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<blockquote data-quote="shipcamein" data-source="post: 7927285" data-attributes="member: 645805">2013 silverado ext cabStock sound is not that great, looking for ideas as I am a car-sound bozo.Lots that I&#039;ve read this week says without properly &quot;conditioning&quot; my car (insulation and such) I am wasting my money on good speakers.&nbsp; Does anyone know if this is definitively the case for the casual listener?My local &quot;shop&quot; is pushing infinity reference (speakers/amp/sub) as his &quot;Top o&#039; the line.&quot;CDT has come up (thanks mylows), may be more than I want to spend, but truth of it is, I can&#039;t get a consensus on what will work well.Small background:&nbsp; I&#039;m a home sound nut, and also an electrical engineer.&nbsp; I have a solid grasp of watts, ohms, rms, impedance, dB and frequency response.&nbsp; What I DO NOT HAVE is any idea at all a) Who makes good car speakers, and b)&nbsp; What do i need to do to get a good sounding vehicle.&nbsp; Also c) how much do I gotta spend?This is a huge forum, someone must know the answers....??(ps - by &quot;good&quot; i don&#039;t mean &quot;sounds good&quot; - that&#039;s objective - but rather, &quot;sounds good to me&quot; and also: efficient;&nbsp; flat-response;&nbsp; reasonable low-end rolloff;&nbsp; hi power handling;&nbsp; and solid support from the manufacturer.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shipcamein, post: 7927285, member: 645805"] 2013 silverado ext cab Stock sound is not that great, looking for ideas as I am a car-sound bozo. Lots that I've read this week says without properly "conditioning" my car (insulation and such) I am wasting my money on good speakers. Does anyone know if this is definitively the case for the casual listener? My local "shop" is pushing infinity reference (speakers/amp/sub) as his "Top o' the line." CDT has come up (thanks mylows), may be more than I want to spend, but truth of it is, I can't get a consensus on what will work well. Small background: I'm a home sound nut, and also an electrical engineer. I have a solid grasp of watts, ohms, rms, impedance, dB and frequency response. What I DO NOT HAVE is any idea at all a) Who makes good car speakers, and b) What do i need to do to get a good sounding vehicle. Also c) how much do I gotta spend? This is a huge forum, someone must know the answers....?? (ps - by "good" i don't mean "sounds good" - that's objective - but rather, "sounds good to me" and also: efficient; flat-response; reasonable low-end rolloff; hi power handling; and solid support from the manufacturer.) [/QUOTE]

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