New vs old radios

[Dylan_Shaffer]

@Torkman66 this is super good insight!

 

[Meddle]

I don’t get the hate for RetroSound. Looks incredible with all the modern convenience. Connects to my phone flawlessly. If you need a bit more power, throw a $50 class D amp in the glove box or behind the dash and you’ll have a very nice system. I drive 8 speakers this way and it honestly sounds amazing and I haven’t even added a sub yet. Cheap China crap? Show me a head unit that isn’t these days.

 

[Torkman66]

@Meddle Glad you are happy with your system. I agree, I also had the exact same setup in my 66 Fastback. Sounded great with an amp and 4 nice 3 way speakers. Car was a show queen so not used much. Two years after install the Retrosound unit would no longer work. Just static in all configurations. Left it in place for looks and installed hidden unit from Crutchfields, works great for over five years now.
I also have a 55 T-Bird. Nearly $400 for a Retrosound unit. That one lasted less than a year. So could be I just got a couple bad units. Of course when I called Retrosound, they made clear they were out of warranty and were happy to sale me a new one. Again, left in the head unit for looks and installed a nice Sony from Crutchfields.

 

[powers4680]

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[sanndmann3]

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[SeaVee]

So, we are finishing up a Painless harness install and adding the Huntington retro sound setup. We’ve been chasing a fuse ( F9) that’s constantly blowing. From our trouble shooting, we identified the main power harness for the radio as the culprit. Looks like it is bad out of the box. We bypassed it and all good. Nice waste of an afternoon chasing that down. Looks good though!