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<blockquote data-quote="bbeljefe" data-source="post: 8296426" data-attributes="member: 655960">Here&#039;s what you get when you buy an aftermarket branded factory system....Alpine (or whatever manufacturer) engineers the system for the auto manufacturer. That includes speaker locations, amplifier and speaker specs, time alignment and any other signal processing that&#039;s done in the specific system. Once the system is designed the audio manufacturer gives those specs to the auto manufacturer and then the auto manufacturer can either have the components built at their own build house or they can source them through the build house used by the audio manufacturer.In simple terms, it&#039;s a consulting gig for the audio manufacturer and the end result is improved sound quality when compared with the base systems. Whether or not that&#039;s worth the money you spend or not is purely subjective. If you want clean (but not loud) sound without modifications then a premium factory system is a good choice. If you want clean and loud then you need to install (or have installed) an aftermarket system.As for upgrades to the existing Alpine system, I wouldn&#039;t recommend changing the factory speakers unless you plan to install another amp and do some serious deadening in the vehicle. Factory speakers are designed to work well in poorly deadened doors and on low power. When you add higher quality aftermarket speakers to that same environment the result is often worse sound. If it were me and I only had the choice of adding either amplifiers or speakers, I&#039;d add amplifiers, because the speakers in place can handle more power than they&#039;re being given but the amps in place cannot produce more power than they&#039;re producing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbeljefe, post: 8296426, member: 655960"] Here's what you get when you buy an aftermarket branded factory system.... Alpine (or whatever manufacturer) engineers the system for the auto manufacturer. That includes speaker locations, amplifier and speaker specs, time alignment and any other signal processing that's done in the specific system. Once the system is designed the audio manufacturer gives those specs to the auto manufacturer and then the auto manufacturer can either have the components built at their own build house or they can source them through the build house used by the audio manufacturer. In simple terms, it's a consulting gig for the audio manufacturer and the end result is improved sound quality when compared with the base systems. Whether or not that's worth the money you spend or not is purely subjective. If you want clean (but not loud) sound without modifications then a premium factory system is a good choice. If you want clean and loud then you need to install (or have installed) an aftermarket system. As for upgrades to the existing Alpine system, I wouldn't recommend changing the factory speakers unless you plan to install another amp and do some serious deadening in the vehicle. Factory speakers are designed to work well in poorly deadened doors and on low power. When you add higher quality aftermarket speakers to that same environment the result is often worse sound. If it were me and I only had the choice of adding either amplifiers or speakers, I'd add amplifiers, because the speakers in place can handle more power than they're being given but the amps in place cannot produce more power than they're producing. [/QUOTE]

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