Autos with stock awsome sound systems; Recomend?

I had Bose systems in my last two cars and was not at all impressed with their performance.

The sound was always "in your face," including loose bass and punched up EQ sounding mids and highs. I even set the EQ to "below flat," in an attempt to repair the skewed frequency problems, to no avail.

Last week I bought a BMW X-5 and the sound system in it is really excellent.

Now I find myself listening to CD or radio every time I get in this car, and actually liking it. I can't say who built the sound system. It's not marked up with logos like most.

Albertporter, I am shocked. I heard the BMW system in a new M5 earlier this year and thought it as TERRIBLE. Maybe the one you heard was significantly different

My 4.4 X5 is not new, I can't afford $70K for a new one. Maybe they changed them in the last couple of years. The system in mine is good, especially with the iPod glove box cord and Video iPod files as Apple Lossless.

I get to choose my favorite driving tunes from the steering wheel. On the way home today I was spinning Adrian Belew "Side One" and "Shiver and Burn" by Azure Ray.