Buying a 370z soon, need help

H2O_Doc · 06-26-2013, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by b15

That is true, I guess its what your after. I don't use any special features outside of the streaming bluetooth audio which the OEM one does just fine. Aftermarket solutions just look cheap to me but you are right, not having the nav gives you that flexibility to swap in the latest and greatest. I guess I'm just old and not with the times. Even the oem has all these features I don't use but again its what youre after. I got the nav to have a better looking interior.

Out of curiosity, because I've been out of the car audio game for 6-7 years now, what do these after market solutions offer today thats so great and above and beyond a system like say fords sync, cadillac cue, or the nissan/honda connect systems? Cost aside obviously.

Car manufacturers are selling cars with stereos as an add on, while stereo manufacturers are selling stereos. Stereo folks have a stronger incentive to innovate and update. I find their products to be more up to date and more sophisticated. I have toyota's Entune system in my 4runner and it is way behind my Z's Appradio.

dP3NGU1N · 06-27-2013, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by H2O_Doc

Car manufacturers are selling cars with stereos as an add on, while stereo manufacturers are selling stereos. Stereo folks have a stronger incentive to innovate and update. I find their products to be more up to date and more sophisticated. I have toyota's Entune system in my 4runner and it is way behind my Z's Appradio.

The gap has closed a bit in the last 4-5 years. Prior to that many OE solutions did not offer aux, bt audio streaming, pandora, USB in, etc.

These days none or very few have full audio sound control (i forget what the actual name is called - lets the user manually adjust lows, highs, and everything in between), OTA video mirroring, expandable hard drives, user interface customization, and other things I'm sure I'm forgetting.

Futurewise I can see the possibility of some HU manufacturers moving towards app driven platforms like android. Yes I'm aware China is doing it but I'm talking about major HU manufacturers not ebay and alibaba brands. The possibility of requiring a SIM card or something or piggybacking off of your phone's internet connection is also a possibility. Something that will take the OE market years to catch up to.

peleincubus · 06-27-2013, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by dP3NGU1N

The gap has closed a bit in the last 4-5 years. Prior to that many OE solutions did not offer aux, bt audio streaming, pandora, USB in, etc.

These days none or very few have full audio sound control (i forget what the actual name is called - lets the user manually adjust lows, highs, and everything in between), OTA video mirroring, expandable hard drives, user interface customization, and other things I'm sure I'm forgetting.

Futurewise I can see the possibility of some HU manufacturers moving towards app driven platforms like android. Yes I'm aware China is doing it but I'm talking about major HU manufacturers not ebay and alibaba brands. The possibility of requiring a SIM card or something or piggybacking off of your phone's internet connection is also a possibility. Something that will take the OE market years to catch up to.

I think a major brand HU just came out with a feature where you can tether from a phone.

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