Corvette stereo = letdown
Instructor
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From: East of Atlanta GA
Originally Posted by chriswtx
My 2004 with 3300miles on it has a pass. door speaker that sounds blown when certain bass notes are hit. All the other speakers sound "ok" not great for a $48K car.... 
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From: ================== Houston, Texas www.englandgreen.com ================== Necessary Evil™ __________
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14
Originally Posted by RocketJ
Holy Crap, I hope you have the roof latched on tight with that setup.
Looks good!.
RocketJ
Looks good!.
RocketJ
It's not that loud, honest 
Melting Slicks
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From: Machine Silver Z06 The Golden State......... Bay Area
St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by TomZ
Say.... now that you brought it up..
I have an automatic and it's better than a manual (just joking)!
I have an automatic and it's better than a manual (just joking)!
Seriously though, The Bose Stereo in the Vette is decent at best imho. At first I was pleased with it but after some time I'm feeling an upgrade.
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From: Kona Hawaii
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05
Originally Posted by VLVETTE
Heck I grew up on ZZ Top, Johnny Winter, Trower, Zepplin all at 11 on the volume. From what I can still hear my Vette system is just fine. HUH?
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Originally Posted by pyro5o
Dump the Blows!
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From: Rehoboth MA . . . NRA Life Member
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
I have to agree. I have Bose speakers on my home stereo and have always enjoyed their rich full sound.
When I bought my 04 Z06 I noticed the Bose sound system and thought; great! I played a few tunes while on the test drive and thought I need to do some adjusting, how wrong I was. For a car that sells for over $52,000 at least 2 things come to mind that could easily be improved; the sound system and the head lamps.
I also have a 1999 Dodge Dakota SLE. The sound system that came with the truck is made through Infinity. It's an 80 watt system complete with 6 Infinity speakers, allot of power, for me, and superb sound. Wish Chevrolet went with Infinity instead of Bose.
Bob
When I bought my 04 Z06 I noticed the Bose sound system and thought; great! I played a few tunes while on the test drive and thought I need to do some adjusting, how wrong I was. For a car that sells for over $52,000 at least 2 things come to mind that could easily be improved; the sound system and the head lamps.
I also have a 1999 Dodge Dakota SLE. The sound system that came with the truck is made through Infinity. It's an 80 watt system complete with 6 Infinity speakers, allot of power, for me, and superb sound. Wish Chevrolet went with Infinity instead of Bose.
Bob
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From: Naples Florida
Last night I was out cruising around and had Pink Floyd playing. Hearing this how Godawful my stock stereo sounds just makes me wanna hurl. No bass whatsoever, and the highs stinks too. I plan on next year on saving up and getting an all new system. I think GM is in cahootz with the aftermarket stereo guys because they knew that alot of us would hate the stock unit and go with the aftermarket.
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From: Gilbert AZ
Originally Posted by BrightRed C5 SWFL
Last night I was out cruising around and had Pink Floyd playing. Hearing this how Godawful my stock stereo sounds just makes me wanna hurl.
I was playing U2 the other day and I had to turn it down instead of up.
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From: Evans, GA
It is always easy to identify people who always want soemmthing different in the way of audio quality in an automobile. Quality audio in a moving car is an oxyomoran. Not going to happen, just get use to it.
Just turn up the volume, remove or drop the top and drive on a crowded expressway in the city and be happy.
Just turn up the volume, remove or drop the top and drive on a crowded expressway in the city and be happy.