Last year I installed a new Pioneer head unit into my '93 Chevy (Gladiator Conversion). It was working great and a few months later I installed new speakers in the rear (4 speakers) and left the OE ones up front (I'm not removing the dash!). Everything was okay until I was leaving for work one morning and then the stereo starting crackling almost like when you start to lose a station, and boom it quit working.
I double-checked my wiring and all was fine. Power, grounds, speaker wiring, etc. I thought maybe the head unit was bad so I bought another of the same unit, but nope it doesn't work either. All I get when I turn the stereo on is a small "pop" sound out of the speakers. Nothing from any radio stations or the CD player.
Not sure what happened...I'm stumped.
I may take the van to a local stereo shop or drive up to PA to Capt. Kurk's place so he can look at it.