What make is your car stereo and how good is it?

[Hifiver]

I have the upgraded BOSE system/speakers in my Mazda 3 Takumi. The upgrade which comes with that model of trim as standard.

The sound is good, but not mindblowingly so.

 

[Jasonovich]

Mine came integrated with the Ford, I rarely listen to music in my car and I hate listening to mainstream news via the DAB.
So many cr'tins on talk shows masquerading as journalists.

I use to be into car audio systems back in the day when I wanted to spread my DNA.
It is just my opinion, audio in cars are specifically tailored to sound bassy with distortion levels to scramble your brain. 🙂

 

[Juzzie Wuzzie]

Stock radios or £100 Pioneer BT units are in my cars. Like Jason, used to be BIG into "ICE" but then grew out of it.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

It's an Audi's own one, but it's pretty good. Bass is nothing like the horror story that is (accurately) described above!

 

[michael hoy]

Burmester in my car. sounds really good.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Standard, integrated Citroën jobby, it works...

Don't care about music when driving, infact usually don't listen to music when doing anything. Only really listen to music when I can put the headphones on, relax and, just listen.

 

[DCarmi]

Our Ford has the factory fitted Ford badged stuff which is pants. I don't know who specs audio for cars and whether they actually bother to listen to them. The high end distortion is painful.

The older (and lesser) model of same car we had, had a Sony system which was much better but it did not have all the gizmos (touch screens and the like) that they insist we need.

 

[abacus]

Probably 99% of new car buyers couldn't care less about the sound system, so long as it makes a noise.
I heard a Tesla sound system once, and quite frankly the standard sound system blew most other manufactures systems out of the water. (Can't remember how many speakers and amps it had, but is was a lot)

Bill

 

[nads]

Pioneer head unit. A mix of vibe and pioneer speakers, vibe amp and a couple of amps. Oh and a fold down TV/dvd.

Well it is a small van/camper and daily.

 

[nopiano]

These days it’s the standard BMW offering I enjoy, completely devoid of any traditional knobs or buttons - it’s all controlled by voice command, screen settings or little twiddly things on the steering wheel. It’s a 220i Active Tourer, a sort of BMW version of a Honda Jazz!

95% of the time DAB is excellent. It only vanishes in the remotest Welsh valleys or Yorkshire Dales ime. I also increasingly use podcasts and Qobuz via Apple CarPlay.

It’s not as all enveloping as the previous Volvo V60, again the standard instal but very good indeed. Unfortunately, as a leased car I only had it for a couple of years.

There’s a good chance all the actual speakers were from the Focal factory!

 

[Gray]

Don't care about music when driving, infact usually don't listen to music when doing anything.

Same here.
Decades ago I made compilation tapes and listened in the car to and from work.
Still got an old Pioneer (or Sony?) head unit stored in the garage (only because I'm a horder)
Got a built-in CDP in a Toyota now - which had an Elvis Presley CD in it when I bought the car....couldn't give that back to the owner fast enough (not a fan).

Never do background music these days.
Music is properly listened to - or off.

 

[Jasonovich]

Same here.
Decades ago I made compilation tapes and listened in the car to and from work.
Still got an old Pioneer (or Sony?) head unit stored in the garage (only because I'm a horder)
Got a built-in CDP in a Toyota now - which had an Elvis Presley CD in it when I bought the car....couldn't give that back to the owner fast enough (not a fan).

Never do background music these days.
Music is properly listened to - or off.

Come'on Come'on.....................
"A Little Less Conversation",
"All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me". Uh huh....

Elvis Presley disc inside the car, oh my, I would have set fire to the car or called the priest 🙂

 

[Gray]

Come'on Come'on.....................
"A Little Less Conversation",
"All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me". Uh huh....

Elvis Presley disc inside the car, oh my, I would have set fire to the car or called the priest 🙂

😆

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Never do background music these days.
Music is properly listened to - or off.

Exactly how I feel about music.

BTW, forty-ish years ago I used to carry tapes in the car, no tapes, or CDs in the car now.

 

[Al ears]

My old Discovery 3 had a Harmon Kardon system that was brilliant.
Current motor has an unknown brand and it's just passable......

 

[BiggaJ]

Mercedes GLC300e ... the car is awful, so awful in fact that MBUK are buying back off me after a year of none stop issues that MB cant fix. One of the few things on the car that is good is the Burmester stereo.

Picking up a Lexus RX450H+ on Monday with Mark Levinson stereo and I believe they are meant to be very good. Not had it blasting on the test drive though.

Above are company cars, private car has Aston Martin premium audio, not sure who makes it, used to be Alpine but not sure on the one I have but it's OK, not great though.

Having said all this, I mainly listen to talk radio programs in the car rather than trying to get the best sound for music.

 

[ijohn]

Bang & Olufsen in an Audi A4. It's definitely better than the Bose system in our Mazda CX-5 Turbo, but nowhere near my home system.
The best car system I ever had was in my '91 Honda Civic Si: Sony CD head unit, Rockford Fosgate 4 channel amp running stereo to some 2-way Infinity Kappa speakers in the doors and bridged to a Bazooka sub in the hatch. Everything purchased on sale. That system killed! Crisp, clean, and loud. The little Bazooka sub put out so much bass I had the bass setting turned all the way down. LOL