[quote=temeculaguy]I think it’s relative and it it could be my ears. My daughter repeatedly tells me I need to get my ears checked. I researched my stereo and it turns out I have the hifi, but not the logic7. I guess my last car had a great stereo because it feels like something is missing, it’s excellent quality, but at max volume, I keep turning the knob wanting for more. It’s like having an old girlfriend with DD’s and then having a new one with C’s, they are great….but where’s the rest, something is missing?[/quote]
Nicely put and I would say most stock stereos barely pass as B’s, not C’s :-D.
[quote=temeculaguy]I just read some model specific audiophole blogs and there some really easy and cheap fixes to take it up a few notches without a complete overhaul. I want to keep the actual unit since it is part of the lcd monitor, integrates the phone, has speed sensitive volume and has the ipod plug in the center console, so upgrading speakers and amps is not that big of a deal. I could also go to the doctor and see if it’s me and not the car.[/quote]
Yeah, upgrading speakers and amps will get you 2/3 of the way there. Unfortunately, most (if not all) stock head unit do not have line out, so you have to connect aftermarket amps to speaker level, which also reduces some clarity. However, it’s still much much better stock.
[quote=temeculaguy]Do you guys ever feel slightly immature because we are probably all in our 40’s and devoting time and energy to splitting hairs about horsepower and subwoofers. I feel it on occasion, but I’m positive my issues come from spending some of my formitive and poorer years without a stereo at all and a 2 digit horsepower engine (or close to it). No wonder women think we are nuts, we are.[/quote]Sorry, but I’m no where near 40’s :-D. No, we’re not nuts. It’s a guy’s version of purses and shoes.
