How Bad is Walmart's Cheapest Car Stereo?

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Ha 30 years ago we couldn't even dream of such features at that price point.

Put one of those puppies in a Jeep Liberty budget system for my nephew. Actually sounded great, to my surprise. Total cost of around a hunnerd bucks. Used Kenwood amp and MTX 12" subs for $40, Dynavox 6.5" woofers were $11/each, 2.75" fullrange Visiton at $12 a copy and cheap 8awg amp wiring kit for $10 and some passive filter components totalling $15. We were blown away how good it sounded. It took me many attempts 'till I had a system that sounded that good when I was a kid. Budget audio systems can be alot of fun.

Wont lie, thats a pretty good radio for the price of a fast food combo. Im genuinely impressed

Nice that it dosen't have eye searing blue led's lighting up the face.

Nice to see a Class AB amplifier still beeing used in even the cheapect car sound systems

A guy at the job installed this set up inside a metal toolbox from the same store. He has a laptop power supply powering it. For what it is, it is loud enough in the shop to have gotten wrote up a couple times. 😆

I installed one of these Walmart head units in a DIN sized hole that I cut into the front of a plastic tool box, along with two cheap 6.5 inch coax speakers. I then hot glued the 12V battery from a battery backup unit (like for a computer) with a battery charging cube. Now I have a portable, app controlled radio to use when we sit around the fire pit in the back yard.

I don't know how other people feel on here but I would personally be really jazzed about you coming out with more videos dynoing head units. Love the channel man. Keep those companies honest.

I’ve been laughed at many times when I tell people that auxiliary input has the capability to perform better than usb or Bluetooth depending on the DAC in the head unit and the source being fed into the auxiliary port. I’ve had people literally call me an idiot for saying it , because it’s almost never the case because nearly all head units have an adequate DAC , but in extreme situations like this , it’s absolutely true.

I could see people buying the head unit + speakers combo to make a cheap BT boombox. Just add some lithium batteries and a USB charging board and you're good to go for cheap.

I've had one of these (Dual XDM17BT) in a boat for about 2 years and its still going. Face plate is faded a little but its still working good and nothing is more harsh on a radio then being in a boat

One thing I'd like to point out about having the app. Where I see that being a awesome option is having a head unit like this in a hidden install, like in a classic car. Control via the app (when parked, or have your passenger do it of course.)

It's amazing how far we've come in the way of shallow mount head units. Technology is awesome! Dual is actually a decent super budget brand.

@2:50 - AM radio guy here. I don't listen to the local FM stations. It's either AM, a CD or a mix cassette. Yes, our 08 Lexus and 04 Lexus both still have working cassette decks from the factory.

That palm sized amp would fit nicely behind that headunit 😂

Have one. Had some extra 6x9s sitting in the garage and use this unit in a wood box powered by a power supply from old computer. Perfect for this setting.

Ah yess the FLAC audio connoisseur purchasing a $25 head unit 😂 Wow that is a shallow mounting depth! You can pair this with a micro amplifier and mount them both in the dash.

Still running the old pioneer 80prs hu. $25 and the app,I couldn't complain lol Ty sir for sharing

Great treat for Sunday, appreciate you Big D!!