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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
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.

secretguy
1,982 posts
 

The worst car system I had as far as I can remember was a Mark Levinson branded system. 

kennyc
2,869 posts
 

@mahler123 window smashed and the system ripped out.

Back then, stealing became a common problem so we had removable/slide our radios which we took with us. Also had a sliding equalizer, blasted music occasionally

@jr1000 cabin noise differences are VERY noticeable

This is THE hardest thing to give up. My Lexus is as large as my Odyssey minivan. I want to reduce but am afraid of increased cabin noise. Some small Lexus loaners were noisier. Still considering searching 

@secretguy The worst car system I had as far as I can remember was a Mark Levinson branded system. 

I’m not a ML fan and note that car stereo speakers+ is not their forte, so my expectations are low. 

 

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