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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 04:46 PM
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This radio sucks. It is okay with the windows up, but totally blows when cruising with the windows down.

Any suggestions? I noticed there are no speakers on the back deck, they are in the doors.

I thought about adding an amp and maybe changing out the factory speakers....

Ya think?
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 06:01 PM
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guess it is all perspective..no radio is good with windows down as far as sound quality..I thought the Symphony was great for a stock unit
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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Best non-premium stereo I've seen.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 09:49 PM
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I could hear the Bose system in my 02 A4 just fine, this radio is a piece of crap, especially sitting in the back seat because of the lack of deck speakers.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 11:03 PM
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agree 100%!!!!!!
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 05:19 AM
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since no one goes in the backseat of my car except for my 8 year old, I never noticed it I guess

Just goes to show the addage 'different strokes for different folks' - everything is so subjective that unless you experience it for yourself, it is very hard to glean opinions from others. Example - I consider myself a bit of an audiophile (ameteur of course), and have a properly set up system at home, as well as in one of my cars (Mac amp, Focul utopia's, etc). Overall, for a factory system, I love the std radio and cannot imagine having gone for the Bose. But, others opinions will, as you can see, vary
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 09:25 AM
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Mine sounds good
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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 05:43 AM
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I agree...Up until about mid volume (No. 15) my symphony II sounds real nice, after that... the bottom falls out and gets muddy (no real tight bass) I REALLY wanted BOSE/NAVI, but I needed a car ASAP and couldn't wait. I'm hoping to upgrade amp and speakers to BOSE system - or something comparable without sacraficing clean OEM lines...
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 11:01 PM
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Default It does sound pretty good for OEM. Strange, though... no Avants had Bose outfitted when we searched

So we were "stuck" with the non-Bose. However, based on the Bose performance, or lack thereof, in our former B5 S4 Avant, the regular Symphony system is better, IMHO.
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