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Posted by Eiron [Email] (more from Eiron) on Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:38:19 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: OEM radio conundrum, Ken [Profile/Gallery] , Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:34:20
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Two things come to mind:

1) I like to keep my Saab as close to OE as possible, simply because of potential headaches from all the changes required to make non-OE stuff work. Especially electrical stuff. But that's just me. (Yes, I know others claim zero problems refitting electrical stuff, but one of the local stereo shops refuses to do Saabs & that scares me a bit.)

2) It's going into a car, right? It's a stereo in a convertible. When comparing to the stereo in your house, the level of quality output is relatively low. When I got my first new car in 1980, I immediately dropped a six speaker, $800 stereo/amp/EQ into it. And the only time I could actually "hear the quality" of what I'd bought was when the car was stopped.

When I got my (used) '90, one of the first things I did was reset the EQ to the factory settings. Now, 5 yrs later, I'm still impressed with how well each of the four presets match the type of stations I listen to. Is it the best I could get? No. But it's far better than ANY of the OE stereos I've had in the last twelve or thirteen cars I've owned (our current '99 9³ excluded, of course). IMO, it's well worth $150 to get the Saab/Clarion OE eqpt fixed, have darn good audio quality & NOT have to deal with any aftermarket issues.

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