ok thats what i was thinking, i figured a small amp would solve the issue i just have to teach myself to keep it turned down a bit in the meant time.

I should also mention that when driving i am always listening to music from my iPod which has an internal EQ as well that i have on a setting, so im thinking maybe to much EQ stuff going on topped off with two amplified signals neither of which is really going to be all that clean, i did some playing for about 5min last night where i just set the eq on the deck flat and it seemed to help, when i change from my iPod to a cd the output level drops quite a bit so maybe that has something to do with it, it does seem to be somewhat better with just a CD meh i need an amp.. wait make that two amps hahah