Autos with stock awsome sound systems; Recomend?

Jsd,

Quite please with the Levinson system in my '06 Lexus GS300. Its 14 speakers w/ 330 watts are very clear even at 18 year old levels :) with not a hint of breakup! Most impressive to me though, is how nicely it images.

Good luck on your search.

Cheers,
Garry

Why buy a car around audio system? I mean to say there are gizmos for sale in Crutchfield and so fourth that allow you to keep stock unit and optimize its sound, speakers are easy to swap and if your spending big bucks deal with the car you really weant then tweak it. My Enovy's Bose system is pretty good but not exceptional. My parents have a couple of Lexus systems and they dont sound all that great.

I had Bose systems in my last two cars and was not at all impressed with their performance.

The sound was always "in your face," including loose bass and punched up EQ sounding mids and highs. I even set the EQ to "below flat," in an attempt to repair the skewed frequency problems, to no avail.

Last week I bought a BMW X-5 and the sound system in it is really excellent.

Now I find myself listening to CD or radio every time I get in this car, and actually liking it. I can't say who built the sound system. It's not marked up with logos like most.

Bently has Naim system.

My Acura MDX with the premium sound system sounds really good. In the Car and Driver comparo with other luxury SUV's the MDX took top honors in driving performance as well as the stereo sound. When I get stuck in Bay Area commute traffic I just switch from driver to listener mode and enjoy the music rather than get frustrated with traffic. Standard with XM receiver. Only drawback is really crappy AM when I listen to the news. Fun car too if you get the magneto-rheological sport suspension!