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>has a ridiculously better sound system

That's definitely not one that is progressively getting better with time. I feel like my early 2000s car has a better quality sound than a 2010s BMW I test drove, and I'm pretty sure mine didn't have any kind of an upgrade package on it.



I guess the thing with sound systems is that Hifi has basically not evolved in the last 30? Maybe even 50 years.

I think the last tipping point was the introduction of Class-D amplifiers which provided "unlimited" power compared to before.

Cheap DSP and a better understanding of psychoacoustics maybe.

My point here is that nothing really changed the game. You could get a high-end, expensive Hifi system 30 years ago that matches the sound quality of a high-end system of today.

The rest, Internet access, BT connectivity, Spotify is bells and whistles.




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