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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lee36328" data-source="post: 699935" data-attributes="member: 113">Now I know why Google is worth so much.Many years ago, I got a pretty decent player, component speakers, sub and amps. Blaupunkt Bremen, RS-Audio, Vanadium Rainbow, Sinfoni, etc. Even the cabling was not neglected, I recalled it cost a pretty penny.And for years, I used to wonder why it sounded... well, not crap, but not what I expected, certainly a let down.The bass was boomy and harsh, the sound staging was poor, everything dropped to the floor.Sound staging was a mystery to me, how the sound can seem to all come from the front even though the sub is at the back.  I thought, and was informed, that I need to cut a big hole in my rear parcel shelf to achieve that. As for my poor sounding bass, the solution suggested was to buy bigger speakers in front. And I'll need to cut into the chassis to make room for them.That can't be right, I thought. Spent so much and the conclusion was, I need to spend more? Yes, high end sound comes with a high price, I was told. There is no limit.Right, since I do not have a no-limit budget, I decided to study the problem.I took out the user manuals and product specifications for the player, speaker, amps and sub and started reading. And I Googled any concepts and terms I did not understand. I learnt concepts/techniques/technologies like crossover, sound staging, slope, wave cancellation, crossover points, etc.And I discovered what a versatile player the Blaupunkt Bremen is with such a great degree of control.For components to sound their best, there is a way to set the cross over points to meld the front, sub, and tweeters seamlessly, using high pass and low pass filters, setting the right crossover frequency, choosing the slope, etc.Fascinating to learn even the position of the sub woofer box and which way it is facing makes a noticeable difference in the sound because of the cancelling effect of overlapping sound waves. I got a real kick out of that, in both sense of the word.Finally got the system to sound as high end as the component's price range. Also am amazed at how the whole system sounds when tuned properly. Shy that it took me so long to discover that. All the instruments are playing from the front, and at ear level, not from the floor, with nothing coming from the back. I am both impressed and pleased.Bass is just loose enough to be warm, just tight enough to the punchy, in other words, sweet.Now I am very glad I did not let any installer cut any part of my car to fit a bigger speaker, to let the sub play better, etc. There's a lot of improvement to be gained from setting it up and tuning it properly, instead of just throwing parts at the problem.I must say I can't blame the installers, whose business model is focused on selling more expensive and bigger stuff rather than getting the best out of the system in question.For us as consumers, if we do our homework and arm ourselves with knowledge, we can get more value out of any system or product we buy instead of passively relying on or being led by what the merchants tell us. The internet is amazing isn't it? Thanks, Google.</blockquote>

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