Thanks. so out of the box (factory i guess..lol) 7 speakers are active. Why is sound still so shitty compared to a 2011 BMW and poor compared to a 2007 Camry?
The biggest issue is not so much how many speakers there are, but where. Almost every single car on the market has rear shelf speakers, which helps give a nice surround sound experience. For some reason the SR/SR+ disabled these, and went for rear door speakers instead. These are much harder to hear clearly, and makes for a very front-heavy listening experience.
Before the mod my fader was set way back, after the mod it's about center now.