However, jvc and kenwood have merged and its difficult to find ANY of their headunits that do active sub $200. I will agree with you about pioneer being double the price(compared to $69) but their mechless stuff-hell, anybody's mechless stuff-is so cheap, Ill never buy a unit with a transport again. The pioneer I reference to(mvh-s600bs) is 109 at crutchfield now.
 
Look what arrived last night, I really love how it's just a Sony single din they grafted a DD face onto.

I'm interested to play with the DSO (dynamic Stage Organizer) feature which is new for this revision of the 900BT. It seems to be separate from T/A and let's you make it sound like the sound is coming from "speakers on the dash". The manual is about as vauge as the blurb on the box, so I'll just have to install it to see, honestly I'm expecting it to be more of a gimmick but...since they put a competent DSP in here I'm willing to play ball and see.
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I had one of the old sony units with DSO and it seemed to be more of a boost. It did "kind of" raise the stage, but it came off as a treble/bass boost like the old sanyo headunits had(showing my age). At any rate, nice looking headunit and good luck
 
Got the HU harness, and axxess module wired into the adapter harness. Just need to tap the radio control lines on the factory harness and the radio will be set.
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Well thay was a waste of time. Seems I got the wrong info and the six speaker BA system uses the can bus to an amp....well guess I'll start getting the sub box and amp rack made. So I can wire my own power for the HU.
 
Well I got the final piece of the puzzle as far as gear goes with a very well worn but functional AudioControl 6XS so I can run that PPI set active with my 900BT. Hopefully I can get some time to work on the sub box since my sun flash came in.
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Got to do some glassing and well Sunflash is a fuck ton different then the other shit I used. It made my glasses mat turn to mush when I let is soak so I kinda wasted half the thing but after getting the enclosure wet and placing dry strips and letting them soak it up and adding some more on top it was great. Got another layer on the lower left half. Guess I'll need to Order two more containers and some more mat. Also shit drya quick in direct sunlight. I had some leak on the floor so I used a little sqaure to soak it up. I hadn't set the box in the sun a minute and by the time I was back what was a puddle was now hard to the touch.

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So I did a thing today...also hello everyone.

Installed a Sony XAV-AX100. With Android Auto and backup camera support. Next is making a new sub enclosure.
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Well after about a year I'm back at it. This time getting my PPI 3 way comps ready to go into the magnum.

I snagged a pair of door baffles out of an 06 300C so I could do a quick drop in replacement for the factory bynines.
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Added some of the GZ multi-layer deadener I have to help seal the adapter plates to the baffels and dampen any vibrations

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Had some fun getting 6x9 to 6.5 adapters but ended up getting a set from Sound Mekanix out of Sheboygan.
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And of course PPI had to make them closer to a 6.75, nothing ever goes as planned does it.
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And bingo.
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Minor update/progress. Removed the factory BA bynines and dropped in the PPI 6.75".
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Was a simple plug an play thanks to my *custom* adapters and the factory harness adapters from harmony audio.

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Never realized how much more deadener I put on the passenger door, doesn't seem to do much more then what's on the drivers door.
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Next is removing the factory amp so I can make a plate to mount the passive crossovers and make the tweeter pods so I can at least have a passive three way system.

Even though it's still being run full range they sound nicer then the stock bynines, will be even better with the midrange and the tweeter.
 
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