NFT: Car Audio

A sound system with a car wrapped around it? You can always upgrade a car audio system in a number of ways...I think you should likely focus on the car and then worry about the radio. You can get any size speakers, after market amps and head units and subs of many different sizes. In terms of your sub question, the simple answer is that car speakers (even quality aftermarket speakers) are for highs, mids, and mid bass. The only way you can hear the lowest frequency sounds is with a sub. Speakers can't reproduce the lowest sounds. Doesn't mean the system will sound bad, you just won't hear the full frequency range that your ears can handle and therefore won't sound as good without a sub (which you need a dedicated amp for).

Unless you want everyone in the hood to hear your music and your car to rattle with booming bass, you don't need some huge box. You can get slim sub boxes with speakers already loaded or small boxes that fit in corners etc. That alone would make a huge difference, without having some huge box that shakes your whole car.

It has an excellent acoustics. I would recommend either the Yugo or a Lamborghini Aventador.

Is a lot to pay for a subwoofer.

Obviously the ride and the look of the exterior/interior play a part but there are a handful of cars that check those boxes for me so it's literally coming down to a tiebreaker of not wanting to buy a car that would make the music sound weak. I'm definitely not trolling malls so people can hear the bass in my music, I just want to hear and feel the low side. I've never done aftermarket audio so I wasn't sure what the limitations were.

So you're saying as long as I'm not trying to rattle the windows in my neighborhood I should be able to get good bass without some big box? I've tried to do research on crutchfield, but they have nothing - which may just be that the car is new in it's model year but i'm not sure.

If you are spending 40-50k on a car, it should have a good system included in the price. No matter what you can always get a better system by buying aftermarket parts. Mainly because the head unit likely won't be as good and amps won't come with that factory system, so even if the speakers are good you won't be able to get the most out of them.

In terms of what I mean sub-wise, the link is an example
Small but adequate - ( New Window )

My Caddy CTS has the Bose and it sucks. Never again and that goes for Caddy CTS as well but that's a different topic. I also have a 2004 explorer limited with the top stereo an sub and it rocks, blows the Bose away.

Maxima is a great car if you are looking to stay with stock equipment. But if you are thinking of putting in aftermarket, stay far away. One of the more difficult cars to put aftermarket equipment into.