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Originally Posted by Iowa1LE

I know many people have complained about the quality of the Boston Acoustics stereo system, and initially when I bought my 2014 SS 1LE in November, I thought it didn't sound very good either. So I did some digging and some trial and error. Well, I would like to report back that I think it sounds pretty damn good! That is, under the right circumstances.

First of all, with no CD player in my car, I had no way to quick test how a high quality audio file sounds through the system. Then I read about how XM Radio, is actually pretty poor quality, and with no good terrestrial stations in my area, I looked toward MP3's. Well, after some more reading, I found out all of my MP3 and AAC audio files are garbage quality too. It turns out that when I import music from a CD to iTunes I needed select a better audio file format. I chose ALAC Apple Lossless, because the file is smaller than a FLAC/WAV file, but essentially keeps all of the quality from the original CD file, as in higher highs, and lower lows.

So anyway, after changing over all of my CD's to ALAC Apple Lossless files, and playing them through my iPhone connected via USB to the Camaro. I think that Boston System sounds pretty damn good! It hits hard and I can discern all the different sounds, and doesn't distort when I crank it way up.

So to sum it up:

-Radio=Garbage
-XM Radio=(while convenient)Garbage
-MP3/AAC=Garbage
ALAC/FLAC/WAV=The Cats Meow!

Look at the SH*T STORM you started!!! LMAO!