For me, I'm not going to get anything from the DSR-1. They did finally get my truck in and confirmed that I'm not getting a flat signal from the radio, and my CAM Bus is not doing anything. So the Maestro side of the house doesn't do, nor will ever do, anything. The flat signal and can bus is the ideal. I thought/hoped/prayed I'd get that. No dice. I suppose it's possible they could make a wiring harness and a prebuilt set of algorithms to offset the crap coming from the radio, but they aren't interested right now. It's a done deal for me and the DSR1.
I can run the DSR1 in Universal mode, but again. It sounds horrible. Volume levels change, no idea why. Sometimes voices fade entirely out. If it was constant, I could fix the signal with the levels and equalizer. But it's not. Even at the same volume. Normally I'd suspect the ANC, but the wiring hardness with the mic inputs are are all unplugged. I'm only using power and radio out from that harness. The ANC module is completely unplugged. But man, it acts like something is interfering. I wonder if even without those plugged in if the radio is impacted. At this point I don't know if the problems are the truck or the DSR1. It could easily be the truck.
I got a few more things I can try. I haven't put resisters on the speaker wires yet, they are coming tomorrow. But I think all sound cuts out when it runs the check and detects no resistance. That happens too. No biggie, I can fix that. I could also try tapping the speakers after the ANC module and leave that in place. Maybe that would help, no idea. I do know I plugged in one of my nice speakers into existing speaker wires and it sounded lousy. The signal is made 100% for those cheap factory speakers. And I thought the base stereo would be the easiest to upgrade.
I'd actually buy something expensive if I knew it would work. I'm so frustrated. And it's not like I have a beefy system anyways: a 900 Watt amp, 100x4 and a sub. Hybrid Audio. It sounded awesome in my Tacoma and since then I went three way in the front and added another small amp. I don't need a lot... but damn, I need a signal I can work with. I'll prob try the Fix86. Maybe even the Kicker Front Row. If those don't work, I'll spend more. I gotta have a good stereo.