As a musician, I'm really looking forward to checking it out. Certainly hope it's amazing sound.

 

Looks like you also got a TV and prob. Furniture. Heck, you can spend $15,000 on a "system" and the TV / Furniture / Remote / Warranties / Labor and tax could cost you some $12,000.

Just curious, How about we go into a little more details and tell us what speakers / Receiver you bought at Best Buy?

 

Traditional complaints from those with hearing loss no doubt.

 

Lol, you want me to go take a pic of the model #'s?? I just posted a pic of spending almost $35,000 at best buy over the last year and you think that I don't have what I say I do? They do not sell furniture and there was no ''labor''. Sorry for my ignorance, I did include the tv in the 15,000. Dont hate, appreciate! lmao

 

I'm actually disappointed in the sound on my 3LT system. Maybe there is a problem with it! I think it sounds the same as my C6. I put my hand over the sub and was disappointed in the air movement. Maybe I should have the dealer check it out! I am using high bit rate USB source music in case you're curious.

I wish the sub had a separate control on the tone settings. For those of you enjoying the sound, how do you have your settings adjusted!

Anyone else less than impressed?

 

The Bose system in the 2LT/3LT is very good. One complaint people have mentioned is too much bass. I'd suggest turning on the Bose Centerpoint setting, as it helps that issue a lot.

For some reason certain people immediately jump to the conclusion that Centerpoint will mess up their music, but that's not the case. Unless you feel your car is a recording studio and you need to hear and adjust the music like a mixing engineer, the Centerpoint system sounds great. Switch to Centerpoint, then up the treble a bit, and perhaps some other minor adjustments to suit your music, and you're there.

The XM system sounds very good, but you really should be doing this with a SD card or music stored on USB, because it will be much better quality than XM.

Musical tip of the day.

 

No hating here. So you are in the construction business and own the boom you used and used your friends to help you lift the equipment into your home since no "labor" was involved?

Not doubting what you spent, just wondering what you spend it on. They DO sell furniture, HT seats, equipment racks etc. but that's besides the point. I've listen to 30K systems Best Buy installed and it sounded like crap since it wasn't properly placed and calibrated.

I was in the business for over 10 years and am curious what this $15,000 system that you think sounds better than the Bose system in your C7 is.

 

I have mine set on centerpoint, all three tone settings up a couple notches from the middle. I am using a flash drive. Love it.

 

I rented the equipment for $150, yes my friends helped. Best buy didn't install it. The receiver is a Marantz, speakers are all B&W, Sharp 80" Aquos 3d Tv, hell just the rear speakers were 750 a piece. It sounds great, knocks stuff off the shelves 2 floors down when I watch a movie loud. It was never calibrated. All I was doing was giving my opinion of the cars stereo.

 

Just one more 3LT system car owner here - who thinks the Bose system sounds terrific. It definitely does require playing with it, and adjustment. But once that's accomplished, my opinion is that it's a great audio system (for a car).

 

As an audiophile who has spent many years on the a'phile forums, I can tell you that Home theater surround sound and music reproduction are 2 different things. Music demands balance throughout the whole spectrum of bass, midrange and treble. One difference among many is that Home theater demands very loose bass to replicate the explosions and midrange to replicate dialogue. Music demands very tight bass which is not really what you want with HT.
So it's not that surprising that a car stereo may sound better with music than a HT system because they are designed for 2 different and distinct things.

Indeed the small space helps a lot. Plus you euphoria over a new car does much more than you might expect. I doubt that there is any music or HT system which can play wide open without distortion. Yet you made that claim about the C7 system. Music and its reproduction are a very emotional and subjective subject. I'm glad you are having great time with your new C7

I don't think calibration & room treatments is the answer. see my comments above.

Hearing loss? I suspect you've never heard Bose A/B'd against a good stereo system with equipment IE Conrad Johnson, BAT, VAC, Theta, Vandersteen, etc etc. Go over to audio asylum or Audiogon forums and ask them about Bose.
I have a high $$$ home stereo system and the OEM Bose system in my Vette. I enjoy both. I love to drive and listen to music. But I would never compare the Bose to my home system.

 

Glad to hear it sounds so awesome.

Definitely disappointed in the Bose system in the C6

 

Speaker placement and calibration might make is sound a heck of a lot better. I've seen people spend $30K for a pair of speakers, place them incorrectly and sound horrible.

I was just wondering what you had for $15k that sounded worse than the Bose system in our cars. I personally don't like the Bose system, too boomy missing a good bit all around. But that's just me, everyone has different taste.

 

One simple question, are you describing the improved C7 sound quality with, or, without the car running?
My 2010 GS vert sounds amazing with the engine off and accessory on, not so great with the top up and engine [and road] noise masking the sound quality, top down is totally useless!
I have an Infiniti M with an excellent sound system [extra speakers in the headrest] due to the very quiet cabin, but I bought my Vettes for other reasons then to listen to high quality music.
Glad to read that my future C7 vert will have an improved sound system, but IMO, not critical to most Vette owners.

 

I suspect the Bose bass is tight compared to the bass in his HT setup. And I doubt it misses anymore than the HT setup.

Putting a good sounding music playback system is not easy and demands a lot of attention. Some speakers place easy and others are very difficult to get proper placement. You can put 2 top tier components together and they sound terrible because they just don't play well together. Add in that most HT systems are diald in to play dialogue and explosions rather than the full music spectrum and it's not that surprising that his HT system doesn't do that well with music.

BTW, I'm no Bose fan either. But setting up a simple stereo system is tough enough. Getting good music reproduction from a HT system is even tougher. GM paid many thousands of $$$ setting up a stereo system in the Corvette

 

you posted a best buy receipt? how shallow are you? Corvette owners are the biggest pompous asses on the planet truthfully.

 

In his defense, he was simply providing proof that he really did purchase $15K in stereo equipment. How you got to the assumption, that someone who only provided proof to support their statement after literally being called a liar.. is now being a "pompous ***" is pretty amazing.

And also shallow in itself.

 

I agree that centerpoint is the best - curious as to why? less processing altercation to the signal?, more balanced? Please comment...

 

In my C6, I replaced the speakers with much more efficient Polks and added some tweeters in the front. I also disconnected the center speaker.

Hopefully I'll be able to do similar in the C7 as those simple steps GREATLY improved the sound system

 

Folks, the real lesson here is that spending $15K on a home theater sound system is a reprehensible waste of money.

... Unless maybe your living room is the size of a banquet hall.

But foreelz, I'm glad to hear you enjoy the sound system so much. That's good news.