Shout Out in Charleston
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From: Summerville SC
Shout Out in Charleston
I replaced the HU in my 2012 Base with a Kenwood, sounded a little better but not right. Replaced all the speakers with recommended ones and soundproofed the doors and back of the car. Better but still not right. I admit I am an old fart and if the radio doesn't have a balance or fader ****, I am lost. How far from the tweeter is my ear? Really? I couldn't get the thing adjusted right no matter how hard I tried. Last week we went to the Doin the Charleston vette show here in town and I came across Custom Car Stereo. I never usually give this type of business a second look because, hey, how hard can it be? I put the thing in the car myself, didn't break anything but couldn't get it to sound as good as my Nissan truck. After talking with the people for a few minutes I decided to stop over at their shop and let them have look. I went in and talked to a guy named Steve, he came out to the car and said it might just need some tuning. I asked about a conflict with the HU and the Bose amp that I left installed in the car, and he said maybe, but maybe not. I got an appointment and came back expecting it to be there for the day. The tech I worked with was named AJ and the guy is a musician. He knows what things are supposed to sound like. He came out to the car to verify what I thought was wrong and he sat in it for about a half hour, playing songs off his playlist and adjusting everything that could be adjusted on the Kenwood. Finally got to the equalizer screen and again, he just sat there with his playlist moving lines back and forth on the screen. I was sitting there while he did it and it was a pleasure to watch someone who knows what he is doing, AND he enjoys what he is doing. We got all done, it now sounds like a concert in the car. I said let's go settle up and he said...NO CHARGE! He didn't rewire anything, just played and tuned it. I told him that I had already left a deposit and as far as I was concerned, they could keep it since he spent time with me that he could have been doing something else. I drove home with a sound system deserving of being in a vette. . 4 hours later Steve, my original contact called to check up on everything and make sure I was happy. The bottom line here is that if you need ANY kind of stereo work done in the Charleston area. Go see these guys. They match internet pricing. And they know what the word SERVICE means in the term CUSTOMER SERVICE. I cannot recommend them highly enough. Tell them the guy with the red C6 sent you. 
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Sumter, SC
I replaced the HU in my 2012 Base with a Kenwood, sounded a little better but not right. Replaced all the speakers with recommended ones and soundproofed the doors and back of the car. Better but still not right. I admit I am an old fart and if the radio doesn't have a balance or fader ****, I am lost. How far from the tweeter is my ear? Really? I couldn't get the thing adjusted right no matter how hard I tried. Last week we went to the Doin the Charleston vette show here in town and I came across Custom Car Stereo. I never usually give this type of business a second look because, hey, how hard can it be? I put the thing in the car myself, didn't break anything but couldn't get it to sound as good as my Nissan truck. After talking with the people for a few minutes I decided to stop over at their shop and let them have look. I went in and talked to a guy named Steve, he came out to the car and said it might just need some tuning. I asked about a conflict with the HU and the Bose amp that I left installed in the car, and he said maybe, but maybe not. I got an appointment and came back expecting it to be there for the day. The tech I worked with was named AJ and the guy is a musician. He knows what things are supposed to sound like. He came out to the car to verify what I thought was wrong and he sat in it for about a half hour, playing songs off his playlist and adjusting everything that could be adjusted on the Kenwood. Finally got to the equalizer screen and again, he just sat there with his playlist moving lines back and forth on the screen. I was sitting there while he did it and it was a pleasure to watch someone who knows what he is doing, AND he enjoys what he is doing. We got all done, it now sounds like a concert in the car. I said let's go settle up and he said...NO CHARGE! He didn't rewire anything, just played and tuned it. I told him that I had already left a deposit and as far as I was concerned, they could keep it since he spent time with me that he could have been doing something else. I drove home with a sound system deserving of being in a vette. . 4 hours later Steve, my original contact called to check up on everything and make sure I was happy. The bottom line here is that if you need ANY kind of stereo work done in the Charleston area. Go see these guys. They match internet pricing. And they know what the word SERVICE means in the term CUSTOMER SERVICE. I cannot recommend them highly enough. Tell them the guy with the red C6 sent you.
