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Chaotic_Warlord »
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Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:04 am
OK let me just clarify something, I am not a fan of Alpines or Clarion head units Clarions look like they are cheaply made but charge you an arm and a leg and Alpines look exactly like every Kenwood out there but charge you twice the price. Blaupunkts, are just to expensive for a stereo that pretty much comes OEM in every VeeDub, BMW, and Porsche. I could just go to a scrap yard and get the exact same head unit sold in stores for $250+ for $90, I'll pass.
I have done a listening test but an in store test is not the same as an in vehicle test, the sound stage is waaay different, the speakers are position right in front of your face and really you can't really test out your Ipod with it in the store because of the ugly plastic security gathe they have over them.
I don't expect it to sound like I'm sitting there watching it all live in a stadium or a nightclub, but I do expect the highs to not be tinny, the lows to have some thump to them and the head unit to have enough power and a EQ curve to make the Highs, Mids, and Lows all not a big jumbled mess. In other words, I like for the vocals to not be garbled, drums to sound like drums, and a guitar to or string instrument to sound like it's there, not 10 miles away and overpowered by anything. I listen to pretty much everything from Classical, to country, to rap , to metal, to techno, with a little Pipe and Drum bands thrown in for good measure. Just saying...