Would you spend money on a car audio system?

[Jeff51]

I went to AL & Ed's yesturday checking what they have. They want to hook up my car and only charge cost. I have a 2024 Honda accord hybrid and they want to take pictures of it. The cost is $5499. The manager said this is a 12g system for only $5499. To be honest I don't have it so I would put it on my card. What do you think?

Updates

8 mo

Manager is saying this will be a sponsored car so they can show customers. The warranty on the products will be 2 years instead of 1 year also.

[DryGermanGuy]

I would spend money on it, but maybe 10-20% of what they quoted you! 😳😱

[Jeff51]

Maybe a regular shop then. This place does more custom work

[DryGermanGuy]

Yeah. That price fits for someone who just splurged 100.000+ for an S-class or 7 series.

[Jeff51]

I wish I had a benz

[jamesgoldman]

Sure but not that much, maybe 20-25% of that

[Jeff51]

Im trying to reach then to change my mind on it

[OneViewpoint]

LOL, NO! I've had a lot of high end cars with high end factory audio systems. Infinity, Bose, etc. Only because I didn't have a choice with the car I wanted. Both my current cars have BOSE 9 speaker systems with subwoofers. My previous Mercedes SUV had an 11 speaker system with subwoofers. But I find car audio distracting and annoying. Plus, with road noise and the small volume of a car interior, there's a limit to the quality of any audio inside a car. I almost never turn it on. I'd rather hear the car and what's going on around me. There are only 2 instances when my car audio system gets used.

• I have another person (s) in the car and they want to listen to music.
• I'm on a long drive on boring highways and I'll turn on Sirius XM and flip back and forth from news to comedy to music.

$5K on an aftermarket system that isn't even designed and tuned for the specific car's interior is stupid to me.

[exitseven]

$5500 for a car stereo is crazy especially to have it put in a foreign made piece of junk.

Check out this place. They have car stereos that are more reasonable. I have bought a couple of car stereos from them.

[douride2]

Not a chance I would put out that kind of money on a car stereo.

[msc545]

That is far too much for a system where the sound will be drowned out by road noise the majority of the time.

[seeyounexttuesday]

Are you insane? You want to spend $5500 on an audio system in a new car?

[In_Trance]

I think that's twice the value of the car

[Jeff51]

Maybe in few years.