You guys ready for a laugh. I have always thought that my Bose stereo was of exceptional quality for a stock system. Granted, I have never had an aftermarket stereo that could compete financially with the MSRP of my car. Anyway, I was rumaging through an old July 1998 issue of Motor Trend (p. 154) and get this, they stated that the C5 has "the best factory-installed systems available in any vehicle-truly a system every bit as exciting as the Corvette itself." /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif They gave it a report card rating of A-. Moreover, they state that "[f]rom our evaluation, they succeeded at virtually every level, producing a clear winner and establishing a new benchmark system [for other cars to follow]...." They went on to state that it was better than just about eveything from Mercedes to Ferraris. So to all you guys that think I was wrong and that the stereo sucks. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif Maybe some of you guys need to turn up your hearing aides. Seriously, its not perfect and might not be the fanciest looking thing, but IMHO, its world-class for a factory system. If the car rags like it then you know it must be good. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif
To All You Guys That Thought The C5 Sound System Sucks - You'll Get A Kick Out of This
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Money talks - Bose probably had 5 pages of add space that month. Same reason M3s get the rave reviews.
Funny, the bose system IS in the ZO6. It sounds ok at low volumes for stock, it is a very manipulated, doctored-up signal, due to the fact it has no tweeters. Mine sounds good now, due to the fact I've added 500 watts of power, a 10" sub and 2 full ranges to a partition board I built myself. The amp gets an unmolested, pure signal prior to the tweaking the bose compensator box, which is on the firewall near the gas pedal.
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