Re: Stock audio: what's Audi doing wrong?

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

>In message <l03020904b26b34198ee4@[194.134.2.80]> Tom Nas writes:
>
>> Why is a high-end manufacturer like Audi sticking with low-end
>> manufacturers like Blaupunkt and Bose (the stuff sounds OK, but no more
>> than that) while the up-and-coming guys like Alfa use Beckers and HKs? Now
>> a Becker would be my idea of a stereo befitting Audis...
>
>I'd prefer an empty pre-wired slot and a comprehensive set of speaker
>options.
>
>An ur-quattro just _HAS_ to have a Philips MCC.

That is- if you are interested in originality and not too much in the
quality of the sound it produces. Whilst I concur that the automatic
frequency-location and tuning is a nice touch, I prefer to use my stereo
for my own music rather than listening to the radio. I would love a Becker,
because they're well-laid out, superbly designed to fit in with the dash
and they last forever, sounding great in the mean time. They're very German
in design, a perfect complement for an Audi interior.

For those reasons, I'd dearly love a high-end Becker or Grundig in my car.
Unfortunately, they're both way out of my price range.

My point was really that a high-end manufacturer like Audi shouldn't stick
with low-end hi-fi in their cars. If you do something, why not do it
properly like Alfa seems to do. I would prefer my Audi stereo-less, too-
but that has more to do with the stupid car tax we pay on anything ordered
from the factory in a new car- making a low-end Blaupunkt radio/cassette
unit cost more than a nice Sony set-up with 10 CD changer and amps.

Tom
1987 90q, with a low-end JVC in-dash radio/CD head unit, still saving up to
buy proper speakers to replace the OE stuff.