levinson lexus sound?

I have heard both, the Levinson to me doesnt sound much better than the Bose in my Escalade, however the Harmon Kardon in my Range Rover is the best i have heard ever in a factory unit, one caveat, i have the same system in my Wife's Jaguar XK8 and it isnt near as good sounding, i would percieve this to be because of the space limitations.

Kurt

I agree the HK system in BMW X5s (exactly the same as Range Rover's of course) sounds great. I haven't heard the Levinson setup though.

I believe the Linn system only comes in Aston Martins...

Arthur

I have heard levinson in the LX470 also. Not terribly impressed. I would opt (a bit lean on bass side though, but plays very clean) for the Nakamichi premium sound sytstem in the previous model LX450 which I still have. In fact I rate the Nakamichi even better than the HK in my current Mercedes G500. HK has more bass and all but still 'digital sounding' even at low treble setting. Far from state of art. I have auditioned HK in RR and that sounded much better than the Gwagen.

But then may be i was spoiled by my after market all go PPI system in my 88 Prelude. The Nak is still the best car stereo I ever had. Not full range but very musical and tonally correct.

With all the road, wind, engine, transmission and tire noise, why would someone spend that type of money on a car system??? I just don't get it. My friend has Lexus LS430 with levison system in it. It sounds good to me when the car is park in the drive way with the engine off but when the car is on the road it doesn't sound that much different than a reasonablely good system. I rather spend the money on my home system.

I don't like home audio Levenson sound. I'd never let that be a reason to buy a car either.