in saying sony xplod aint bad, i like their head decks and find they are quite good. by quite good i mean they suit my needs perfectly
the speakers depends on what you are doing with them.
I don't listen to music at a volume where it eliminates all road noise. i like to be able to hear what’s going on around me, and personally think that anyone that has a car stereo up so loud they can't hear anything is silly. Hence I win never will a sound off, nor enter one.
when you talk quality of speakers if you arn't running at deafening volume, sony speakers will do you fine. And to tell the truth, 90% of people that tell you that particular speakers are **** are only passing on information they heard someone else say. Because 90% of people wouldn’t know the difference between a good of poor speaker.
Let me just say, quality of a speaker is not about how loud a speaker can go before it goes bang.
coming from someone who has been working as a live sound engineer for the past 4 years. if you want the best clearest sounding audio, set it up in your living room next to your 50" tv.
if you try to get the cleanest clearest audio out of a car, you will be chasing a rainbow because you will always have variables you cannot eliminate. Fortunately for most, and I’m going to play a rather large stereotype here, all that most people are after is "doof doof" which is easy to get.