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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
mikhailark
411 posts
 

Get custom DSP amplifier that you can adjust yourself. Makes huge difference.

kennyc
2,865 posts
 

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.  

mahler123
3,995 posts
 

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

jr1000 OP
26 posts
 

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...

jr1000 OP
26 posts
 

Having tested a few cars in recent days, cabin noise differences are VERY noticeable, even between trims of the same make/model. A frustrating part of the search is that the noise level is understated in most documentation. Salesmen.are grossly uninformed on the matter.

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