Originally Posted by the727kid
Whoa, are we talking sound quality I meant bad as in messing with it becuase Bose is a bitch. Sound wise Bose is the best stock system hands down. And Bose isn't built for bass, it's built for a smooth clean sound specifically for the car its in.
I have to disagree here. Having owned about a dozen Bose equipped Corvettes, and two Bose equiped Escalades, I have to agree with the phrase 'no highs, no lows, must be bose'.
Sure, they do some amazing things with amps, speakers and eq's. Yeah, they are designed for the car and position they are in, and considering the crappy drivers and placements they use, they sound much better than they should, but they still suck.
Best factory system? I'll take the Mark Levinson in some of the new Lexus's, the new Ford 'shaker' system, the old Mach 460, or probably even the SRT-4 kicker option as being better than the Bose.
Other than maybe the Levinson, these all suck compared to even a modest, well executed, custom setup.
And messing with Bose stuff, like adding aftermarket amps, etc., is no worse than any other factory system, and lots easier than say, BMW or Benz.
Toby