Re: Stinkin' lousy radios

[Michiel van Wessem <jmvw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael, 

You can rally all you want, but the point you didn't get was that beyond a
certain sound quality things get a little silly. Can you name all the
instruments you're hearing in a song? Are you missing some tones? Do you
hear the piano player fart? 

Does it really affect your appreciation of the music? If it does, isn't
that a sad thing?

It's kind of like this old lady who only drives to the foodstore, once a
week, at 15 mph, saying her new M3 handles like crap (and of course some
cars handle better).

Neener neener,

Michiel

At 08:49 AM 12/17/98 -0600, you wrote:

>Well, since Michiel has chosen to publicly disagree with Steve, I must
>rally in his defense.  Come on, man!   You compare a BMW to a Civic?   And
>the Civic lost?  My, my, what a surprise!    I think you are missing
>Steve's point.   His point is that the BMW sound systems stink.   Is that
>so hard to understand?   You say that you love the sound in your car, and
>then point out that the sound quality doesn't matter?   I don't get your
>convoluted point.   Secondly, Steve paid a heck of a lot of money for his
>540 and thinks that for 50 large, the system should sound good.   I agree.
>I have a 99 528, and although it is world's better than my 88 5 car, it
>still leaves a lot to be desired.   The E28 has, by far, the worst sound
>since my 71 Pontiac with it's one speaker AM radio, that I have ever heard.
>And I have owned two E28's... And while I'm on a rant here (Hey, anyone
>from BMW NA reading this?) where the hell is my weather band?   How 'come I
>ain't got no weather band no more?   You damn cheap bastards.   You don't
>have weather in New Jersey?   Some damn bean counter somewhere figured that
>we don't need to know if it's going to snow, so they dropped it.
>
>In my extensive studies, I have determined that in the late model 5 and 7
>series cars, the DSP enhanced stereo systems sound far worse than the
>standard system.    Unfortunately, most people don't realize that until
>after they've spent the extra $1500.   Secondly, BMW has decided to replace
>the standard DIN size radio with some huge computer-integrated monstrosity
>that cannot be replaced with an after-market unit in these cars.  So, we
>are limited to replacing speakers and maybe an amplifier somewhere.  That's
>until the damn things stop working entirely (but that's another rant).
>
>So Steve, I don't know what to tell you.   We could try swapping speakers,
>that shouldn't mess up the car (if you can get the same size) and should
>help the sound, but don't expect a huge improvement.    Let me know what,
>if anything, you end up doing that works.
>
>BTW, my E36 with HK upgrade sounded decent.   My (POS) Infiniti with the
>Bose system sounded good, but nothing beat my old Buick G/N with a $2000
>Nakamichi system.    While it worked...  can't get the Jap stuff to last.
>
>Is there anyone left out there that I haven't insulted?   My apologies for
>leaving you out.
>
>Michael
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