Who makes the standard stereo system in the GT3?
10-13-2014, 05:32 PM
#17
10-13-2014, 05:47 PM
#20
I have completely stopped using the radio on my 458. Haven't used it in months. Simply because it is no more than background disturbance while driving. I don't see the point of switching it on just for traffic lights. I expect the gt3 to be the same.
10-13-2014, 05:53 PM
#21
Actually I value having at least a decent radio out here in LA where traffic just gets worse and worse all the time and you spend a lot of time at lights or in crawl mode. Hoping that the sound plus package at least gives minimum acceptability for those situations...until I can stretch er out!! 
10-13-2014, 06:04 PM
#22
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Don't understand why they would need to source the stereo from another supplier? That question is even easier to answer now that Porsche is owned by VW and the "Bean-Counters" are running around at every corner trying to always and forever increase thY double bottom line.
10-13-2014, 06:22 PM
#23
Radio Ga Ga...
re: Becker, Telefunken, Siemens, Blaupunkt, Grundig. All of them made radios & other components (e.g. speakers) for the post-war German automobile industry. Telefunken & Blaupunkt are the companies most associated with Porsche in the early period*, although I have seen also some Becker models offered by the Porsche factory in its 356 & 911/912 history.
Blaupunkt is now owned by Bosch. Harman (Kardon) owns Becker. Siemens is of course still around, but stop making radios via its 'Siemens-Electrogeräte AG' division decades ago due to competition from the Far East! Grundig stop making car radios also years ago and it's now owned by a Turkish company.
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
*Although the attached photos were taken from the internet, I have most of these early radios in my sizable memorabilia collection (which is presently in storage). They range from tube pre-A 356 Telefunken & Siemens to the funky Blaupunkt Berlins from the 1970's! They are way too cool...and so illustrative of the period! Last photo is of the original Blaupunkt radio on my 1970 911E Targa, which is representative of the radios most often found in the long hood 911's of the era. By the way, short wave was often offered in the most expensive of the early era radios. I distinctly remember spending nights in my first Porsche - a 1968 912 Targa - in the summer of 1973 listening to the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Radio Habana Cuba on my car's Blaupunkt Frankfurt set! Those were the days...
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Blaupunkt is now owned by Bosch. Harman (Kardon) owns Becker. Siemens is of course still around, but stop making radios via its 'Siemens-Electrogeräte AG' division decades ago due to competition from the Far East! Grundig stop making car radios also years ago and it's now owned by a Turkish company.
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
*Although the attached photos were taken from the internet, I have most of these early radios in my sizable memorabilia collection (which is presently in storage). They range from tube pre-A 356 Telefunken & Siemens to the funky Blaupunkt Berlins from the 1970's! They are way too cool...and so illustrative of the period! Last photo is of the original Blaupunkt radio on my 1970 911E Targa, which is representative of the radios most often found in the long hood 911's of the era. By the way, short wave was often offered in the most expensive of the early era radios. I distinctly remember spending nights in my first Porsche - a 1968 912 Targa - in the summer of 1973 listening to the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Radio Habana Cuba on my car's Blaupunkt Frankfurt set! Those were the days...
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10-13-2014, 06:29 PM
#24
Nordschleife Master
I love 'me Eduardo! They are part of the car. I would never replace them with an aftermarket unit because I want Bluetooth,nav,backup camera or something stupid like that. They belong in those cars.
10-13-2014, 10:33 PM
#26
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When driving my GT3 for the first time last week, I was actually thrilled with the sound package plus and found the sound to be miles ahead of the bose in my old 991s. I found the bose to have a lot of bass, even more treble and absolutely zero mids. It was absolutely terrible. The sound was fatiguing and was a huge disappointment. My least favorite thing about the car by far.
I've only spent a grand total of an hour in the car. First commute in it is Wednesday. Really looking forward to it!
I've only spent a grand total of an hour in the car. First commute in it is Wednesday. Really looking forward to it!
10-13-2014, 11:10 PM
#28
Drifting
When driving my GT3 for the first time last week, I was actually thrilled with the sound package plus and found the sound to be miles ahead of the bose in my old 991s. I found the bose to have a lot of bass, even more treble and absolutely zero mids. It was absolutely terrible. The sound was fatiguing and was a huge disappointment. My least favorite thing about the car by far.
I've only spent a grand total of an hour in the car. First commute in it is Wednesday. Really looking forward to it!
I've only spent a grand total of an hour in the car. First commute in it is Wednesday. Really looking forward to it!
10-13-2014, 11:21 PM
#29
When driving my GT3 for the first time last week, I was actually thrilled with the sound package plus and found the sound to be miles ahead of the bose in my old 991s. I found the bose to have a lot of bass, even more treble and absolutely zero mids. It was absolutely terrible. The sound was fatiguing and was a huge disappointment. My least favorite thing about the car by far.
I've only spent a grand total of an hour in the car. First commute in it is Wednesday. Really looking forward to it!
I've only spent a grand total of an hour in the car. First commute in it is Wednesday. Really looking forward to it!