Car streaming blues, ain’t marketing great


I’ve a new to me 2019 Volvo XC60 with Harmon Kardon stereo system and XM Sirius.  Sounds a bit lifeless and not sure of either system quality or signal quality of Sirius. My older Volvo I fitted with Focal flax drivers and ran an iPod.  Much better overall.

Should I explore a different service and/or replace drivers?  Not looking for aural Nirvana here, just much better than MP3 sounding dreck.  Thanks

 

celtic66

Showing 1 response by deadhead1000

Harmon Kardon has been making car stereo since at least the early 80's (I use to sell it). It's not top of the line, but usually quite decent. I agree with reubet and M669326 as your first options, if that doesn't work out, I'd suggest upgrading the speakers, Polk, Infinity, many decent brands out there for upgrading. Upgrading the electronics nowadays is either impossible or difficult and expensive for most cars.

I also have XM Sirius in my MB and it sounds fine, not HD, but it rocks fine for road trips. Hope this helps.