XC60 MY19 - Standard sound system or Harman Kardon??

[Whippy]

My problem with this has always been that putting a quality system into what is essentially a box consisting primarily of hard plastic and glass surfaces which will then be rolled down a bumpy road and subjected to all the harmonics and sound intrusion and distortion that brings is hardly harmonious to getting the best sound stage out of anything.

[DeZemBer]

Originally Posted by S90

An upgrade in cost is not an upgrade, you can spend a lot more on Hifi equipment than cheaper alternatives but not actually gain anything it outright performance or quality, the fact that the HK system is £800 more is no guarantee it will sound any better.

I couldn't have put more caveat in my statement to distance myself from any liability in the future

[Quacker]

Originally Posted by S90

An upgrade in cost is not an upgrade, you can spend a lot more on Hifi equipment than cheaper alternatives but not actually gain anything it outright performance or quality, the fact that the HK system is £800 more is no guarantee it will sound any better.

It gets you a woofer though, so people you pass on the street can think that you are some kind of teenage hoody hoodlum as you pass them by boom-booming as you go.

[DeZemBer]

Originally Posted by Quacker

It gets you a woofer though, so people you pass on the street can think that you are some kind of teenage hoody hoodlum as you pass them by boom-booming as you go.

Really? You spent your money on a beautiful car like S90 just to become a hoodie?

[Quacker]

Originally Posted by DeZemBer

Really? You spent your money on a beautiful car like S90 just to become a hoodie?

Not me gov'. I don't like too much base, or couldn't you tell. Not partial to hoodies either [what are they hiding?].
Having said that, pumping up the volume and bass are entirely optional, but not recommended unless one really wants to enter one's fifties wearing hearing aids.

Contrary to the impression I may have given, I do like music from a quality sound system, but baulk at the prices car manufacturers now charge for branded systems extra on top of standard systems. I might consider £800 at a push, especially if the standard system were crap and was transformed by it. But £3000 is taking the pish big-time.

As I write this I'm listening to Christelle Berthon playing A Taste Of Jamiroquai on YouTube through a Bose speaker system. That will do me nicely, not too loudly, in my nice relaxed and otherwise quiet environment.