Stock Headunit

[scotty_ute]

I know everyone probably always gets this question, but i just recently bought a 04 vy series 2 ute, and im thinkin bout getting a new sound system, but dont wanna change the headunit. but even now while everything is stock, when i play "burnt" cd's it sounds like shit, will that change once i get new speakers (splits) or would that be coming from the headunit, i dont wanna change the headunit but all suggestions are more than welcome

[Coast_Calais]

if it's only crud on burnt discs, it's more than likely the audio quality on the burnt discs themselves.
IE: low bitrate mp3/wma, or or dodgy rip...
are what format are the discs burnt as, and are they transcoded?

[one_and_only2004]

Changing the speakers isn't going to help it, your head unit only pumps out about 18W a channel - there's your main problem.

[Mohi]

but you can try getting Amp pre outs and thus connect a amp to your speakers....

[MikeCuzzy]

CD's being a digital medium work in the "ON/OFF", they is either audio or not. The poor quality is, as Coast_Calais says, due to the encoding on the burnt CD. Anything below 128kbps will sound terrible, even itunes uses 192 as default.

The h/u and speakers will not change this.