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Re: CD player

Hairy green toads from Mars made Christopher E. Cieurzo say:

> In reference to a question posted on Friday, no it is not currently 
> possible to attach an aftermarket CD player directly to the head unit of 
> the factory stereo.... Right now, your choices are limited:
> 	1) Replace the entire system (Audi has put their amps on the 
> 	speakers and I have been told by numerous installers that there 
> 	is no way to bypass them). This is the most expensive route.

Not entirely true. My installer used the speaker amps in the back
in my '89 100Q. You need an impedance matcher, and will need to
use the fader control to keep the power up front a little bit.
This gives some electrical whine under heavy load, but not too bad.
If I want, I could bypass the amps fairly easily by cutting the
actual wires that go to the speaker and connecting right to them.
But using the amp sounds pretty good.


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