We had an ’18 Nissan Pathfinder a couple years ago with a premium Bose system in it. It never sounded particularly good if you were listening to the radio or CD. Volume wise you really couldn’t get satisfactory punch or crank on, but on a long road trip I plugged my iPod in to listen to some albums and it sounded absolutely terrific. In fact, the iPod is the best sounding input in my current Jeep as well. Better clarity, more punch. It’s all mostly lossless stuff, well as lossless as an iPod will let you have, but the point is, if I’m plugging an outboard device with a 3.5 audio cable coming out of a headphone jack and it sounds better than anything else is going on on the head unit, most likely that head unit really sucks, which would come as no surprise to any of the posters here.
What do audiophiles do in their cars?
All of you forum members with your killer home systems…what do you listen to in your cars? Do y’all have custom stereo systems? Does the quality of the stereo system actually impact your car buying decision? I have a B&O setup in my 2021 truck, which was an upgrade and sounds decent enough, but nothing compared to a typical HiFi home system.
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