OEM Audio Plus; Worth it?

[brianlo622]

You will be amazed at how much better your OEM system sound just by swapping out the headunit.. I think both the bespoke and the non-bespoke units have pretty unflat and distorted signal in the first place.. my pioneer receiver hooked up to the factory amp was a vast improvement.

With the OEM plus package, the midbass are maintained, only the tweets are upgraded, and of course there is the subwoofer.. I could imagine that the DSP plays a big role in improving sound quality as well. Mind you, none of the components from the OEM plus are really "high quality parts", but the packaged price is hard to beat for a measurable improvement.

[cfusionpm]

I'd been going back and forth about this upgrade too and came to the conclusion I don't need it. I'm a pretty big audiophile, but I also know that engine noise, exhaust noise, and road noise often make high end car audio systems kind of pointless. The factory speakers provide adequate sound, it just needs some oomph from a big sub. I'm sure the 8" in the OEM 400 sounds good, but it's just not going to hit like a 10 or 12 does. And when you're driving, there's so much interference noise that the difference in quality is hard to notice; especially if you have an exhaust and/or no sound-deadening material.

As good as I'm sure the OAP kit sounds, I think my personal needs are better met with a 10" trunk box for 1/3 the cost.