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Originally Posted by fastball
No, I've never used a DSP in 20 years of car-fi installs and in my own cars. I'll be using the M650-GM from NAV-TV, just running the standard RCA outputs to my Pioneer and Alpine amps that are about 20 years old and replace the speakers with Boston Acoustics or equivalent if I can find them (I think aftermarket BA is out of business)
That's great if you're running a system for high level competition, but for normal everyday driving it's really difficult to discern those kinds of details in a loud, moving, environment with no acoustics like a car.
You probably have a listening room in your house with properly aligned tube traps for exact acoustical tuning of your room with a system that has over $100,000 in high end equipment in it right? If you spend that kind of cash on a system in a car you're no doubt a high end audiophile.
I am installing the aftermarket system just to make it cleaner, louder, and a little more bite to the bass. For $2-3k you can make something a hundred times better than the factory Bose. I just think what you're spending yields just slightly better sound than that. Just my opinion. I don't like the sound of digitally manipulated systems. If the imaging is slightly off my system isn't going to keep me from hearing Paul McCartney's bass on Paperback Writer.
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you've been checking out my listening room at the house have you? lol
yes, I have been in love with music for over 20 years. Only after becoming an adult with a job could I truly indulge my audio fantasies.
you def do not need to break the bank to get the car cleaner, louder, with more bass. I highly recommend the M650-GM as it not only immediately creates cleaner louder and more bass given the digital output, but it will ensure that you don't have issues with loud door dings and warnings, or lack of them all together, or requiring removal of door mics, etc.
the problem, I have found, with audio, is that the once you develop an ear for listening, an improperly tuned system is like nails on a chalkboard. Every unintended double snare actually makes me physically uncomfortable. It is akin to a director trying to watch a poorly written movie. Even if he tries to simply enjoy it, he can't.
My system in the ZL1 is far from perfect. It is, afterall, a convertible. Impossible to get perfect sound in this setup. Tons of holes everywhere , impossible to seal everything up, so I didn't even try. If you look at the install, I didn't even use dynamat to reduce vibrations on the floorboard of the trunk.
But the CTS-V is as close as I can get to perfection in a vehicle. Tiled CLD on the outer door shells, complete CLD on the inner shell. layers of mass loaded vinyl and closed cell foam. Easily added over 200lbs to the car just to reduce noise and vibrations .