Mcintosh in Subaru

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

To my knowledge it would have to be an imported version. I used to work at Subaru building the Outback, Legacy and Tribeca and they used Harmon Kardon and Clarion HU's and that was 6 months ago. Not sure what yr the car is that you were in.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

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[edzy 10+ year member]

Ive seen a few of them up fore sale in my CL ads. From what i read, you need a harness to wire it, and they are hard to find. Metro may have them.

 

[kevinmcf]

Just seen this post to bring it back, "and hears the rest of the story". Subaru Outback Limited and VDC came stock with McIntosh radio (believe through clarion division but labled McIntosh). From 2000-2004, after that avail in forester. The 2000-2004 outback used a 200 what Mac, 5 ch. amplifyer under pass front seat, and also used Clarion speakers with I believe a 6x9 sub in rear trunk area. The Legacy also had same option (4 door sedan) in limited and VDC, but only had a 4 channel amp (no sub) they also had an optional 6 cd changer. All Mac units were receiver only. I have a Sube LL Bean and I want to put one of these in, I have heard that they did have a lot of issues but when working they sounded pretty good. Nice clean sound but could use a little more punch!

I would rate it in top 5 for factory sound system set ups. Better then the caddy's and Lexus, bose systems. In sound quality and had more punch then most any factory system with the 200 watt Mac amp.

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

The 2010/2011 Legacy had 8" subs on the rear shelf. I believe all previous yrs had 8" subs (optional) as well.

 

[allnpt0 10+ year member]

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but what did this headunit come factory in?

Thanks,

Pete

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

subaru...

it's not nearly as nice as the aftermarket mcintosh and cost just as much or more

 

[allnpt0 10+ year member]

Which year and model of Subaru?

 

[Ronny 10+ year member]

JDM models. An upgrade you could purchase on any of them.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Japan always get the nicest shit! lol

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

FYI, McIntosh doesn't build their own head units and hasn't in years. Last I looked at them (a few years ago) they were being made by Clarion

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

FYI, McIntosh doesn't build their own head units and hasn't in years. Last I looked at them (a few years ago) they were being made by Clarion

Yep pretty sure your right... Still amazing though...

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

And that should speak volumes about Clarions quality. Which is another reason as to why I prefer Clarion over the others.

Sadly this doesn't hold true. People want the name.

The Clarion 7770 is the same exact thing as the Mcintosh ?###. The 7770 will sell for half the price. I bought my 7770 for $40 shipped about 3 years ago. One just sold on ebay a few weeks ago for $115. Maybe people are starting to realize that????

Same goes for the Clarion APA amps from the early/mid 90s.

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

The stock HU in my 2012 WRX is made by Clarion. Get this, the Subaru dealership told me that for $2,000 they could upgrade the stock HU with the NAV unit. Umm, no thanks, I'll just purchase the Alpine INA-W910 and add a PXA-H100 to it to get active crossovers.