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can you use stock oem subwoofer with an aftermarket deck like alpine?

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Old 03-17-2004 | 11:10 PM
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can you use stock oem subwoofer with an aftermarket deck like alpine?

was just wondering cuz im gonna upgrade to the alpine 9813 soon and i have the factory sub right now. will i still be able to use it or should i just sell it? thanks
Old 03-18-2004 | 01:00 AM
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I believe as long as you aren't running an amp to your speakers, you should be ok. I replaced my deck with a pioneer and didn't have a problem until I installed an amp. Just plug the wiring harness for your new deck into the sub adapter.
Old 03-18-2004 | 05:11 AM
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Yes, I have the stock sub with an Alpine 7894. Any deck with an internal amp will allow the sub to work as it bridges off the rear speaker outputs.
Old 03-18-2004 | 05:57 PM
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will using the stock sub degrade the speaker sound quality then, since it bridges off the rear outputs? am i better off with upgraded speakers w/ the deck or upgraded speakers w/ deck + factory sub?
Old 03-18-2004 | 09:04 PM
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The presence of the sub does not affect the sound quality of the speakers.
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