Bose Package, Worth it?

MacCool

Excellent adjunctive point....not the best quality audio system, but as part of the total Touring package, absolutely fine for me. Would I pay a little bit more for that package if they included a better sound system? Yes. Is Nissan going to spend that extra money per car to provide a better sound system? Absolutely not. They will always be more concerned about price point and unit cost than they will be about sound quality.

Fountainhead

And, a neutral opinion from someone without a vested interest in replacing said Bose would carry more weight. I still stand by the facts that the same guys making Pioneer/Kenwood/JVC/Eclipse/Jensen/Roadmaster, all make the head units for Bose also. It's a very small world in the car audio makers, they all use the same factories and chipsets and DVD loaders.
BTW the same few factories also make ALL the speakers and amplifiers for ALL of the famous brand names also. How do I know all of this? I visit the factories in deep dark mainland China and talk to the engineers and see the "Famous" brand radios lying right next to the "Roadmasters" in the same factory hehe.

madmike23

I like the Touring package also, especially the leather. But to some its a big "unnecessary" $5k option. The case of the OP is that he wants a Nismo, and the Bose package is only $1350, which includes:

Auto-dimming rearview mirror
Radio Data System (RDS)
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
HomeLink® Transceiver
Eight speakers, including dual subwoofers
Speed-sensitive volume control

I still dont know how this is "not a good option" instead of stock radio.
I guess people love stock radio...

littlejuanito

That's exactly how I feel. I've ripped apart almost every car I've ever owned and frankly, I already grew tired of it.
What's worse, most of the time the aftermarket systems I would install or have install, would end up sounding just a tad better that the OEM's.
I have the BOSE w/Navi right now... Its ok

kenchan

u suck at stereo mods, huh?

bigaudiofanat

I still stick with the fact that why spend that much for a system that sounds awful, has limited compatibility, no expansion, and usually something fails within 3 years. Aftermarket provides so many befits it's not even funny.

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kenchan

I've swapped my HU twice already to keep up with the times.

I'm sure I will swap once more before I'm done with my Z.

Zipper 104

I have no idea what Bose setup is in my Z. Frankly, it disturbed me when I saw Nissan put in Bose stuff. (It has Sat radio, a CD changer, whatever) I have the leather seats and the auto dimming/Homelink mirror stuff so I guess that dictates what Bose setup I have.
I have no real idea if it is 'good enough' since road noise is so bad. I would never consider tearing my car apart to install aftermarket stuff until I made a decent attempt beforehand at quieting the car down. I have reasonably serious coin in a system at home yet have no desire, nor expectations of decent audio in my Z, so I get that plenty of people are happy with Bose in their cars. OTOH, my rationale for 'joe average' being of the opinion that Bose is high end has a lot to do with them being 'fed the Bose koolaid' so they are less apt to speak up if they think it sucks when they audition the stuff. I know people with those crappy Sound Cube home theatre systems that think they are great, but more often than not it came down to spousal satisfaction. Small and unobtrusive is best, honey; it's expensive so it must be good. No need to listen to it critically nor bother listening to anything else.

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Kaldaien

The only thing special about Bose is/used to be that they would take a microphone into the car and test out the acoustic properties of the interior space and piece out a speaker system to match. Of course, this was done while the car was stationary, and Nissan vehicles have a lot of road noise across the entire model spectrum. GT-R uses a much more sophisticated Bose system that actually listens for and adapts to external noise, the same sort of thing you find in a Porsche Cayman.

That said, in years past where there was actually a separate Bose audio upgrade (w/ 6 CD changer) available for 370z trims without the tech package (e.g. Nismo), it was pretty darn pointless. Now that the tech package is available in all trim levels, they phased that audio upgrade out and it is largely a moot point - nobody pays an extra ~$4K for the Bose speakers.

littlejuanito

The votes are even!

madmike23

"With Bose" was leading for a long time until recently. The Poll should've been only for the people who actually bought the Bose package. They would know if it was worth it over the basic radio.

bigaudiofanat

They do not do this with every car bose has a system in. If they did they would probably sound better. ONly the higher end models like Infinity and others get this treatment. Even so not even close to what B&W does for their systems or even Rockford

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bigaudiofanat

People that have had bose systems before can always chime into this. Other factors include if your planing on upgrading something in the stereo and if you feel the bose will suffice.

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Leroydsouza

I dont know if what i say counts,

Down here, We have Basic Options (Without the nav) and Full Options (With the nav and rear spoiler etc)

I dont really like that empty compartment in the middle, I dont even know the price difference between the Basic VS Full but ill go ahead and say it was worth it.
Reason Being the Stock headunit just looks right. Aftermarket headunits (atleast the ones i have seen) dont look like they belong there and they mostly always look shitty Once they are switched on. MOSTLY

As far as sound quality goes, I dont really care much, Its a small car with just so much interior space and the sound quality is awesome to me.
Just my opinion

EDIT :

Also Like someone mentioned the features in the said Bose package,

I Dont have any of the below mentioned options

Radio Data System (RDS)
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
HomeLink® Transceiver

And i still say its worth it

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Kaldaien

Well, if they do it on the Altima (it's listed in their brochure if you ever read it), I kind of figured they would also do it on something nicer like the 370z. But I suppose anything's possible, I mean there's not much sense investing any time/money into something like the Z, which severely lacks any sort of sound insulation.