I wish auto makers would stop putting in BOSE stereos. I hate them.

[StageLeft]

I've had two cars with blose stereos. In one of them the CD player eventually stopped working, for the most part, and would give a CD Err most of the time. In the one I'm using now the sound is good, when it works. However, with every rotation of the disk there is a tiny sound that you can hear if you're looking for it, and if there is any condensation in the car (like it's raining outside and you don't have AC on), forget about it. CD Err all over the place. Also it skips over holes that a 10 year old $80 cd player wouldn't skip on and it's really susceptible to scratched disks. It basically needs a brand new disk to play properly.

Oh, and lastly you can't even change the speakers when the stock inevitably break because blose uses a non-standard impedence, so you need to buy more of their crap or get an expensive adapter.

 

[gigapet]

stop buying those cars. or opt for the no stereo option and buy aftermarket components. whatever you do stop whining about it.

 

[biostud]

Buy Audi

 

[Cal166]

Originally posted by: biostud
Buy Audi

Doesn't Audi also uses Bose? My friend's A4 has Bose system in his car.

Btw, My car also has a Bose System, It sounds nice but the CD player messes up once in a blue moon. Luckily i installed a 6 CD changer in the trunk along with it so am okay.

 

[bleeb]

Yeah man BOSE sucks. Word up!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Yes, Blose is crap. Unfortunately, many auto manufacturers chose this garbage when they design their cars because the designers are generally fvcking clueless when it comes to quality audio systems. I didn't get the GLE model when I bought my Maxima because I don't really care about leather and because I didn't want the crappy Bose stereo they put in the GLE.

 

[vegetation]

Yea, Bose car audio stuff is pure low quality junk. Only sounds good because of the tons of equalization they use, which also means you can't attach 3rd party speakers without the whole system sounding like crap.

 

[MaxDSP]

one of the few things I'll agree with you on. I bought my car used so I had no choice but I'm looking at my options and considering an upgrade to something better.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: gigapet
stop buying those cars. or opt for the no stereo option and buy aftermarket components. whatever you do stop whining about it.

That was about as constructive as an essay by 50 cent on colonial history.

Unfortunately, many auto manufacturers chose this garbage when they design their cars because the designers are generally fvcking clueless when it comes to quality audio systems. I

I think more than that it's customers who know no better. They think it's good and a selling point. Hell, I used it as a selling point on the car I just sold, even though the damn cd player didn't work anymore.

 

[daniel1113]

Why should they stop? 90% of people think Bose equates to quality, so it is a great marketing scheme.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: gigapet
stop buying those cars. or opt for the no stereo option and buy aftermarket components. whatever you do stop whining about it.

That was about as constructive as an essay by 50 cent on colonial history.

Unfortunately, many auto manufacturers chose this garbage when they design their cars because the designers are generally fvcking clueless when it comes to quality audio systems. I

I think more than that it's customers who know no better. They think it's good and a selling point. Hell, I used it as a selling point on the car I just sold, even though the damn cd player didn't work anymore.

same can be sound about your complaint.

 

[Ronstang]

I appreciate the Nakamichi sound system in my car every day. Bose has always been crap.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: gigapet
stop buying those cars. or opt for the no stereo option and buy aftermarket components. whatever you do stop whining about it.

That was about as constructive as an essay by 50 cent on colonial history.

Unfortunately, many auto manufacturers chose this garbage when they design their cars because the designers are generally fvcking clueless when it comes to quality audio systems. I

I think more than that it's customers who know no better. They think it's good and a selling point. Hell, I used it as a selling point on the car I just sold, even though the damn cd player didn't work anymore.

same can be sound about your complaint.

Stop posting.

 

[lancestorm]

Unfortunately, many auto manufacturers chose this garbage when they design their cars because the designers are generally fvcking clueless when it comes to quality audio systems. I

I think more than that it's customers who know no better. They think it's good and a selling point. Hell, I used it as a selling point on the car I just sold, even though the damn cd player didn't work anymore.

Exactly right. Bose is popular with the unknowledgable masses. A friend in college got me red in the face mad because he refused to believe there were products better than Bose no matter what I told him. Still gets me a little riled up.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: gigapet
stop buying those cars. or opt for the no stereo option and buy aftermarket components. whatever you do stop whining about it.

That was about as constructive as an essay by 50 cent on colonial history.

Unfortunately, many auto manufacturers chose this garbage when they design their cars because the designers are generally fvcking clueless when it comes to quality audio systems. I

I think more than that it's customers who know no better. They think it's good and a selling point. Hell, I used it as a selling point on the car I just sold, even though the damn cd player didn't work anymore.

same can be sound about your complaint.

Stop posting.

haha good point

 

[Hammer]

no problems with the harmon kardon that came with my car.

 

[MagicConch]

My cars have Mark Levinson and I like it, although it probably wouldn't be a deal breaker if they came with Bose instead.

 

[m2kewl]

i guess your sound system sucks, eh?

 

[spacejamz]

I upgraded the system in my 2000 TL which had a bose system...

the speakers looked like the cheap $10 ones from Radio shack w/ paper cones and all...

I can't believe how many people think that this is the greatest thing since sliced bread (guess Bose marketing does their job well)...

 

[SirBrass]

Originally posted by: vegetation
Yea, Bose car audio stuff is pure low quality junk. Only sounds good because of the tons of equalization they use, which also means you can't attach 3rd party speakers without the whole system sounding like crap.

but bose adaptive suspension rocks

 

[Triforceofcourage]

Bose makes over priced speakers but I wouldn't say they suck

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: gigapet
stop buying those cars. or opt for the no stereo option and buy aftermarket components. whatever you do stop whining about it.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Whenever I go to the ATL Auto Show, I bring a CD with me to test out the various audio systems. This year I tested premium audio systems in the Infiniti G35, FX45, Acura RL, BMW 3-series, Mercedes CLS55, and Audi S4. The CD I used was "No Silence" by ATB. With the exception of the BMW, all of the cars had some variant of a Bose-designed audio system. Which sounded the best by far? The BMW 330Ci (E46) with the premium Harmon/Kardon sound system (Not Logic 7).

The one car I wanted to test but was unable to do so was the Chrysler 300C with Boston Acoustics speakers. I was also disappointed that Lexus did not let people play with the CD changers in the new GS.

 

[Juice Box]

haha...thats what you get for being a nissan Fanboi.....

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: gigapet
stop buying those cars. or opt for the no stereo option and buy aftermarket components. whatever you do stop whining about it.

Most new car dashes have such crazy designs these days that a lot of them will not even accept an aftermarket system unless you are willing to live with an ugly dash. This isn't all cars but I see more and more where aftermarket really isn't an option. Luckily most new cars have a pretty decent system for older people like me. I still like my music, and loud is good sometimes, but it isn't important to me that people three streets over have to listen to it with me.