Do you care about car audio?

Remember in the 80's one of dad's clients was a car audio installer in a posh commuter area- as a kid I was knocked out by his Porshe 911 with speakers in the headrests and being allowed to sit in it and rev the motor; still gives me a kick thinking about it.

Still running my 1999 BMW E36 coupe which had a Pioneer KEH-P9700R head unit with 12x multi disc changer in the boot, top pioneer speakers and crossovers; when the power amp died I added an Alpine V12 power amp in the boot and the separate DAB unit with a roof aerial- absolutely awesome sound at the time. Had a mic to attach to headrest and auto set up EQ and 2 remotes! Wouldn't swap it for anything 'modern'

When Jazz FM moved to DAB+ put a Kenwood in and sent the Pioneer off for repair- it's still sitting in the garage waiting poss to go in the campervan as it still sounds great and no evil touch screens like all modern cars seem to be cursed with

Got me looking at those very thick battery cables....could the sound of my car audio be improved?

I have a new Hyundai Sonata N-Line and it came with Bose 12 speaker premium audio and I have to say it sounds spectacular.  I listen mostly to HD FM Radio, and Sirius Radio.  Easily the best sound system I’ve ever had in a car, even better than the premium system in my wife’s Lincoln.

Gas is $5.00/gallon now in California.
Prices are going nowhere but north.

Stay home and listen to your system.

If I had a Ferrari or Lambo, I wouldn't bother with audio. A V12  symphony is all that's necessary.

When I bought my Camry many years ago I got the upgraded soundsystem. It sounds very good but unfortunately the car is a bit noisy. I can still though listen to all kinds of music on it from digital recordings to vintage recordings going back to the 30s. As opposed to my home system where I don’t even like listening to mono recordings on it except for well produced mono lps.

I have a huge cd collection and was looking for a used car only a few years old and hate the fact that they stopped putting cd players in cars I like a little while ago. I certainly don’t want to go to the bother of ripping cds. I just want to grab them and put them in a car player. Some cars still have cd players but they’re not models I’m interested in.