Mines went out smh

If I stream music from my phone to my cars stereo it sounds like ass, but if I play local files through Jet Audio Plus for Android I can compensate for almost any shortcomings in the head unit, or even my JBL Charge 3 speaker that I use at work. As long as the source has a decent EQ or enhancement, you ought to be good.

you can equalize the input on apps like spotify

Sony its horible
Buy kicker and pioneer

Unfortunately, your problem is not really the head unit. It’s your speakers.
Cheap speakers have a tendency to be piercing. I recommend those 6.5 pyles going in the door with a 20 dollar set of tweeters.
The other thing you SHOULD do, is save up 150 dollars and buy a Pioneer head unit, which should have an EQ in which you can drop the 2.5khz frequency to -1 or -2 to flatten out the sound.

You can turn off using Bluetooth for calls my broski

I don’t know what you would call me but one thing you could do is take the unit out or the faceplate off take all the screws out find where the mic is take a pair of wires resolder them right where the mic was and then solder the mic on to the wires then put the mic where people can hear you also while you’re at it one thing that I found that is better is to unsolder the USB port and solder a extension line to where you can put any flash drive on it and not have to worry about knocking it or breaking it just put the flash drive say in your glove compartment I don’t know it’s just a thought my help you might not anyways I’m out

Do a cheap Xenon projector upgrade or LED conversion!

Cheap things to try: Shift knobs, interior LEDs, steering wheels, window tint, and seats/covers.

Keep the budget builds going with some diys

Sadly that 1k peak you’re seeing? Its very common in aftermarket speakers. In bigger cars/suvs, its not as bad. But in a smaller one, its bad. The pioner d1720c everyone loves, were awful offenders. Though switching to polks helped ‘some.’

I dunno ifs its intentional, so you get a eq or a headunit with a decent eq/autotune. One thing that helps alot is the ‘adaptive sound’ most androids have. It plays a tone, and asks if you can hear it. That or an app with eq settings. But, that assumes you use a phone too.

If you have any speakers you don”t want may you please tell me if possible.

Word of the wise for audio….

Yes, let’s use a cheap ass microphone from a cell phone….
Guess what. 1khz fall right in the middle of human speech range.
Guess what those cell phone mics are usually tuned to amp freq. ranges for human speech.

I don’t doubt that cheap speaker brands sound muddy and like a can of tin but you are equally using a cheap ass mic (not calibrated for measurement).
It ain’t stupid, but it ain’t smart.

Working with audio equipment and electronics a long time, and I can almost guarantee this has little to do with the output of the radio itself. the radio/amplifier section will either be flat, or have pre-selected equalizer options that you can turn off.

many factors affect the sound, the interior of the car, and the space behind the speakers, create resonances. but in your case, I would suspect the speakers.

those little tweeters on them, at best all the manufacturer did was put in a capacitor, as a high pass filter. ( did not use a crossover ). this will create peaks at certain frequencies.

The easiest solution is to use a player on your phone that has a built in graphic equalizer, you can turn down the peaks. and flatten it out a bit. or tailor it for more bass and better treble ( U shape ) . as the highest highs and lowest lows are usually the part of the spectrum, that sound systems struggle with.

you can switch the microphone on android, and on iPhone for Siri as well

U should do a high end build too in a different car!

You could try to put her music through a program like I have on my pc, don’t remember the name of it, the program shows you the different frequencies and decibels per frequeny. The program is so good that it could remove and lyrics from sound tracks.

go to your app store and download EQs