Why spending the extra $1300 on the Dynaudio upgrade is a waste of money...

[triode12]

Funny you should say that....

Cos I'd have said the same about you.

Pray tell, how have I done so?

Have I personally critised anyone's choice to take up the upgrade? e.g. Did I say " Oh Corey is such a d**k for taking up the dynaudio upgrade? Or BrendanA is stupid for having done so? Hell, I didn't even know BrendanA existing till he posted in the thread.

I merely pointed out the reasons why the upgrade might not be worth it. Me thinks some of you are a bit too thin skinned or have to look at their pride.

[stickshift3000]

What a pointless thread.

If you want better sound than the standard stereo you should certainly consider the dynaudio upgrade.

[DoggieHowser]

Pray tell, how have I done so?

Your thread title for one.

[Transporter]

Well this thread is getting nowhere. Also there is so much information already on car audio available on net.

[Corey_R]

I was just putting one point across. WTH is wrong with that?

Because you've already done it before, multiple times, in multiple places.....

From the Dynaudio in Mk6 Golf compared to stock? thread

Personally I think what you can get aftermarket for $1300 is crap...
But then I also think what you can get aftermarket for $10,000 is only "ok".

Car audio is crap, lets face it. The biggest limiting factor is... the car itself. It's just a rubbish environment to try and reproduce sound. Then on top of that, we go and drive around whilst reproducing that sound, so it's then fighting with the noise of other cars, trucks, wind, tyre and road noise, and the noise of the engine and the exhaust.

The stock system is so bad that I just wouldn't listen to it. And in my MKV GTI, I never did/could.
I've tried before in a previous car to limit myself to a budget of $1k of aftermarket gear and couldn't find anything I was happy with after a day of auditions and driving around from car audio specialist to specialist. Trying again with a budget of $3 to 5k wasn't any more successful. So wouldn't bother with a $1300 aftermarket system.

The $1000 Dynaudio option on my R is "listenable" (I also got the Sat Nav, so it's only $1000 diff). In fairness, my friends think it's great.

I'm just happy I didn't have to go through the pain and waste of time of auditioning $1300 of aftermarket crapness and getting it installed. The Dynaudio system comes in your car from the factory, so it's an effortless decision to make

Corey is right.

The acoustics in any car (even in a Maybach) is shyte. The very foundation of a good audio system. i.e. Stereo (meaning solid/3D) imaging from ICE is either unrealistic or non-existant.

IMO, why even bother spending the extra $1300 on the Dynaudio upgrade? it still is going to be shyte.
Unless you are going to be spending hours sitting in traffic or driving somewhere (and that little uplift in bass colouration (doff doff) floats your boat). It is better saving the $1300 for a better system (NOT HT!) at home.

From the Golf R -v- Golf GTI thread, and a series of posts which was deleted because of the same silly argument getting too heated.

I believe the original argument was that ICE setups are not worth the money as you don't get your money's worth in audio quality. The assertion being that the cabin space of any car not being the ideal environment for serious listening. ICE systems can cost up to $100K or more which I personally think is a waste of money. $2K for ICE is ok if you are spending lots of time in the car but don't expect it to better a similarly priced well setup home system.

The discussion has gone off on a tangent off as usual - so lets end this side discussion.

And another from the same thread...

A car is a terrible envirionment for quality audio, I'd rather spend the dynaudio money on an APR upgrade or on AV gear at home for when I'm not hooning around!

Couldn't agree more. Not worth spending money on audio in such a poor environment - the improvements will be minimal at best.

Well this thread is getting nowhere. Also there is so much information already on car audio available on net.

Ooops... sorry, you posted and closed the thread whilst I was still writing this post. If you feel it isn't necessary/appropriate, please delete this. Ta.