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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Car Audio / July 2007Sony Car Audio
Are they exiting the business? They used to have the ES series, that's gone. Then they put the car audio lineup on Crutchfield, now that's gone. Now, they have an Xplod site, but there is but so much on there. Are they giving up? > Are they exiting the business? They used to have the ES series, that's > gone. Then they put the car audio lineup on Crutchfield, now that's gone. > Now, they have an Xplod site, but there is but so much on there. Are they > giving up? I definitely think it is too early to say that Sony is exiting the car audio business... seeing that they are starting to sell SACD head units now and they just came out with their HD radio receiver attachment. Maybe they are just changing the way they are doing things and are getting ready to release a lot of new products. I know for sure that Sony is not a little name in the car audio business and they have quite a stance in it. And I know that they have a lot of devoted fans who are faithful to buying their car audio products. But I do think they need to move foward and build higher quality products instead of low end cheap stuff. I think their head units is their stronghold in the car audio business. Trash trash trash.......... >> Are they exiting the business? They used to have the ES series, that's >> gone. Then they put the car audio lineup on Crutchfield, now that's gone. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >quality products instead of low end cheap stuff. I think their head >units is their stronghold in the car audio business. > Trash trash trash.......... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >quality products instead of low end cheap stuff. I think their head > >units is their stronghold in the car audio business. I would recommend staying away from all Sony products... sony is on the cutting edge of future designs of car audio! > sony is on the cutting edge of future designs of car audio! slicing and dicing is more like it... and the consumer is the slicee! Sony cares nothing for their customer and has proven that over and over. Avoid Sony garbage! El > slicing and dicing is more like it... and the consumer is the slicee! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > El Ah, come on... you have to give Sony some credit... at least they try to rip people off. >> sony is on the cutting edge of future designs of car audio! >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > El I see, Sony hating just like Microsoft hating. People seem to hate the #1's, just like the rest of the world hates the US for being #1 and the rest of the US hates NYC for being number and the rest of NYC hates Manhattan for being number one! If Sony's products sucked, they would be out of business or have the rep of Sanyo, Coby or even an RCA! Sure there is always someone better (I like JVC and Panasonic on the video end), but someone has to be the top dog. I just put my order in for a Sony CDX-GT81UW receiver. It has the looks, specs and features that I want. I am coming from a JVC Arsenal that was noisy and weak on the stations. Guest Wrote: > >> sony is on the cutting edge of future designs of car audio! > >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Arsenal > that was noisy and weak on the stations. i have been in the electronics industry for almost half of my life. about 8 years of that was installing car audio products. at one point, sony did make a great product for car audio. it wa called Sony Mobile ES. when they did away with that lineup o products, they turned into a product that was more about being flash than good. they market their products well, they are cheap, and they look flashy. these are reasons why they are still in business. you dont have t make a good product to stay in business. just take a look at Bose i you dont believe me. ;) about the only thing i would purchase as far as sony car audio i concerned, is their head units. amps, speakers, and subs? hell no, wouldnt put them in my vehicle if they were given to me -- Duct Tap ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Duct Tape's Profile: 4100 View this thread: http://www.caraudioforum.com/vbb3/showthread.php?t=26745 CarAudioForum.com - Usenet Gateway w/over TWO million posts online  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Guest Wrote: >> > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > concerned, is their head units. amps, speakers, and subs? hell no, i > wouldnt put them in my vehicle if they were given to me. Ok, speakers and subs I can understand, but the amps? Their amps sounded good to me. Now I have an Infinity(6-channel) amp and I thinking about going back to a Sony or something. Their amps and head units have specs that are hard to beat. You would have to spend about $1,000 to get all of those specs from other brands. Plus, the tuners are strong. Eclipse and Alpine have weak tuners. Guest Wrote: > > Guest Wrote: > >> > [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > and > Alpine have weak tuners. what specs are you talking about? they put a maximum power rating right on the case of the amp. the max ratings are meaningless. there are better amps out there for the money. if i was concerned about radio reception, i would go with a pioneer over any other brand of head unit. SignatureDuct Tape ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Duct Tape's Profile: 41008 View this thread: http://www.caraudioforum.com/vbb3/showthread.php?t=267450 CarAudioForum.com - Usenet Gateway w/over TWO million posts online! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Guest Wrote: >> > [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] > if i was concerned about radio reception, i would go with a pioneer > over any other brand of head unit. Well, the Sony is only 2nd to Pioneer in radio reception. I never go by maximum power as it is not real world power. I go by the RMS which was I think, 70x4. This was an older Xplod that I had. The one that looks like the current marine one. That is just too funny.Sony head units are okay while they work. Their amps are nothing but trash right out of the box. A couple of years ago I had a sony amp on my repair bench with a few blown mosfets, To make a long story short when removing the mosfets the mainboard traces started to peel off the mainboard. Not even Jensen or profile amps are built as poorly. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >those specs from other brands. Plus, the tuners are strong. Eclipse and >Alpine have weak tuners. > That is just too funny.Sony head units are okay while they work. Their > amps [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >>those specs from other brands. Plus, the tuners are strong. Eclipse and >>Alpine have weak tuners. Well, their car audio is still in effect, but years ago they used to make tons more. Their top 3 models are the only ones that even look good. I did get mine and it's build quality (I have not installed yet, waiting on my HD Radio tuner) is high quality to me. It is even superior to the JVC Arsenal and Kenwood Excelon. It also looks high-tech, but simple. the S/N ratio is the best without spending crazy amounts of money. haHAHahahA...blaupunk is the best in stereo reception i think. n profile amps are built solid.... i own both..... everyone cuts corners on making products.. > > Guest Wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Wrong, Sony's tuners are average at best. I had a cheap old VR3... and the reception from that head unit gave me 3 times stronger reception than the Sony one I have now. Sony's CD sound quality is good from their headunits, but still you can get better for the price. >> > Guest Wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > good from their headunits, but still you can get better for the > price. I am just going by the specs. I have not installed it but I will tomorrow. Then again, the HD Radio tuner will be doing the work so I will never know. I live in CT so I get a great deal of radio stations from NYC, LI, NJ and as far up as Hartford. So I have a lot to choose from. This is why I prefer to have a good tuner. The JVC Arsenal tuner was worst than what I had in my stock 2005 Accord! I just don't expect things like that. All but one of my stations is in HD. Cheap people buy cheap head units, but people who want quality or who think that they are buying quality go for Alpines, Pioneers and sometimes Eclipse. I turned some onto JVC, now I have turned myself away from them. I wanted HD Radio, plus high end features. This was the best combo I could come up with. > >> sony is on the cutting edge of future designs of car audio! > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > the looks, specs and features that I want. I am coming from a JVC Arsenal > that was noisy and weak on the stations. lol... you are comparing Sony to Microsoft... Microsoft is actually worse than Sony, since Sony has more competition with other companies. It's been proven that the more competition there is, the better quality and lower price the products are. I'm not saying that Sony's products completely suck... it's just that a lot of products are cheap crap that go bad in like a year or two after the warranty expires. Sony has some pretty good head units... depending on what you get. I was actually looking in to their new SACD head units... but I wouldn't recommend buying their amps, subs, or speakers for that matter. >> >> sony is on the cutting edge of future designs of car audio! >> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > SACD head units... but I wouldn't recommend buying their amps, subs, > or speakers for that matter. You are just hating or you don't know how to care of you stuff. I have a minidisc (home deck) that I had since 1999. It survived a fire an water damage and it is still ticking. Only the remote could not be revived. The same for a Sony ES receiver I had. Those were the last Sony products I bought until this head unit and the new Blu Ray player. I prefer Panasonic in digital video, but they were late in coming out with theirs. All things break if you don't know how to take care of them. Some people don't change the oil in their cars. Some people don't clean their homes. Some people don't wash their a.ses. If you are like that, then you should expect things to break. > >> "El Kabong" <davelon...@verizon.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > - Show quoted text - If you buy a crappy product, it doesn't matter how well you take care of it... it sucks. You might as well throw it away in the garbage. If you have anything Sony in car audio, I would suggest you throw it away or sell it some other fool (with the exception of their head units). Sony's speakers are junk, subs are junk, amps are junk.... ultimate trash, you'll go broke buying their products and in the end you feel like you have been jipped. >> >> "El Kabong" <davelon...@verizon.net> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] > ultimate trash, you'll go broke buying their products and in the end > you feel like you have been jipped. Actually, I installed and I am very happy with the sound and the looks. The quality is on point. The sound is very clear and robust. I thought the remote would be corny, but it is more comfortable than the JVC's. I am satisfied. Now the HD Radio tuner is another thing. I am not exactly hearing CD quality sound on the FM and FM quality sound on the AM. In fact, I could not find an HD AM station. I may return that. I do like the station ID, song/artist display... >> >> sony is on the cutting edge of future designs of car audio! >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> Arsenal >> that was noisy and weak on the stations. I really don't give a rat's rectum if sony is number 32... they have a verifiable track record of deliberately trashing their customers' equipment to protect their already obscene profits. Why would anyone want to buy meat for double its value from a butcher who has been proven to intentionally poison his products? You're correct, there are better manufacturers out there and intelligent buyers will use them. It is only consumer ignorance that keeps sony in business. El >>> >> sony is on the cutting edge of future designs of car audio! >>> [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > El Nah, it's people like who have hate for companies that know what they are doing. Stop the hate and accept what is. I like my head unit. It make may songs sound like they should. Start forming a line to hate for HD Radio and I can join you on that one! > >>> "El Kabong" <davelon...@verizon.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > songs sound like they should. Start forming a line to hate for HD Radio and > I can join you on that one! You seriously don't get me at all. I don't hate Sony, I just hate Sony's car audio speakers, subs, and amps; they suck. I like Sony's head units, Sony's SACD, and Sony's professional studio headphones. Sony has some good stuff, and really bad stuff. It all depends on what you get. You can buy all of Sony's junk crap car speakers if you want, but I would choose something else. I'm just giving you my opinion. Take it or leave it. >> >>> "El Kabong" <davelon...@verizon.net> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > would choose something else. I'm just giving you my opinion. Take it > or leave it. Oh. I know their speakers suck (home or car). I have Kappas for my speakers. As for the head unit, I love it more everyday. The sound is right and so are the looks. > Oh. I know their speakers suck (home or car). I have Kappas for my > speakers. As for the head unit, I love it more everyday. The sound is > right and so are the looks. If sony made the best products in the world, I would never buy them. I don't "hate" them... they hate me and every one who buys their products. They proved that with rootkit. They don't deserve one penny of our money. El >> Oh. I know their speakers suck (home or car). I have Kappas for my >> speakers. As for the head unit, I love it more everyday. The sound is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > El Politics. I loved every Sony product I ever had except a $200 Walkman I had in the early 90's that broke rather early. They supposedly fixed it via their warranty, but it was back to the same thing after a minute of play. |
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