Re: Bose Audio and car stereo stuff

[Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>]

> > to do
> >it right, you trash the whole system and start from scratch.

That didn;t take much editing to turn into the truth...
> 
> First - Bose uses some pretty heavy equalization to get their sound.

Yeah, in other words none of their stuff is "standard" in the sense of
having a flat response.  Talk about closed architecture... best cure:
wrecking ball!

> Bottom line - Either replace the Bose parts with like parts or bag the whole
> thing and use good parts. I opted for the latter and have had an absolutely
> fabulous sounding ride since then. It's a lot of work, since you have to
> rewire the whole car, but the rewards are great.

It gives me endless frustration, after being a youngsta struggling with
the old two knob radios, then the relief of what seems to be some sort
of DIN standard, to see automakers constantly filling their dashboards
with ugly, unique radio shapes.  Then there are the Bose systems...

Sorry, I just had to vent... this is a personal gripe, I don;t install
these things for a living, though I do it once in a while.  Just
nauseates me what the concept of "premium sound" seems to mean.

-- 
Huw Powell