kf4zra
Registered Member
I bought my 2013 rspec in may. Since then I have only listened to AM and XM radio.
It's rare that I can't find one of the talk shows i prefer in xm (they are in commercial break) so I sometimes go to the music channels.
They sounded merely OK. In all honesty, my 09 Camry XLE v6's JBL sound system sounded much better. I was a little disappointed with the sound quality, but was prepared to live with it since I liked the rest of the car, and don't listen to too much music anyways.
A few weeks back I bought a 16gb sandisk flash drive and filled it with high quality (little to no compression) music. I left it plugged into the back of my tower and forgot about it. Today I happened to see the drive, and grabbed it.
Plugged it into the port in the car, and turned it on.
I certainly imagine that the people who designed this car envisioned mild mannered people buying this car and listening to classic rock, or maybe some classical music at reasonable levels.
I was cranking Rammstein at level 40 with no distortion. the mirrors were shaking so bad everything was blurry. I can personally attest that the Lexicon sound system can handle Hardcore German Industrial metal with no problems. My Camry could never come close to sounding this good. The sound was so full and complete. The Camry would get tinny at louder volumes.
I was laughing like a little girl with excitement at how damn good this stereo sounds.
I have only had her for 5 months, but after discovering how good it sounds when sourced with high quality audio I was as excited as the day I drove her off the lot. It was so loud and complete sounding that I did not hear or feel the phone in my pocket ring & vibrate and missed a call. It took about 30 min for my ears to stop ringing. (it took 4 days for them to stop ringing after the actual Rammstein show)
Just as I don't bury my foot to the floor every day, I don't plan on listening to the stereo that loud every day. But like the gas pedal response, it sure is comforting to know you have it there if you want to use it.
It's rare that I can't find one of the talk shows i prefer in xm (they are in commercial break) so I sometimes go to the music channels.
They sounded merely OK. In all honesty, my 09 Camry XLE v6's JBL sound system sounded much better. I was a little disappointed with the sound quality, but was prepared to live with it since I liked the rest of the car, and don't listen to too much music anyways.
A few weeks back I bought a 16gb sandisk flash drive and filled it with high quality (little to no compression) music. I left it plugged into the back of my tower and forgot about it. Today I happened to see the drive, and grabbed it.
Plugged it into the port in the car, and turned it on.
I certainly imagine that the people who designed this car envisioned mild mannered people buying this car and listening to classic rock, or maybe some classical music at reasonable levels.
I was cranking Rammstein at level 40 with no distortion. the mirrors were shaking so bad everything was blurry. I can personally attest that the Lexicon sound system can handle Hardcore German Industrial metal with no problems. My Camry could never come close to sounding this good. The sound was so full and complete. The Camry would get tinny at louder volumes.
I was laughing like a little girl with excitement at how damn good this stereo sounds.
I have only had her for 5 months, but after discovering how good it sounds when sourced with high quality audio I was as excited as the day I drove her off the lot. It was so loud and complete sounding that I did not hear or feel the phone in my pocket ring & vibrate and missed a call. It took about 30 min for my ears to stop ringing. (it took 4 days for them to stop ringing after the actual Rammstein show)
Just as I don't bury my foot to the floor every day, I don't plan on listening to the stereo that loud every day. But like the gas pedal response, it sure is comforting to know you have it there if you want to use it.
) inspired a USB test (Klank). zounds. amazing. there's the expected quality. DVD-A is next on the list.
