I do not currently own a Genesis but have completed four test drives now and hope to own one soon. In one of the test drives I drove a V8 with the Tech Package which includes the upgraded Lexcion sound system. After hearing so much around this sound system I had high expectations but came away disappointed. I thought I might share a little bit here to see if others are having similar experiences. Obviously the owners (as opposed to me) have had much more time to fully critique the sound quality.
Personally, I don't think I look for too much in a car sound system but unfortunately I find most don't meet my requirements. First, I wish car companies would place more emphasis on amp quality and speaker sensitivity (db/watt). What I find is that many car stereos sound good when all the windows are rolled up but when you roll one down many don't have the volume to hear the music well. I'm not sure whether the Genesis falls in to this category or not. Secondly, I feel the sound system should allow you to broadly balance all the frequencies across the range. Adjustment of bass and treble on most systems will allow you to do this but here is where I feel the High-end Lexicon system has fallen short. Let me elaborate.
In my 2003 Honda Accord I have the bass set to -3. No one would consider me to be someone that is a "bassaholic." It sounds fine when all the windows are rolled up but doesn't have the volume when a window is rolled down (not too surprising given the system). Recently I drove a V8 Genesis with the Tech Package which included the high-end Lexicon system. I thought the mids and highs sounded great. What I could not believe was the lack of bass. I had it at +10, had the fader set to the middle of the car, and ran through every sound option I could find. Nothing seemed to be set incorrectly and yet the bass was far less pronounced than what I hear in my 2003 Honda Accord set at -3.
To be honest, I just don't get it. Are others hearing the same from their sound systems? Where is your bass currently set? Is there a trend toward people really having to turn the bass up?
My hope was that something was either broken or a setting wasn't correct on the Geneis I drove because I just don't see how a system that has a subwoofer could have far less bass than one that doesn't but I'm certain what I heard. Ultimately, I never thought a stock stereo system wouldn't have enough bass for me, again, because I'm not a bassaholic, but I'm starting to wonder about what my options might be for the Genesis in this case and that depresses me a bit since I'm someone that mostly likes to keep a car completely stock rather than customizing anything.
Any opinions or thoughts appreciated.
Personally, I don't think I look for too much in a car sound system but unfortunately I find most don't meet my requirements. First, I wish car companies would place more emphasis on amp quality and speaker sensitivity (db/watt). What I find is that many car stereos sound good when all the windows are rolled up but when you roll one down many don't have the volume to hear the music well. I'm not sure whether the Genesis falls in to this category or not. Secondly, I feel the sound system should allow you to broadly balance all the frequencies across the range. Adjustment of bass and treble on most systems will allow you to do this but here is where I feel the High-end Lexicon system has fallen short. Let me elaborate.
In my 2003 Honda Accord I have the bass set to -3. No one would consider me to be someone that is a "bassaholic." It sounds fine when all the windows are rolled up but doesn't have the volume when a window is rolled down (not too surprising given the system). Recently I drove a V8 Genesis with the Tech Package which included the high-end Lexicon system. I thought the mids and highs sounded great. What I could not believe was the lack of bass. I had it at +10, had the fader set to the middle of the car, and ran through every sound option I could find. Nothing seemed to be set incorrectly and yet the bass was far less pronounced than what I hear in my 2003 Honda Accord set at -3.
To be honest, I just don't get it. Are others hearing the same from their sound systems? Where is your bass currently set? Is there a trend toward people really having to turn the bass up?
My hope was that something was either broken or a setting wasn't correct on the Geneis I drove because I just don't see how a system that has a subwoofer could have far less bass than one that doesn't but I'm certain what I heard. Ultimately, I never thought a stock stereo system wouldn't have enough bass for me, again, because I'm not a bassaholic, but I'm starting to wonder about what my options might be for the Genesis in this case and that depresses me a bit since I'm someone that mostly likes to keep a car completely stock rather than customizing anything.
Any opinions or thoughts appreciated.
I would still love to take an SPL meter and run a frequency sweep to gain some more specifics like really seeing what is happening below 1Khz. What does 40Hz look like compared to 80Hz and what does 80Hz look like compared 200, etc.? Are there any anomolys that stand out in that range below 1Khz. Of course if someone were to go to the trouble to do this that might as well take notes across the full range from 20Hz - 20,000Hz. It just might be interesting data to see. This leads me to throw out a proposition to anyone on the forum.
