The system 19 speaker Bowers and Wilkins system factory fitted in my Volvo actually paved the way for me to get my first hifi system after a hiatus of 30 years. I was so in love with the sound and power of the B&W system in my Volvo that I decided to look for a home system as good as the one in my Volvo. At the beginning, when visiting dealers, I used to ask for a home system that mirrored whatever I had in my Volvo. I can tell you that the disdainful looks that I got from the sales personnel put an end to that in a jiffy.
Needless to say, I now have a home system which the Volvo cannot compare with. However, that does not mean I value my the system in my Volvo any less. I still love it, but I love my home system even more.
I recently got a car for my kids and it came with a stock / plain vanilla hifi system. You can imagine my glee when my wife and kids began comparing the sound with that of the Volvo. The Volvo seems to have started my wife and kids on their own audiophile journeys as well! I am a happy man :-)
Needless to say, I now have a home system which the Volvo cannot compare with. However, that does not mean I value my the system in my Volvo any less. I still love it, but I love my home system even more.
I recently got a car for my kids and it came with a stock / plain vanilla hifi system. You can imagine my glee when my wife and kids began comparing the sound with that of the Volvo. The Volvo seems to have started my wife and kids on their own audiophile journeys as well! I am a happy man :-)