I'm a big time audio nut thats into 2 channel home audio. I have an acoustically treated dedicated listening room with some reference monitors, high end DAC, FLAC collection, equilateral triangle listening position, the entire works... Big time snob.
I ordered a CPO Model S that happens to come with the premium sound system, and I am wondering how it sounds. I normally don't even bother listening to music in the car as the road noise typically ruins the listening experience for me, and the acoustic environment in a car is terrible by design. The sound is coming from the floor, reflections everywhere, your not placed in the middle for equal stereo effect, 10 speakers fighting each other in a tiny area, making it a sloppy mess, etc...
Most reviews of the MS sound are very vague and seem to come from people who value excitement and a colorful sound signature vs. a nice, flat sound.
The vast majority of premium car audio systems I've heard are wildly bass heavy with screeching highs and subdued midrange. The Nissan Titan Rockford Fosgate system has to be the worst system I've ever heard. With EQ off and no sound enhancements, the bass was so sloppy that it was actually out of sync with the rest of the music, due to the massive backwaves in the cabin. The base model sound was much better. I find this to be the case with many premium car systems. The bass is just way overblown, to the point where the stock system is much flatter.
To give you an idea of my tastes, I like the sound of Etymotic IEM's, Sennheiser HD800, Beyerdynamic DT880, K702, etc... Im not really into mainstream sound signature such as Beats, Bose, etc... I would rather have crappy recordings sound crappy, and good recordings sound good vs. every single track sounding "good", if you catch my drift. The sound system shouldn't be enhancing the music in any way...
So what does the MS premium sound like with the EQ off, no Dolby, FLAC files, etc??? Im looking for descriptions of soundstage, imaging, frequency response and tilt (compared to reference), timbre quality, detail, midrange accuracy, tightness of bass, distortion levels, etc...
I ordered a CPO Model S that happens to come with the premium sound system, and I am wondering how it sounds. I normally don't even bother listening to music in the car as the road noise typically ruins the listening experience for me, and the acoustic environment in a car is terrible by design. The sound is coming from the floor, reflections everywhere, your not placed in the middle for equal stereo effect, 10 speakers fighting each other in a tiny area, making it a sloppy mess, etc...
Most reviews of the MS sound are very vague and seem to come from people who value excitement and a colorful sound signature vs. a nice, flat sound.
The vast majority of premium car audio systems I've heard are wildly bass heavy with screeching highs and subdued midrange. The Nissan Titan Rockford Fosgate system has to be the worst system I've ever heard. With EQ off and no sound enhancements, the bass was so sloppy that it was actually out of sync with the rest of the music, due to the massive backwaves in the cabin. The base model sound was much better. I find this to be the case with many premium car systems. The bass is just way overblown, to the point where the stock system is much flatter.
To give you an idea of my tastes, I like the sound of Etymotic IEM's, Sennheiser HD800, Beyerdynamic DT880, K702, etc... Im not really into mainstream sound signature such as Beats, Bose, etc... I would rather have crappy recordings sound crappy, and good recordings sound good vs. every single track sounding "good", if you catch my drift. The sound system shouldn't be enhancing the music in any way...
So what does the MS premium sound like with the EQ off, no Dolby, FLAC files, etc??? Im looking for descriptions of soundstage, imaging, frequency response and tilt (compared to reference), timbre quality, detail, midrange accuracy, tightness of bass, distortion levels, etc...
