Electric and Hybrid Car Thread

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I think it usually is farmed out, at least the speakers I've pulled out of vehicles usually had another brands markings on it too. It's just a matter of whether they pick low grade stuff, decent stuff but don't use it as a marketing point, a well-known but ultimately overhyped for what it is brand like Bose or JBL and try to market it, or something really high end most people have never heard of and very few would actually appreciate.

Since in a car there's always outside noise and my hearing is half fucked now anyways I'm usually happy with either of the middle two options. The JBL system in our Rav4 and the Bose system in my parents old G35 sounded pretty good, but so did the unmarked systems in my Celica and Prelude. I just can't handle complete trash like what Jeep uses.

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Originally Posted by Hondaracer

G37 has a Bose system, sounds pretty good

I was just using Bose as an example though, like contract out the system to an actual audio company as opposed to using proprietary hardware from your own brand

Fair point. But overall my experience with branded audio has mostly been a big fat meh with Bose being one of the worst. The only time I've ever thought wow this is good was the Bowers in the X5, and it's a $6000 standalone option.

Is it good? Yes. Is it 6000 good? That's hard for me to quantify.

Originally Posted by underscore

I think it usually is farmed out, at least the speakers I've pulled out of vehicles usually had another brands markings on it too. It's just a matter of whether they pick low grade stuff, decent stuff but don't use it as a marketing point, a well-known but ultimately overhyped for what it is brand like Bose or JBL and try to market it, or something really high end most people have never heard of and very few would actually appreciate.

Since in a car there's always outside noise and my hearing is half fucked now anyways I'm usually happy with either of the middle two options. The JBL system in our Rav4 and the Bose system in my parents old G35 sounded pretty good, but so did the unmarked systems in my Celica and Prelude. I just can't handle complete trash like what Jeep uses.

Most brands have a "ready made" system ready to put in, so standard amp, head, and speaker set. They get custom brackets for each model and the same pieces get put into each car. The rear passenger speaker blew in my dad's Genesis Coupe. I ordered a new speaker on ebay for $100 and it fits all that generation of Genesis cars and Sonata as well.

From reading about R&D posts, BMW USED to have HK do actual R&D in their cars and customize the speaker sets, but that was the E chassis era. HK became a standardized set in the F chassis cars and honestly the HK set in my M3 is also a big fat meh. The bass is muddy, the high non-existent, but yes it is better than the base audio system.