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Originally Posted by softgrip
I could also be full of shit 
I worked in a sound studio as a recording engineer. It generally takes a pretty good system to impress me.... But probably not as much as you crazy audiophiles.
I'm not a fan of super loud, so if that's your goal by all means, spend the cost of the car on the audio. Having money to burn is a beautiful thing. |
Definitely not trying to knock your hearing or experience. I just have a hard time with the idea someone saying that oem+ would be indistinguishable from the home system. The decay time alone in a vehicle it huge compared to an actual room. Keep in mind I'm saying that based on my references, which are;
My home set up which uses a pair of $130 a piece andy Jones designed pioneer towers, a few subs to distribute room modes, and a onkyo avr. The weakest link in my home system is the lack of manual processing power.
A pair of 90's era Kef Q500's, powered by a crown amp.
A rediculous demo room using mark levinson monoblocks, a $20k pair of towers, and two 10k subwoofers.
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My car, which cost me 5k to build, in terms of pure sound quality, every setup above beat it out. I would place my car as above the level of the oem+ system.
Through competition I've had the chance to hear some of the best cars in the country. The cars that can beat out my home system, cost generally 8k plus and are placed in the extreme class due to the modifications done to get that kind of sound. I would only put the top 3-4 cars in the country as sounding better than that sound room I demoed.