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Never been able to justify diverting that much money to a car...

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In Reply to: RE: I just spoke to a car audio buff here at the office... posted by AbeCollins on April 11, 2017 at 12:43:27

I have thought that getting an upscale car to access the higher quality stereo options might be the way to go, but I guess I'd rather roll with my $25k Camry and use the $30k - $40k savings for the home stereo. That's where I really care how things sound.

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RE: Never been able to justify diverting that much money to a car... - AbeCollins 07:52:54 04/14/17 (0)
There was a time when Toyota had a base stereo system and offered an upgrade. I don't know how they're doing it today.

The upgrade stereo was about $1000 and well worth it. I passed on the upgrade years ago in my 4Runner and regretted it. I ended up letting a car stereo shop upgrade the stereo and speakers which cost me about $1000 but it never matched the audio quality of the 4Runners with factory upgraded stereo.

So it's not just a luxury car thing. Additionally, the decision to upgrade might depend on the car itself. I had a sport coupe with manual transmission and some aftermarket work for performance. I suppose I could have upgraded the stereo but I preferred hearing the engine rev and the exhaust note. ;-)

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