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I had a friend who installed car stereos. I worked with him on project to set up the listening room for the store he worked at. We in stalled multiple receivers and wired up over a dozen pairs of speakers thru patch panels.
On panel A were all the receivers on on panel B were all the speakers. The patch panels were on rotary switches. Panel A position 1 was a receiver, position 2 was a different receiver. By switching the dial around you could compare different set ups to see what you liked.
What we found was that there is no hearable difference between receivers. But that people could hear the difference between speakers. At the time the big name was Alpine and it drew a premium price. But the least expensive receiver sounded the same as the most expensive Alpine unit. Some of the marketing was that your Ferrari would have an Alpine stereo installed. But that if you shelled out more money for a Alpine stereo unit for your Chevy it would sound as good as a Ferrari. Thing was speakers were installed by size. What would fit in the cut out hole in the door panel of your model car. Round 3", 4" or oval 4"x6" or custom cut your own holes.
Change the speakers, change the sound.
Change the receiver, identical sound.
I used to be an audiophile and spent large amounts for audio equipment. Till I had it physically proved to me I was wasting a lot a money on name equipment that had no effect on sound quality.
On panel A were all the receivers on on panel B were all the speakers. The patch panels were on rotary switches. Panel A position 1 was a receiver, position 2 was a different receiver. By switching the dial around you could compare different set ups to see what you liked.
What we found was that there is no hearable difference between receivers. But that people could hear the difference between speakers. At the time the big name was Alpine and it drew a premium price. But the least expensive receiver sounded the same as the most expensive Alpine unit. Some of the marketing was that your Ferrari would have an Alpine stereo installed. But that if you shelled out more money for a Alpine stereo unit for your Chevy it would sound as good as a Ferrari. Thing was speakers were installed by size. What would fit in the cut out hole in the door panel of your model car. Round 3", 4" or oval 4"x6" or custom cut your own holes.
Change the speakers, change the sound.
Change the receiver, identical sound.
I used to be an audiophile and spent large amounts for audio equipment. Till I had it physically proved to me I was wasting a lot a money on name equipment that had no effect on sound quality.