Thinking of trading in my 350...
04-11-06, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by vicpai
.....I have listened to many of these so called "aftermarket" systems and spent A TON of money at one point (taking advise from the "audiophile" forums). These components were nothing but a WASTE OF MONEY.....absolutely BS. The "highs" were too screechy, the base was too boomy. The sound was not at all "WELL BALANCED" and "FULL". The high end OEM systems such as the ML, are designed and engineered with the car's acoustics in mind. The sound is "just right" and "very well balanced". Besides the SURROUND SOUND ML system in the IS and GS are simply astounding (very much similar in audio quality and fidelity, to the DVD-Audio SURROUND SOUND systems in the Acura TL and RL).
....of course it also depends on your taste in music. If you primarily listen to Rap and the like, then an aftermarket system will be just fine. However, if it is important for the "fine details" of instruments to be "heard" and "felt" then the OEM ML will blow an aftermarket system out of the water.
....of course it also depends on your taste in music. If you primarily listen to Rap and the like, then an aftermarket system will be just fine. However, if it is important for the "fine details" of instruments to be "heard" and "felt" then the OEM ML will blow an aftermarket system out of the water.
I listen to all kinds of music from classical to rap to rock and the ML is good but still not as good as aftermarket. There are reasons why there are car stereo competitions and there are no ML systems wining those events. And I am not talking about big bass competitions either.
04-11-06, 02:22 PM
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[....Of course, if you're LOADED and don't want the hassle, then it's a different story.[/QUOTE]
Nope - I'm not loaded - just comfortable - I had a similar situation in '04 - I had an '02 M3 - tried trading it in on a new '04 M3 - stealer offered me 34k - I found a buyer for 39.5k, had the deal done thru' the dealer and still got my sales tax credit.
I take this as a lessons learnt to myself - rather wait and get what you want - or it will burn the back pocket!
Nope - I'm not loaded - just comfortable - I had a similar situation in '04 - I had an '02 M3 - tried trading it in on a new '04 M3 - stealer offered me 34k - I found a buyer for 39.5k, had the deal done thru' the dealer and still got my sales tax credit.
I take this as a lessons learnt to myself - rather wait and get what you want - or it will burn the back pocket!
04-11-06, 09:46 PM
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i say go with some boston acustics with a alpine nav head unit with hd raido and a alpine nice 4/5 chamnnel or the headunit/amp of choice and save alot of money. i have a ppi alpine with boston acustics in my olds and it will blow away any lexus with a ml setup in shere volume and sound quality
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