First Month New 2022 Ultra Luxury
04-06-22, 04:35 PM
#31
Instructor
Yeah, my wife's old RAV4 is crystal white pearl. It hides dust and pollen better than most colors from a few feet away. The other major benefit of white is in the summer time the surface is a lot cooler too. I have an Infrared Thermometer gun for measurement and the difference is drastic. In the dog days of summer the hottest spot on my caviar ES300h is 30 degrees hotter compare to hottest spot on the white RAV4. The side facing the sun can get hot to the touch by 9AM in July/August.
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04-06-22, 11:57 PM
#32
Driver School Candidate
So I've tried various sources and can easily and readily distinguish the jumps in sound quality but as you go up the food chain, the increased returns are minimal.
That wireless apple car play dongle thing=POOR
FM radio=poor. not-acceptable for anything but talk radio or very casual music background noise type stuff.
Satellite streaming=noticeable jump, barely acceptable. barely.
spotify streaming wireless BT=significant jump. decent.
spotify streaming wired=minor jump. decent.
I haven't tested FLAC on CD or however you guys are doing FLAC. i don't have the energy to primarily cause spotify streaming is good enough. when i listen to wired music, it's mostly cause i am using wired ACP. the music is just a side benefit.
You can also tell the quality jumps with the sub and amp combo. that probably helps too.
That wireless apple car play dongle thing=POOR
FM radio=poor. not-acceptable for anything but talk radio or very casual music background noise type stuff.
Satellite streaming=noticeable jump, barely acceptable. barely.
spotify streaming wireless BT=significant jump. decent.
spotify streaming wired=minor jump. decent.
I haven't tested FLAC on CD or however you guys are doing FLAC. i don't have the energy to primarily cause spotify streaming is good enough. when i listen to wired music, it's mostly cause i am using wired ACP. the music is just a side benefit.
You can also tell the quality jumps with the sub and amp combo. that probably helps too.
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landonm86 (04-07-22)
04-07-22, 04:02 AM
#33
Pit Crew
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04-07-22, 05:22 AM
#34
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LexFinally (04-07-22)
04-07-22, 05:35 AM
#35
Instructor
You should check out TIDAL. It lets you download to your phone audio files in FLAC and you can then play them on your ML system. You can also listen through smart TV's, Apple TV's, and on your computer. You get a 30 day free trial. It's a great site with lots of variety. What I really like is that from songs you choose or genres, it uses creates similar song playlists and I have found them to be pretty comprehensive and quite good. It is a bit expensive if you go with the TOP tier plan for the highest audio quality but it might be worth it if you use it enough. Keep in mind that to avoid high data usage I would avoid streaming the high quality content through cellular data and only use WiFi or download them directly to your phone. Give it a shot you have 30 days to cancel. Let us know what you think if you do try it.
04-07-22, 07:32 AM
#36
Lexus Test Driver
You should check out TIDAL. It lets you download to your phone audio files in FLAC and you can then play them on your ML system. You can also listen through smart TV's, Apple TV's, and on your computer. You get a 30 day free trial. It's a great site with lots of variety. What I really like is that from songs you choose or genres, it uses creates similar song playlists and I have found them to be pretty comprehensive and quite good. It is a bit expensive if you go with the TOP tier plan for the highest audio quality but it might be worth it if you use it enough. Keep in mind that to avoid high data usage I would avoid streaming the high quality content through cellular data and only use WiFi or download them directly to your phone. Give it a shot you have 30 days to cancel. Let us know what you think if you do try it.
04-07-22, 07:58 AM
#37
Instructor
It is astounding to see how little streaming service are paying their artists. TIDAL is paying their artists more compare to some other streaming company that exploit their artists then turn around and use it to fund a huge talking head that spout misinformation. It goes to show in this day and age misinformation can be a very profitable enterprise.
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04-07-22, 09:11 AM
#38
Lexus Test Driver
It is astounding to see how little streaming service are paying their artists. TIDAL is paying their artists more compare to some other streaming company that exploit their artists then turn around and use it to fund a huge talking head that spout misinformation. It goes to show in this day and age misinformation can be a very profitable enterprise.
Fifteen or so minutes every morning I'm listening to news anyway on HD radio.
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wmoor004 (04-07-22)
04-07-22, 09:34 AM
#39
Instructor
I used to listen to a ton of XM especially the comedy channels. Some of the best clips are on Comedy Greats and NetFlix is a joke radio. Some jokes made me laughed so hard I almost ended up in a ditch a few times during my commute.
04-07-22, 01:20 PM
#41
Easy to keep clean? As easy as most other colors. It's a fairly dark color, so you see streaks of dirt you left if you missed a spot, but that's true of pretty much any car.
Overall, I like it a lot. Everybody agrees that Mazda's red is the best in the business, but this one's very good IMO. Very brilliant with lustrous metalflakes.
04-07-22, 01:38 PM
#42
Instructor
Shows dirt, but less than the black car I had before it. Even when not perfectly clean, it's a bright enough color that it doesn't immediately look dingy, which can be a problem with both black and white cars.
Easy to keep clean? As easy as most other colors. It's a fairly dark color, so you see streaks of dirt you left if you missed a spot, but that's true of pretty much any car.
Overall, I like it a lot. Everybody agrees that Mazda's red is the best in the business, but this one's very good IMO. Very brilliant with lustrous metalflakes.
Easy to keep clean? As easy as most other colors. It's a fairly dark color, so you see streaks of dirt you left if you missed a spot, but that's true of pretty much any car.
Overall, I like it a lot. Everybody agrees that Mazda's red is the best in the business, but this one's very good IMO. Very brilliant with lustrous metalflakes.
04-07-22, 04:43 PM
#43
It's funny you should say that, because I got this car in early January, and here in the great Midwest I've seen the car under sunlight for a total of about 5 minutes. I'm barely exaggerating.
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RobertJay (04-08-22)
04-07-22, 04:59 PM
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Instructor
04-07-22, 08:07 PM
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