I'm looking for opinions on Ford sound systems versus AC Delco systems, which are carried by most Chevys. Does anyone feel that the Delco systems are better than the Ford's. Also, does anyone know who makes the Ford systems? I drive a Chevy Suburban at work, and I am impressed with the sound. My Escape's sound system I feel sounds good as well, but in different ways. Any thoughts?

 

I think that the recievers are probably pretty good whether they are Ford or Delco. However, I have noticed that the sound systems in Chevy vehicles generally seem to sound better than Fords. This has quite a bit to do with the speakers. When comparing my sister's Sable to my mom's Lumina, the Sable seems downright weak, while the Lumina has very good bass output. I do not think that Ford uses junky speakers, they just do not use the right size. My pickup's bass output is terrible, although it helped some when I put the CD player in it.

 

Stock stereo's suck. All of them.

 

It's too bad that Ford doesn't put more into their sound systems, but I guess there's always the option of upgrading. I wonder if new speakers would do the trick though. I'm pretty much an amatuer when it comes to sound systems.

 

Putting a set of 3-way speakers in would definitely help out. It generally costs $50+ dollars to get a pair of them. They can usually fit in the stock enclosures without too much work.

 

Thanks MJD

 

The Mach460 sound system in the Mustang is one of the best in any car.

 

I'm happy with the stock one in my 01 Ranger. I can just about thump my doors off half blasted. Almost blow my ears out too.

 

I have always thought GM had better radios than ford when comparing the plain jane stuff. I have premium sound in my crown vic and it is only a little better than a chevy malibu's standard equipment. The Mach 460 is pretty cool. I usually upgrade the stereo whenever I buy a car but my 2000 F-150 came with a CD player and it is loud enough for me. It will stay stock.

 

Must be you guys haven't checked out the new Mustangs. Best stock stereo I've ever heard. Now called Mach 1000. Two 10 inch subs, a bunch of speakers, and about 4 amps, with you guessed it, 1000 watts of power. Ford has proved people wrong who say that stock stereos suck.

 

That does sound like a good system. I will have to take a look sometime.

 

It's not just how many subs or amps there are or how loud it gets. It's the quality of the sound. Good highs highs and mids. No muddy lows. That's what makes the Mustang system a good system.

 

If you don't have the money to upgrade to Kenwood or alpine etc. then keep the stock head unit and just change out the speakers for better quality ones..like diamond audio or kenwood excelon .dude...

 

The only factory system that's worth a crap is the Mach1000 system available on the Ford Mustang. That thing is sweet. All the others I've heard are very weak and distort easily at high volume.

I changed my speakers to 3-way Kenwoods in the front and 2-way Kenwoods in the rear, and it was worse than it was from the factory! So I went ahead and installed a Kenwood head unit, Kenwood amp, and Kenwood sub in the rear....now it sounds like a theatre inside. But the point is...you can't expect your OEM head unit to push aftermarket speakers...it will sound horrible that way. Either change it ALL, or leave it all factory.

 

I changed out the mach360 sound system in my 94 mustang, and rewired the whole thing with a kenwood eXcelon KDC-X659 head unit , diamond audio speakers(with cross-overs for midrange and highs for tweeters
) in the front controlled by a one kenwood eXcelon amp. I have a kenwood eXcelon in the rear controlled by an another kenwood eXcelon amp. Then I have a bazooka tube subwoofer in the trunk With a 12' eXcelon sub woofer in it, controlled by another separate eXcelon amp. Sound like I'm at a rock concert. Dude