Car audio - not a topic?


A search for the phrase "car audio" returns the most recent thread from 2019. Searching for car audio as a topic, I find none, so here we are in misc. Is Audiogon the wrong place to discuss car audio?

Should it become a place?

Active noise cancellation and other cabin treatments are expensive enough to suggest buyers want the quiet cabin. What about music in that cabin?

Recently, I auditioned a Bang and Olufson system in a Genesis GV70. It sounded distant to my ears. I don’t know why? Does the "Quiettuning" that keeps the road noise out also deaden the music? I could hear the music but it seemed very far off and was anything but involving. Anyway, maybe this is a better topic for AI in a Google search?

jr1000

FYI:

I have a 2016 BMW 428ix coupe with H/K system (16 speakers + equalizer + class D amps).

Also have a brand new 2026 Mazda CX30 with Bose system (12 speakers + Bose spacial enhancements).

With everything set flat the H/K system wins by a huge margin.

My 2016 Lexus LS460L has Mark Levinson speakers and likely system. Sounds okay. Upgrading to Morel is 6k, not worth it because I believe the environment for high Sonics in a car interior will be lacking.

Going back to memory lane, I swapped out stock speakers and dashboard cassette radios to higher quality components. Pioneer was a common speaker or dash upgrades. Alpine and Blaupunkt were the best.  

I once invested in a decent car system.  At the end of a work day I returned to find the driver side window smashed and the system ripped out.  Just not worth it

An Alpine install I did myself, back in the day, when dash boards were straight forward, was the best sound I've ever experienced in a car. I suppose because of the volume that environment allowed, I preferred it to my home Technics system. Early days...