Ok got a tuff one for you all, or at least for me.

I just got my first car/mustang 03 Stock V6. Ive got the mach audio system in it however it doesnt say which one. However based on the style of the 2 faceplates I have gathered it must be a 460. Its a 6 Disc CD changer.

Now this is what is confusing me, I have read in other places that this audio system does not play MP3s however I just burned a MP3 CD and it played just fine. So whats the deal here? I have a total of 6 speakers (2 what I presume to be tweeters in the top right/left corners of the car next to the windshields), (2 Larger speakers on the bottom left/right of the passenger/driver side doors), and (2 speakers on the back dash). Is this standard for a 460 system or no?

 

Yup thats the standard Mach 460. The only difference between the 460 and the 1000 is that the Mach 1000 has 2 10 inch subs in the trunk along with a rack of 4 small amps.

 

ok cool (I guess, woulda been cooler if it was the 1000) so how is it, that it plays MP3s when I read it shouldnt?

 

Mach 1000 comes with this stuff

 

hmmm you know I havent even opened the trunk yet =\ wtf kinda mustang owner am I? lol. Ill do it tommrow when its light out. Even though I dont expect to find that.

But honestly the system thats in it now is loud enough for me for now. I am sorta a sound perfectionist when it comes to playing music with stuff I own though, so im sure it wont be long. Although I dont care for that, "im a ******* rap listening all about the bass retard" type. What I mean is people who put in 12" subs just for extreamly stupidly loud bass, but thats just my taste ...... I rather hear the lyrics too I guess =P To each his own.

 

You purchased a car without even looking in the trunk??? For all you know there could be mold growing in their from a possible leak...

 

that is what rocks about the mach 1000, it is a very balanced system. it has plenty of bass, but it really isnt designed for mad phat bass beats yo. people who want to rock the whole block find themselves somewhat lacking with the mach 1000.

i hate it when some asshat goes out and gets the 15inch kickers and powers them with a 1000 watt sony xplode amp, cranks the gain all the way up, and thinks that the bottoming out and clipping are desirable traits.

give me a single 10 with an amp that can constantly put out 400 watts without the slightest hint of clipping and im good.

 

yeah 10" is respectful. btw can you upgrade from a 460 to 1000? any possible way?

 

possibly but it was carfax cert and dealer cert.

 

yes its possible to make the swap. Just takes some work

 

yea you know that rattling you heard, could be a body back there better open the trunk...

Moving on, I've been told that the 460 is a unique system in that it's not really compatible with other systems unless there is some major rewiring and what-not. I am not too familiar with the Mach 1000 but if its made by the same guys who make the 460 it should be a relatively straight-forward upgrade. I too have been told about the mp3 thing but they work just fine in my 460 6-cd changer.

 

lol that used to be me. got outa that stage now, u just dont blast country music :P
however my best friend has got a worse fever then i did....i had 2 10'' kickers and a 1200W alpine amp, had a clarion deck...but cant member what the specs were. best friends has 2 12" rocksford fosgate(i think its spelt like that) punch subs, and punch amp with an alpine deck

 

Doing a 460 swap to 1000 isn't worth it.

You would be better off buying a good 10,12" sub and an amp to power it.

 

yeah ill probally just get a whole new system.

 

Back in the '90s the Mach 460 system was the premium shiz nit that was offered in stangs. I dont know exactly when the 1000 came out but it is a good step up. Both are damn good systems for the average music lover. Yes the 460 can play your music that ya burn onto a disc (not exactly MP3 there). With the 1000 you can take all 2 to 300 songs off your comp burn em to a disc in MP3 format and use 1 disc in your changer and all ya got to do is use your face plate controlls to fumble through your music folders/albums.
As far as sapping out to a 1000.... I dont think its worth it either... there is too much work for minimal gains really. You would be better off by going after market stuff.

 

@ SilverBullet, yeah I agree it sounds good enough for me. Its so loud that I dont bother putting it up past the 3rd bar.

Oh also let me clearify, when I burned the songs onto the Disc the format the songs are in, are MP3 format. (this is more directed at SilverBullet still). So unless I am missing somthing the 460 6 Disc changer does support MP3 formats. Or at least in my 2003 model stang it does ..... which is just a stock V6 stang. I am wondering if some later model 2003 and above where equiped with an upgraded 460 6 disc changer.

Anywho all in all I am happy for now but I was just curious, and I appreciate all your guys input. Thanks.