Am I missing something here? I would figure, this system would kick heavy bass if it wanted to. I think teh G35 is the ONLY car that I know that has 3-ways in the front doors, including 10in speakers. AND a 10in sub in the read deck. Something isnt right.

 

Well now that I've had 3 weeks to play with the sound system and hear it in different environments I must say that I'm changing my opinions about the sound quality of this system. It is indeed a very musical sounding system and I find it to be pleasing to listen to, even for those grueling long drives on the highway. Because the car is reasonably quiet on 50% of the highway surfaces the bottom end hangs in there nicely without having to crank the volume considerably to compete with the road noise. Plus, when you feel the need to turn it up, it never seems to sound strained like so many other oem systems tend to do.

With well recorded material, it reproduces detail surprisingly well, holding true to the basic tonality of the mixes without the phony hyped sound that most folks seem to gravitate towards (that is, until they hear it done right). I've found myself continually being surprised and pleased by the sounds I hear as I introduce more and different styles of music into this system. Very nice top end and mids - not fatiguing at all. Overall a very well done, relatively accurate sounding car stereo setup, really a great find for an oem system. I can live with this one.

 

I believe the idea for this system was to lean towards accuracy and balanced sonics, rather than booming bass. The driver sizes are there to produce reasonably low bass, and it does with the right recordings, but not if you're expecting after market sub-woofer bass. That isn't what it seems they were going for here. It sounds like you would be a good candidate to invest in an external powered sub if you really feel you're missing something.

 

IF YOU JUDGE HOW COULD A SOUND SYSTEM IS BY HOW MANY WINDOWS IT CAN RATTLE, THEN THE SOUND SYSTEM SUCKS, if you truly enjoy music and dont a need a giant thump to let the neighboor hood know your home than this system is for you. I think its great and handles well at high volumes, you can still hear the music not just bass and rattles

 

Well no, but the way everybody makes it sound, it can't do bass well at all.

 

I didn't think that at all. It has plenty of bass IMO. Alsom I love how crisp the sound is at all volume levels.

 

Personally I love the SOW, it sounds great to me.

 

Is that true that it's being marketed against a $25K home system? That seems a bit hard to believe and even if it is, as a consumer I wouldn't expect that performance in an OEM auto system in a car at this level.

I doubt many people on this site own or even have regular exposure to a $25K home system.

 

That's quite a benchmark to aim for. It would be interesting for sure. However audio sound is highly subjective and we'd probably hear numerous differing opinions just as we do now with current owners.

 

There is no doppler effect within the car because all the air is moving with you. Even on high, the HVAC fan has not real doppler effect. Now, when you drive, there is road/engine noise and that noise will mask some of the audio system bass. So, it is normal if you feel the system has more low frequency roll off when driving when compared to stopped and engine off. That's one reason there's a bass tone control.

Preference ... right on.

John Feng

 

"Modeled on" does not mean "sounds equal to". It is unrealistic to think that this OEM option is going to equate to a more exensive aftermarket home or vehicle setup. As I stated in my earlier post, I believe the SOW is a very good OEM setup for it's price point. My Eclipse/DLS Ultimate/Reference/Cascade Audio aftermarket system in my 2004 G35 does sound better than the SOW, but costs twice as much as SOW. I can tell you my aftermarket system does not sound twice as good as the SOW. 20%-25% better maybe, but not 100% better.

You get what you pay for. If a consumer thinks they are getting a $35K reference audio system for the price of SOW then they're an idiot.

 

Check your references. Infiniti's marketing is Infiniti. Don't attribute what they say to Bose (or vica versa).

John Feng

 

This makes perfect sense to me.

 

That sounds like a fair and prudent statement.

 

John Feng said "the guy who tuned the SOW system is a very good professional musician".

Maybe so, but i'll bet you my pink slip he was not into Heavy Metal or
Hard Rock. The "Hard" in "Hard Rock" means it hits "Hard". The SOW
while it may be accurate and sound great for classical music or Jazz is
simply incapable of producing hard hitting bass.

Honestly, the little sub that came with on my 129.00 pc speakers produces better bass than the SOW and it has an volume adjustment on the sub that allows me to dial it in specifically how I like it.

The sad thing is, the system could probably rock but with no way to effectively adjust the EQ (not even a bass boost button) the system
will never be suitable for hard rock.