In article ,
Stimpy wrote:
It would, I suggest, be better to compare them to mass-market audio
separates from manufacturers along the lines of Rotel, NAD and
Marantz

You have to specify what you want with these - they're not a take it
or leave it package like your 'stock' Astra, etc.

This comment confuses me. Can you explain what you mean by "You have to
specify what you want with these" in relation to Rotel/NAD/Marantz kit?

Well, do you want CD? FM? DAB? Vinyl? Tape? MD? And what speakers? What
power for the amp etc? The list is pretty endless. And then there's the
cables.

Buy a music centre and you just plug it all in.

Almost no mass-market production car on the market these days is a 'take
it or leave it' product; even the 'stock' Astra (currently the 1.6
Envoy) comes with an options list. Some of these a factory fit and are
incorporated into the vehicle at build; others are dealer fit and are
added by the dealer before delivery.

I'm not the one who brought this up, but every car will have a base model
where all you can specify is the colour etc without paying more. I assume
that's what Tat Chan meant by stock.

Do NAD provide a similar options list for each of their individual
models? I think not, you buy the amp you want directly from the
catalogue/dealer and you receive that model - NAD or the dealer don't
offer factory fit or dealer fit options to modify the product.

So you buy all your equipment without auditioning it first?

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