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For now indeed. Audi's TT first showed up as a concept car, then went into production with very minimal change. The R8 sports car has almost the same history.

"The whip also boasts microphones within the headrests to presumably control certain aspects of the system via voice..."

Nope. It's part of an intercom/noice canceling system.

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"motorists could "judge" the tracks as they were played, enabling the system to "build up a picture of their preferences and offer individual play lists."

thing

Slacker is displayed on the car's touchscreen.



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Anyway, in conclusion, cars that come with Bose/B&O/etc. stereos are just so idiots can have little badges on their speakers that let other idiots know they are better than them.]]>Nov 17th 2007 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/17/audis-cross-cabriolet-quattro-concept-touts-internet-radio-bando/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/17/audis-cross-cabriolet-quattro-concept-touts-internet-radio-bando/
ESPECIALLY when your blasting out the music (like you said, for people who dig that), your "sounds okay" type of speakers will completely die out and it'll sound like pure rubbish. And background noise and vibration comes from crappy tires or crappy sound insulation, meaning you won't have a car that can dish out good beats anyway.

However, IMHO, B&O sound systems are definitely not worth it - and like you said, are just for the name.]]>Nov 18th 2007 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/17/audis-cross-cabriolet-quattro-concept-touts-internet-radio-bando/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/17/audis-cross-cabriolet-quattro-concept-touts-internet-radio-bando/Nov 18th 2007 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/17/audis-cross-cabriolet-quattro-concept-touts-internet-radio-bando/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/17/audis-cross-cabriolet-quattro-concept-touts-internet-radio-bando/Nov 18th 2007 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/17/audis-cross-cabriolet-quattro-concept-touts-internet-radio-bando/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/17/audis-cross-cabriolet-quattro-concept-touts-internet-radio-bando/
i'm not going to begin to compare them with the likes of paradigm, b&w or tannoy (to pick a random few) but they're better than most of the crap you'll find at best buy or circuit city.]]>Nov 19th 2007 12:43AM