Delco 1.5 CD Player... better than the tape decks power wise?

[MrSony]

I really like the look of this radio, and to be honest I'm not opposed to having a cd unit in my car.
My question is, can this radio handle more power (bass/sub) than my current eq tape deck? Or would it be pointless to swap?

 

[Rocknrod]

Looks like a Pontiac 1995 unit?

 

[DSPbuilt]

These are pricey but real nice.

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[pagrunt]

From what I've seen inside of my CD player ('96 Camaro unit) when I replace the disk drive, it looks like it has all the same parts as my tape player ('89 Firebird unit).

 

[pizza442]

I installed this same unit (out of a 88 or 89 FWD Cutlass) into my 79 H/O in the early 90s. Found some sort of wiring adapter, Dealer only had the later (86-88) dash wood-stlye 1.5 DIN so I used that to look stock (bought a few extras which I sold years later) Only issue I remember was that I really had to turn up the volume much higher than what seemed normal, like I was missing an amp or something, but otherwise it worked perfectly.

 

[Wageslave]

I installed this same unit (out of a 88 or 89 FWD Cutlass) into my 79 H/O in the early 90s. Found some sort of wiring adapter, Dealer only had the later (86-88) dash wood-stlye 1.5 DIN so I used that to look stock (bought a few extras which I sold years later) Only issue I remember was that I really had to turn up the volume much higher than what seemed normal, like I was missing an amp or something, but otherwise it worked perfectly.

The volume thing may have been the impedance of the speakers. 16 ohm speakers are quieter than 4 or 8 ohm speakers at the same volume setting.

 

[pizza442]

The volume thing may have been the impedance of the speakers. 16 ohm speakers are quieter than 4 or 8 ohm speakers at the same volume setting.

So the factory speakers in the 79 were 16 ohms? And in the 88 or 89 Cutlass they were 4 or 8? I know the factory front and rear speakers in my 72 Cutlass Sup were 10ohms, never heard of 16 tho...

 

[Wageslave]

So the factory speakers in the 79 were 16 ohms? And in the 88 or 89 Cutlass they were 4 or 8? I know the factory front and rear speakers in my 72 Cutlass Sup were 10ohms, never heard of 16 tho...

It's been a while so I can't remember exactly what the impedance of the speakers I took out of my Pontiac were, I do know that as vehicles got newer, the speaker impedances generally went down. It wasn't uncommon to see 2 ohm speakers in the higher end Bose and Monsoon stereos and 4 ohm in the lower end systems.