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Hyundai Tucson Audio MP3 iPod CD Stereo
by steve_ HOST
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Jun 12, 2006 (2:25 pm)
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Got a problem with your amp or want to upgrade the CD changer? Ask questions here and post your suggestions.
Steve, Host
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Re: Tucson Issues [targettuning]
by fk322
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May 16, 2006 (12:50 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Jun 12, 2006 2:25 pm)
I am far from a Hyundai basher. I have a 06 Sonata and 05 Tucson and really like both. However I disagree with your statement reagarding OEM stereo systems being poor on most makes and models. I had a 02 Dodge Stratus with a awesome factory stereo (Infinity). The factory stereo in my 06 Sonata is very good too. It really is too bad the one Hyundai chose to put in the Tucson is so bad. That being said, I really am happy most other aspects of the Tucson.
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Re: Tucson Issues [fk322]
by flytedhy
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May 16, 2006 (5:53 pm)
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Replying to: fk322 (May 16, 2006 12:50 pm)
You are absolutely correct in that its a weak assumption for anyone to make that all low priced cars have bad OEM radios. Its a basic technology that any quality OEM should have perfected in even their cheapest model, not to mention a 20K+ model. No one expects a high end system in a Tucson and its funny that some defend the fact that Hyundai can't get even this simple process correct. The issue here is not too high of expectations for a radio by Tucson owners, but rather a total failure by Hyundai to provide even the most basic quality sound.
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Re: Tucson Issues [flytedhy]
by targettuning
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May 17, 2006 (4:22 am)
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Replying to: flytedhy (May 16, 2006 5:53 pm)
Since you obviously didn't read what I said I will repeat it for you...I said most cars REPEAT...most cars that are "cheap,reasonably priced etc." have poor sound systems. Never mind the fact that the quality of any particular system is subjective and subject to the individual owners taste i.e. the guy who had the Dodge Stratus. He liked it and that is perfectly fine. In other words what may sound good to you may, or may not, sound good to me...get it? Also Hyundai does NOT make the radio, they contract this item, among thousands of others, out. Hyundai supplies the specs and sombody else builds it. Can it be made better? You bet... for an additional $600 you may get a "premium sound system" on some makes. Since there are thousands and probably tens of thousands of Tucson owners who are perfectly happy with their radios to call it "a total failure by Hyundai to provide even the most basic sound quality" is massively presumptious on your part but I have come to expect that.
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Re: Tucson Issues [targettuning]
by tenpin288
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May 17, 2006 (4:26 am)
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Replying to: targettuning (May 17, 2006 4:22 am)
I have to agree with target. I own a 2005 Tucson LX with the factory 6CD changer and "subwoofer". While it is definitely not "audiophile" quality, it more than satisfies my needs and I have no need or desire to swap it out. Could Hyundai have done better? Sure, but at what cost? 
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Re: Tucson Issues [fk322]
by targettuning
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May 17, 2006 (4:54 am)
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Replying to: fk322 (May 16, 2006 12:50 pm)
I said that most OEM radios/speakers are cheap of basic quality...the least for the money...but you had an Infinity which is commonly known as a "premium" brand. So, although it may have been a factory radio it probably wasn't the base radio. You may have had it included in an upgrade package or paid extra in some way to get it. I never said that factory radios are all poor or of minimum quality. I'm sure the factory radio in a Merc. or BMW or Porche or Lexus is awesome but they don't cost $20 grand either. It has always been a fact that manufacturers cheap out where and when possible and the sound system is a place where 90% of the buyers are satisfied with a basic radio.
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Re: Tucson Issues [targettuning]
by fk322
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May 18, 2006 (2:04 pm)
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Replying to: targettuning (May 17, 2006 4:54 am)
Your right about the Infinity stereo being part of a premium sound package on the Dodge but that doesn't explain why the stereo in my Sonata GLS is so much better sounding than the one in my Tucson (GLS). Yes, SOME manufacturers cheap out on basic radios. Hyundai didn't in the Sonata but did in the Tucson. Ok, Ok, I'm making a mountain of a mole hill here with this stereo stuff. I'll stop. Overall, I've found the Tucson to be of good quality. I do feel bad for flytedy. Obviously he got a bad unit. You really should cut your losses and trade it in.
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