krieglupo Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Wondering what the general consensus was about Sony ICE stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Depends what your talking about.The older Sony gear was very good, over the past few years, Halfords and Max Power have caused the brand to suffer, as people were buying the name and flashing lights.The quality seems to be improving now, but no where near enough to make me go and buy any of the budget gear.Much better out there for less cash TBH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krieglupo Posted May 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Depends what your talking about.The older Sony gear was very good, over the past few years, Halfords and Max Power have caused the brand to suffer, as people were buying the name and flashing lights.The quality seems to be improving now, but no where near enough to make me go and buy any of the budget gear.Much better out there for less cash TBH.Yeah it does seem to suffer from the Halfords look, nice if they start to sell Becker looking stuff.Any more opinions welcome. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shades:" border="0" alt="shades.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 currently sh*tebe good if they actually live up to their name and produce some descent stuff though. the brand is good enough to do it.the stuff they sell at the moment is only as good as goodmans and aiwa tack which is a shame for such a big brand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 they did sell a becker unit as a sony-badged one, some sat nav uniti've had a few sony units over time (upgrades Tigz!!!!) and i'm happy with it tbhnewer stuff, apart from some of it looking pretty ugly, offers 100db+ signal to noise ratio, so can't be all bad!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krieglupo Posted May 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 currently sh*tebe good if they actually live up to their name and produce some descent stuff though. the brand is good enough to do it.the stuff they sell at the moment is only as good as goodmans and aiwa tack which is a shame for such a big brandIt is, I'd really love to see Sony up there with the big guys like JL and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo_1.0 Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 i have had a sony headunit. got it for £270 and iam happy with it, looks cool lights up blue and has 4 outputs thing for the i-pod and seems to be all good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 i was probably a tad harsh before style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> however they are still nowhere near the competition. alpine and pioneer are miles ahead in the more normal category of car audio.sony should be producing stuff as good as these at least and should even be producing becker and nakamichi rivalling units style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unheard Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 i believe there are some very high quality sony amps in the USbut anything Xplop should be avoided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krieglupo Posted May 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Isn't that the branding for all Sony audio equipment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 (edited) I walked into Halfords (first mistake, I suppose) and walked back out with an £80 Sony headunit for the A4. It had the aux in for the ipod I needed and I thought it looked pretty good. Above all else, it was cheap and nothing could be worse than the JVC thing that was in the car when I bought it. For £80, I reckon it actually sounds pretty damn good. Certainly loud enough! It also plays MP3 CD which means it must be about the cheapest one you can get that does that.It doesn't say xplod anywhere on it. Deek. Edited May 14, 2007 by dxg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krieglupo Posted May 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Thanks mate, so it seems like the Sonys are good in general, maybe the big boys are just for audiophiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bignosedbear Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 I've got two 10 inch sony subs in my boot being run on a sony 1100 watt amp. To be honest mate, I find them really good. My mate has got 2 kenwood 10inchers and an 800 kenwood amp, and even he's admitted that mine is beeter sounding. Try things out before you go on bad reps by individuals.Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 I've got two 10 inch sony subs in my boot being run on a sony 1100 watt ampSony dont make a 1100w amp.If its the amp I am thinking of it is 250wrms @ 4ohms, and 500wrms @ 2ohms.Sony rate their amps at 14.4v though, so it reality it is even less power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69vk Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Sony = Pony, end of! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 offers 100db+ signal to noise ratio.but when you look at the THD figures, they are shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoxy Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 I've had Sony Xplod stuff and it was crap.Then I bought some normal low end Sony stuff and it was quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC02 FFF Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 sony head unit. nothing special will occasionaly over heat, but still OK. as for there speakerscompornents:ok if ur not looking for anything mind blowingSubwoofers:hahah dont get me started i cud beat box more bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bignosedbear Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 General description mr tigz. border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" />Dam them sony liers ???????When i meet these people who detest sony i'll let them have a listen to mine. no brixton academy I'll give you that, but good enough for billy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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