Yes it will, the monsoon wants speaker level imputs. Another head unit (with a rear aux in for the Empeg) would enable me not to have to install and amp and bypass the monsoon. While you are wondering why I want to use the monsoon, here's the deal. I cut the monsoon amp out of the loop on my old beetle with my empeg. Never got it to sound right. Some speakers sounded underpowered and others overpowered.