Originally posted by bullion:
I beg to differ. I tried running my setup with and without the amp and right now I am still using the factory amp.........sounds pretty good. Here is what I did. I turned the "Loud" setting off on my deck (kenwood mpv-619), I set the "V-Off" to about -2 or -3. Plus, I am running bass blockers on both the front and rear set of speakers. I think you get better sound this way (better bass too).



You will actually get higher distortion levels because you are compounding the distortion from the deck with the relatively high levels in the factory amp. I trust that you like the sound better, but based on every (100% until yours) review I have ever seen, bypassing the factory amp results in better sound.

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