<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mike_C:
I went over to Best Buy at lunch today. The salesman there told me that to get more bass I should try Cherwin Vega speakers. He said they generally have more bass that the Pioneer speakers.
Anybody agree with him??</font>
Well, maybe sorta, if you are just looking for a little more SPL.....
I have experience with previous CV (Cerwin, not Cherwin, probably typo..) pro, home, and car audio. I was never impressed. At all. Their design philosophy in the past was about designing very efficient, ear screaming type speakers. I'm not very familiar with their current lineup, though have heard plenty of anecdotal stuff from CV owners claiming the "loudest boom" on the planet, etc...
How did they sound at BB, directly compared to the Pioneers? You need to first and foremost let your ears judge the differences....
My (educated) "guess" is they will probably sound very muddy and "single-tone" like on the low end, with alot of midrange emphasis and harshness on the high end.
That's not to say Pioneer or any other speaker is the "right" or even best solution for you either. For some people and certain tastes, I'm sure Cerwin Vega would be an excellent choice. Knowing that you drive a minivan makes me think you (and most people here) won't like the traditional CV sound.
My advice, demo and see. But if you are looking for clean sound I'd say CV is generally not the way to go. If you are really concerned about bass performance, add a subwoofer.
Just my 2 (or maybe 10) cents...
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-Shin John
'01 DEP EX, and I'm workin' on it! (slowly)