Without meaning to sound like I'm biased, but as a previous Proton owner, I know for a fact that most of us local car owners don't have that much money or won't spend that much money on a sound system to plonk into the car. There are exceptions of course but majority will say "I got Perodua / Proton / xxxx and I have RM500 to spend. How to upgrade my sound system ah?"BMW and Cayenne? Our Proton, T, H and N don't have so high end sets right? To me main issue could be the built in HU, but suppliers keep coming out with after market replacement to counter this, so it is up to the owner...
Not the RM10k system lah, but upgrade 3 to 4k got woh! I used to work in the company selling ICE too and if people no upgrade, company habis loh.....Without meaning to sound like I'm biased, but as a previous Proton owner, I know for a fact that most of us local car owners don't have that much money or won't spend that much money on a sound system to plonk into the car. There are exceptions of course but majority will say "I got Perodua / Proton / xxxx and I have RM500 to spend. How to upgrade my sound system ah?"
Yup, you are right. Years ago was RM3k also have, nowadays RM1k plus. But then what level/category? SPL, competition, SQ or just like bro. 6UE5t mentioned loud enough got bass ok dy.....hhahhahahhaOn the other hand, the prices of ICE product has becoming more affordable these days....
Double din units cost an arm and leg in the last 10 years....but now, a decent ones cost slightly more than RM1000, with much more capability.
Yes, this is spot on. The cars now are way more sophisticated and complicated than before hence not as easy to upgrade and play around with the ICE. Many of them also already got pretty decent ICE from the factory hence good enough for most people.The ICE scene isn't what it used to be. With new cars coming out with Bose / Dynoaudio / BO / Harmon Kardon / Rockford Fosqate as stock people are finding lesser reasons to upgrade their sound systems. And a lot of new cars have integrated steering and some even have optical connectivity that makes modification more difficult. It's not impossible (I know a shop that does replacement installs and nothing is affected and still fully functional) just that it's more difficult.
I think it was the BMW or the Cayenne that used optical connectivity even to the speakers and the amp powering them. That meant if these guys wanted to upgrade their systems, they either change the already-pretty good speakers or install a way more expensive setup that includes a digital processor or some form of optical input device. And these devices had to fool the cars ECU to think it's still all normal. etc.
Basically it's not the scene that's dead, it's the cars that's getting more sophisticated.
Unless you're talking about SPL scene, that one quite easy. Drive around Kepong on a weekend night and you'll bound to find a small group of SPL enthusiasts with their super loud UFO lit cars.
Yeah, back in those days, all my cars had 1 or 2 subs in the trunk (JL Audio was my favorite), a multi-channel US branded amps of at least 500-700w rms, US/Euro brands front component speakers (like Morel, MB Quart, Soundstream when still US made etc2.) and at least Japanese rear speakers, HU with DSP, and branded wiring with all the glitzy gold platting (like Monster Cable or Streetwires).Yup, you are right. Years ago was RM3k also have, nowadays RM1k plus. But then what level/category? SPL, competition, SQ or just like bro. 6UE5t mentioned loud enough got bass ok dy.....hhahhahahha