Here is one more vote against sony:
My friend has a very expensive sony xplod system dont know which one. but that has 4 sony speakers and a sony woofer. and an amplifier whose brand I dont know. His sound system sucks big time and I feel like turning his system off when I sit in his car. His system is loud enough but what i think it lacks is fidelity. all the songs that i have listened on his system sound different. sound quality really sucks.
waisay i m not much into car audio.
now coming to the justification part, i believe that sony cannot compete with other companies in car audio. and that sony simply cannot make audio systems that are good enough.
when it comes to products like car audio systems sony cannot compete becuz other companys can make audio systems cheaper, better and can roll newer models. sony simply cannot make better products at cheaper rates cuz its the market leader an dere are some ECONOMICS involved in it that i dont know. same was the case with sony's cellphones and ultimately sony had to join hands wid ericsson to stay inda market.
it sells half of its products because of its reputation and not becuz it makes really nice products. it has specialized in making only some of the products (video cams, digital cams, tvs). (by the way the sound of sony bravia flat panel sucks bigtime)
back dere in 1993 we had a mehran in which a sony radio cassette player along with 2 sony speakers was installed and to this day I havent listened to any audio system better than that. fantastic speakers. loud and clear. great bass