Spades2014
New Head-Fier
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I’m buying a used car soon and I saw a bunch of threads on reddit, XDA-devs and NASIOC about people installing Nexus 7 tablets in their dashboard. However all the installs simply had the Nexus 7 installed and running AUX out into their aftermarket car stereo head unit. I’m not an audiophile but I have a head unit in my current car and use the USB-in and it sounds great. But I connected my Nexus 7 to it over AUX and it suffers in sound quality. It’s not terrible quality like Bluetooth streaming or anything, but it’s not the greatest either.
So my question is would it be possible to wire my Nexus 7 directly to my car speakers and bypass the use of a head unit altogether? Would a headphone amp, DAC, or Line Out Converter make this possible or do I still need a head unit to interface with the car speakers? I am aware I'm probably better off asking at a car audio forum, but car audio is notoriously plagued by "professionals" that throw money at problems and just fire off name brands without any actual knowledge.
Thanks in advance
So my question is would it be possible to wire my Nexus 7 directly to my car speakers and bypass the use of a head unit altogether? Would a headphone amp, DAC, or Line Out Converter make this possible or do I still need a head unit to interface with the car speakers? I am aware I'm probably better off asking at a car audio forum, but car audio is notoriously plagued by "professionals" that throw money at problems and just fire off name brands without any actual knowledge.
Thanks in advance