[jimdgoulding]

Talkin about quiet compartments, my daughter's new Dodge Ram truck is luxuriously quiet.  Boomy bass with her factory system but a nice room- it's like a high rise apartment up in there- to work with.

[enjoythemusic]

For a few years i was a sound quality judge for IASCA (mid to late 1990s, sometimes partnered with tech ed of CAE/CSR Bill Burton) and years before that helped with custom car audio installs (late 80s to early 90s in FL). Yes, you can get very impressive car audio sound for 'reasonable' money. Great suggestion would sound isolation (read Dynamat the door panels, etc) first. Reduce the floor level noise, THEN add in quality drivers and amplification/source unit. Of course speaker POSITIONING and system tuning are key, so seek a talented installer with a good set of ears.

Cost? A few grand to far, far more.

As for the Bentley, the sound was good yet there is far better out there (judging sound quality, not the car). Have not tried the Pana yet. i use standard IASCA parameters and disc to judge the Bentley.

[rollo]

Hey Steve good to see you around again. I'm still loving my Consonance Cyber 211 thank you. Great call.



charles

[Barry_NJ]

Car audio...

I love the sound of my turbos spooling and the rumble of my straight through exhaust

[Pez]

Is it even possible to get high quality sound in your car??

Not in my car.

This is one of those attempts to quantify who thinks what sounds good. My opinion, you can never get great sound in your car, you can get amazing bass, wonderful highs, but nothing like what you can get in your home period.

Other people will/have said that my opinion on the topic is wrong headed, that while you may never be able to get decent believable imaging soundstaging and dimensionality to a car setup, that isn't necessarily the goal, just getting high quality intelligibility, lowering your sound floor, and decent SPL is what your goal should be in car.

[doug s.]

Is it even possible to get high quality sound in your car??

i have a hot-rodded 3.0 w/headers and custom exhaust in my 86 alfa gtv6, and headers on the otherwise stock 351 cleveland in my de tomaso pantera, and both sound freaking awesome!!!  no stereo, tho..   

doug s.

[mjosef]

Yeah its possible, I rode a few times in Levi's audiophile-mobile and it sounds darn good, better than some home systems I have heard.   
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?action=gallery;area=browse;album=1630#

Its called 'Pimp My Ride'