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Originally Posted by MARKVIII  tomm, i do not agree with your post. one would think for the price of these cars (which are overpriced to begin with) the buyer assumes that the car manufacturer is putting in equipment that equals the price. i was willing to get the up level package because i thought i was getting a premium audio system that was installed from the factory. in my younger days i would rip out and replace the audio equipment but i felt this car i would not need to do that. and i still don't. i just thought i would be getting something a lot better then what i have. on the other hand edmunds (of all people) rave about the sound system in the STS. they say it is a hair under the mark levinson audio in the Lexus. do they know something we don't? |
The sound system is actually quite good if you use Audio CD'd that take advantage of the Dobly Digital or DTS signals and you have the 15 Speaker system. For normal radio use nothing comes out of the seat speakers etc. and will all of XM's bad compression and FM radio distortion the system sounds pretty junky.
I am sure the whole system costs (Speakers and Amplifiers) probably cost GM less than $900 - For over 90% of the people they will think it sounds great.. Remember this car was designed for an older age group.. Folks that do not crank it up. I agree that there should be a better option but I will still say that I doubt if they offered one that more than 10% would add it for lets say $1000 more.