Carfan94

Yes! Thank you! Unfortunately it has a fingerprint magnet giant touchscreen though…..

Carfan94

My 2010 Lexus has front and rear ashtrays! and a six disc Cd changer, features that I have never used.

Meanwhile my mom was devastated that stepdads new Grand Cherokee didn’t come with a CD player.

bitkahuna

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my 2021 LC500 has a cd player.

Stroock639

you better believe i'm still rocking the cassette adaptor! the mercedes at least has an AUX cord input, and i'm pretty sure that's also one of the last pre-bluetooth cars lol

Carfan94

Lexus didn’t get Bluetooth streaming audio until 2010.

Stroock639

the E-class i meant lol, but i imagine lexus was typically late to adopt bluetooth

Carfan94

Yeah I’m not sure on the E class, my grandparents 2010 C class however does not have BT audio, which shocked me. It does have BT phone pairing but only for calls.

MidCitiesMildMan

My moms 2010 Prius can stream audio over Bluetooth.

AJT123

Me too! It’s Bluetooth.




Don’t you have Harmon Kardon? Is it any good? I lovvvvvve this Bose stereo. It’s better than any HK I’ve heard, curious what you think. I feel like MB cost cut a bit with the HKs. Every MB with a Bose stereo rocks I’ve ever heard.

Carfan94

Is that hidden behind the LCD cassette player? That’s cool that it works with a Bluetooth cassette adapter!

SW17LS

It should be wood.

I never said otherwise.

Toys4RJill

Would it really matter?

Stroock639

yea the harmon kardon is a bit meh... i'd imagine the bose systems were better

the pioneer system in the LS blows the harmon kardon away for sheer output capability while maintaining excellent clarity, the harmon kardon also has no subwoofer whereas the LS does

in the benz you can actually turn the volume all the way up, i'm not saying you can't in the LS but it will be painfully loud lmao... i think i might've ever done that like once and i got so startled i near instantly lowered it back to like 1/4 volume

what i've never figured out is how that system with "only" 215 watts can produce such magic

AJT123

Yep. Huge Lexus enthusiast and I'm very disappointed in this move. I do really like the new GX, but the interior isn't very luxurious.

Gauge cluster finally looks good though, I agree with whomever said that.

Yep, there's a little door behind the display and it goes right in. It doesn't look too bad, that head unit. It's great. If the tape player ever gives out these head units aren't hard to find.

I've heard the Bose on the W210, W140, and this R129. All excellent. Two sub ports behind my driver's seat. Great bass and overall sound.

I have the Pioneer in my LS430 and it does get really loud. It's a pretty good system, actually excellent, for base audio.

What system is that? I want to know how many watts my R129 Bose is. LS430 with Pioneer has 178 watts.

Stroock639

the LS, were it the optional nakamichi system i think that ups the wattage to like 285 or something

wait so the watts went down in the 430?