2019 Stinger GT vs GT1

[G70 Owner]

But it's zero percent financing.. so no interest. Sure you can take the full 84 months to pay it off but that also means your payments are way less than 60 months with full payment going to principle. So actually less negative equity than 48 months with 3.25% apr. I got mine @ 0.9%/66 months and I'd rather take the 84 months!

0%? So how does Kia make money? The only info I can find is a 3.25% offer at great credit or above. If this is true...everyone would need to know this so they can also get a interest free car. Shit Id almost trade my G70 in at that rate

 

[CKeeler]

My subs didn't really start sounding their best till I had been playing them for a couple of months. Any puny bass experience, still, is source related, not a default in the sound system. Some files just don't have good original definition. No amount of additional subwoofer is going to fix a poor source.

Sorry, but the stock system is lacking. I have the high bit rate mp3s and AAC files on my iPad which I have connected via usb which bypasses any compression via 1/8” connector or Bluetooth. I’m very picky with sound being a musician, sound engineer and home theater geek. I know sound, not saying that you don’t, but the stock system is very neutral and flat.

 

[Devin]

I don't think that MP3 de facto gives a "fuller sound". It is still how the MP3 was sourced. For instance, I have old LP vinyl records converted to MP3 and they don't sound any better than they did back in the 50s and 60s (or even earlier). Bass is puny compared to modern industry db levels. The subs don't boost what they don't detect.

Oh. I wasn't comparing the original source to mp3 (they aren't even lossless, so by definition it has to be inferior to the source), but I was comparing mediums: wireless vs. wired.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Sorry, but the stock system is lacking. I have the high bit rate mp3s and AAC files on my iPad which I have connected via usb which bypasses any compression via 1/8” connector or Bluetooth. I’m very picky with sound being a musician, sound engineer and home theater geek. I know sound, not saying that you don’t, but the stock system is very neutral and flat.

There are "super tasters" in this world; and the same is true of music aficionados. I don't consider myself in any way a connoisseur of the ultimate in refined sound reproduction: my ears are too gunshot for that. But I do know balance and dynamics. A system is relative to itself: as long as the highs are not shrill, the mid range is balanced and the bass dominates at the right times, I don't really worry myself with comparisons to OTHER systems. There will always be a better stereo/surround sound out there. If not today, then tomorrow. Pursuit of that kind of quality, always comparing: That way lies madness.

It's a car. A rolling soundroom with background noise. "The best" isn't part of the requirement. I got the best the Stinger has to offer, because to me getting less than the hyped 15 speaker system made no sense; that was not a thing to economize on, for me anyway. It works as advertised. Road noise is minimal almost all the time, so I enjoy the music well enough. I turn it up if I have to. Volume control on the HK gives top notch availability. The speakers are up for it too.

 

[antonini311]

Thanks. Yeah, the sunroof isn't a must for me. I've had cars with it before and rarely used it. And the Harmon-Kardon is a big want. But I have an external subwoofer w/built-in amp that will boost the other system enough I think. But love seeing what others think.

That was my thinking exactly. I have a great external woofer w/amp that made my old Pathfinder sound great. So a $200 install of that should be all I need. And every car I ever had came with a sunroof. I probably opened it less than 10 times.