Bose car audio?
 

"Tim S Kemp" wrote in message
. ..
I had a Volvo which had Bose speakers once - sounded very good. (Not
sure
I
would spend 400 spons for the privelege though - car audio just ain't
that
important to me.)

Which Volvo was that? All the current ones are philips / harman / dynaudio
depending on spec level - the dynaudio oneds are excllecnt



Can't remember for sure - 340 GLE or summat? It was 1.7 lt and top spec,
IIRC. (Damn nice little car....)

('Once' = a good number of years and a good number of cars ago....)

Bose car audio?
 

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:33:37 +0100, "Stimpy"
wrote:

Given the general negative vibe about Bose products on this ng I was
wondering if anyone has any experience of living with Bose car audio
products?

I'm about to order an Audi which, for a few hundred quid, can be
upgraded to include a 'Bose Premium' amp/speakers. This also includes
the Bose 'noise reduction' system which, according to the Bose web
site, compensates for ambient/road noise.

I've only had a 5 minute demo of this add-on and, to be honest, I
couldn't really detect much of a real difference between the Audi
'Concert II' stereo system with or without the Bose options. Given
that it's a £400 option, I'm erring toward not specifying it and
sticking with the default stereo

Any opinions?

I had an A4 with Bose, and we now have a TT and an A6 with the
standard sound systems (Symphony in the A6). The Bose upgrade *does*
sound better to me (smoother frequency response due to the preset
equalisers, and more SPL without breakup), but only you can decide if
it's £400 better. The standard system isn't too shabby.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Bose car audio?
 

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:33:37 +0100, "Stimpy"
wrote:

Given the general negative vibe about Bose products on this ng I was
wondering if anyone has any experience of living with Bose car audio
products?

I'm about to order an Audi which, for a few hundred quid, can be
upgraded to include a 'Bose Premium' amp/speakers. This also includes
the Bose 'noise reduction' system which, according to the Bose web
site, compensates for ambient/road noise.

I've only had a 5 minute demo of this add-on and, to be honest, I
couldn't really detect much of a real difference between the Audi
'Concert II' stereo system with or without the Bose options. Given
that it's a £400 option, I'm erring toward not specifying it and
sticking with the default stereo

Any opinions?

I had an A4 with Bose, and we now have a TT and an A6 with the
standard sound systems (Symphony in the A6). The Bose upgrade *does*
sound better to me (smoother frequency response due to the preset
equalisers, and more SPL without breakup), but only you can decide if
it's £400 better. The standard system isn't too shabby.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Bose car audio?
 

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:33:37 +0100, "Stimpy"

wrote:

Given the general negative vibe about Bose products on this ng I
was
wondering if anyone has any experience of living with Bose car
audio
products?

I'm about to order an Audi which, for a few hundred quid, can be
upgraded to include a 'Bose Premium' amp/speakers. This also
includes
the Bose 'noise reduction' system which, according to the Bose web
site, compensates for ambient/road noise.

I've only had a 5 minute demo of this add-on and, to be honest, I
couldn't really detect much of a real difference between the Audi
'Concert II' stereo system with or without the Bose options.
Given
that it's a £400 option, I'm erring toward not specifying it and
sticking with the default stereo

Any opinions?

I had an A4 with Bose, and we now have a TT and an A6 with the
standard sound systems (Symphony in the A6). The Bose upgrade *does*
sound better to me (smoother frequency response due to the preset
equalisers, and more SPL without breakup), but only you can decide
if
it's £400 better. The standard system isn't too shabby.

Given the choice I'd rather have a Symphony without Bose in my new TT
but, annoyingly, they won't/can't fit a Symphony into a TT so I'm
having to stick with a 'Concert II'. I was hoping the Bose upgrade
might compensate a little but I think I'm going to stick with the
standard system and spend the £400 on the 6-pack CD and cruise
control.

Thanks for all the advice

__Stimpy__

Bose car audio?
 

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:33:37 +0100, "Stimpy"

wrote:

Given the general negative vibe about Bose products on this ng I
was
wondering if anyone has any experience of living with Bose car
audio
products?

I'm about to order an Audi which, for a few hundred quid, can be
upgraded to include a 'Bose Premium' amp/speakers. This also
includes
the Bose 'noise reduction' system which, according to the Bose web
site, compensates for ambient/road noise.

I've only had a 5 minute demo of this add-on and, to be honest, I
couldn't really detect much of a real difference between the Audi
'Concert II' stereo system with or without the Bose options.
Given
that it's a £400 option, I'm erring toward not specifying it and
sticking with the default stereo

Any opinions?

I had an A4 with Bose, and we now have a TT and an A6 with the
standard sound systems (Symphony in the A6). The Bose upgrade *does*
sound better to me (smoother frequency response due to the preset
equalisers, and more SPL without breakup), but only you can decide
if
it's £400 better. The standard system isn't too shabby.

Given the choice I'd rather have a Symphony without Bose in my new TT
but, annoyingly, they won't/can't fit a Symphony into a TT so I'm
having to stick with a 'Concert II'. I was hoping the Bose upgrade
might compensate a little but I think I'm going to stick with the
standard system and spend the £400 on the 6-pack CD and cruise
control.

Thanks for all the advice

__Stimpy__

Bose car audio?
 

Isn't it sad that you spend all that money on a nice car you then have to
spend more on accessories which should be included as standard.

I think things like cruise control should be standard spec these days. All
cars are pre-wired anyway so all they do is add a chip to the ECU and that's
about it. Another great rip off is the autochanger. The car is pre-wired but
they want to charge hundreds of pounds to plug in a changer which is worth
around £100.

The yanks have it right. You buy a Jeep for instance and everything is just
standard. The standard Germany spec on Audi cars too is much better than the
UK spec. It's "rip the Brit's off" again and again and ...

Anyway, I'd stick to the standard system too cos at the speeds you'll be
driving your noisy Audi at you'll never be able to appreciate another £400
spend!!

Bose car audio?
 

Isn't it sad that you spend all that money on a nice car you then have to
spend more on accessories which should be included as standard.

I think things like cruise control should be standard spec these days. All
cars are pre-wired anyway so all they do is add a chip to the ECU and that's
about it. Another great rip off is the autochanger. The car is pre-wired but
they want to charge hundreds of pounds to plug in a changer which is worth
around £100.

The yanks have it right. You buy a Jeep for instance and everything is just
standard. The standard Germany spec on Audi cars too is much better than the
UK spec. It's "rip the Brit's off" again and again and ...

Anyway, I'd stick to the standard system too cos at the speeds you'll be
driving your noisy Audi at you'll never be able to appreciate another £400
spend!!

Bose car audio?
 

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:22:02 +0100, Stimpy wrote:

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:33:37 +0100, "Stimpy"

wrote:

Given the general negative vibe about Bose products on this ng I
was
wondering if anyone has any experience of living with Bose car
audio
products?

I'm about to order an Audi which, for a few hundred quid, can be
upgraded to include a 'Bose Premium' amp/speakers. This also
includes
the Bose 'noise reduction' system which, according to the Bose web
site, compensates for ambient/road noise.

I've only had a 5 minute demo of this add-on and, to be honest, I
couldn't really detect much of a real difference between the Audi
'Concert II' stereo system with or without the Bose options.
Given
that it's a £400 option, I'm erring toward not specifying it and
sticking with the default stereo

Any opinions?

I had an A4 with Bose, and we now have a TT and an A6 with the
standard sound systems (Symphony in the A6). The Bose upgrade *does*
sound better to me (smoother frequency response due to the preset
equalisers, and more SPL without breakup), but only you can decide
if
it's £400 better. The standard system isn't too shabby.

Given the choice I'd rather have a Symphony without Bose in my new TT
but, annoyingly, they won't/can't fit a Symphony into a TT so I'm
having to stick with a 'Concert II'. I was hoping the Bose upgrade
might compensate a little but I think I'm going to stick with the
standard system and spend the £400 on the 6-pack CD and cruise
control.

For £400 (about $US600, right?), you can do a *hell* of a lot better with an
alpine head unit and infinity speakers.

Bose car audio?
 

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:22:02 +0100, Stimpy wrote:

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:33:37 +0100, "Stimpy"

wrote:

Given the general negative vibe about Bose products on this ng I
was
wondering if anyone has any experience of living with Bose car
audio
products?

I'm about to order an Audi which, for a few hundred quid, can be
upgraded to include a 'Bose Premium' amp/speakers. This also
includes
the Bose 'noise reduction' system which, according to the Bose web
site, compensates for ambient/road noise.

I've only had a 5 minute demo of this add-on and, to be honest, I
couldn't really detect much of a real difference between the Audi
'Concert II' stereo system with or without the Bose options.
Given
that it's a £400 option, I'm erring toward not specifying it and
sticking with the default stereo

Any opinions?

I had an A4 with Bose, and we now have a TT and an A6 with the
standard sound systems (Symphony in the A6). The Bose upgrade *does*
sound better to me (smoother frequency response due to the preset
equalisers, and more SPL without breakup), but only you can decide
if
it's £400 better. The standard system isn't too shabby.

Given the choice I'd rather have a Symphony without Bose in my new TT
but, annoyingly, they won't/can't fit a Symphony into a TT so I'm
having to stick with a 'Concert II'. I was hoping the Bose upgrade
might compensate a little but I think I'm going to stick with the
standard system and spend the £400 on the 6-pack CD and cruise
control.

For £400 (about $US600, right?), you can do a *hell* of a lot better with an
alpine head unit and infinity speakers.

Bose car audio?
 

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:22:02 +0100, "Stimpy"
wrote:

Given the choice I'd rather have a Symphony without Bose in my new TT
but, annoyingly, they won't/can't fit a Symphony into a TT so I'm
having to stick with a 'Concert II'. I was hoping the Bose upgrade
might compensate a little but I think I'm going to stick with the
standard system and spend the £400 on the 6-pack CD and cruise
control.

Cruise control in a TT??
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering