[s-cars] Replacement Car stereo - Ipod integration - Thoughts on brand?

[Taka Mizutani]

Chris-
I've gone that route in our old Maxima (just replacing the head unit
and keeping the Bose amps and speakers)- it wasn't that great.

I don't like the sound of the Bose system- I personally would remove
the whole thing,
replace the front speakers with a nice set of 2-way components, leave
the rear deck empty
and put in a nice 10" sub in a sealed enclosure in the trunk. Power
the sub with a nice monoblock amp, the front stage with a nice
2-channel amp. That would give you the best imaging and soundstage.

A friend of mine has a '95 S6 with such a setup, said it's the best
sounding system he's had so far- Alpine HU, MB Quart speakers and I
don't remember what amps. He's had a lot of nice car stereo setups, I
trust his opinion.

His old V-8 had a similar Alpine head unit, Fosgate amps, MB Quart
speakers- another lister is currently enjoying that system, although
IMHO, the music of the Stebro exhaust on a V-8 is better than the
sound system. :-)

Taka