Thank you Nate, I am thinking the drive I tried may have been formatted NFTS. I had tried it in the glove compartment. Are you happy with the audio sound in your unit. I am disappointed particularly with MP3 playback. My system has 9 factory installed speakers and a woofer, but the sound still lacks bass and fullness. I have the bass maxed out on the equalizer and the treble minimized. Disc playback is a little better, but still not what I would expect for the cost of the system.

 

Thats your issue right there....it will always sound like crap when you turn the bass up and the treble down...I run mine at bass 4, mid 1 and treble 2, I love the way it sounds, AND I come from my 07 which packed 2 12" subs. The biggest thing is I like the quality that comes out and the fact that if you do play a 7.1 movie, it is full surround sound.

I think what you pay for in the system is the NAV not necessarily the subs, there are systems that provide more bass in other vehicles, but some guys like quality more than loudness. Thats what this system is. I have a sound installer and his ear is tuned. He cant find anything wrong, he loves the way it sounds.

There could be an issue with some of the tunes that your putting on your stick. All my music is all ripped at 320bps, which keeps those low and super high frequencies in. I have had some that i ripped in 128, and yes I could tell a difference there. Take a look and see what quality your music is in, that might be your problem.

 

I have re-ripped some music at 320 bps and that does seem better. I also set the equalizer as you suggested. That also helped. My friend has a new GM product with a Bose system in it. It has that fullness and mellow sound that I can not seem to get with my system. Oh well I guess it is what it is.

 

There is no comparison between alpine and bose. Bose is one of the leaders and is always the leader in new technology. That is just the way it is, they will pay a little more for their bose system that I do believe has less speakers and no sub. That is where you are hearing your fullness from.

If I am on the right track someone correct me if im wrong? But they act as two different types of systems.
With Dodge each speaker has a specific design and sound, tweeters for highs(located in the dash and the ones on the ceiling) the mids (all the door speakers) and the the sub provides the deep lows. With bose, each speaker is a component speaker. Meaning they provide everything all in one. Which in some cases is good, in the case where you want the same sound from everywhere (like you want) But not in my case where I like the different sounds coming from all different places ("******* surround") Yes there is no fullness but to me its quality.

Keep playing around with things, you might eventually get the sound you want. But if you are comparing yours to bose. Its totally different!

 

Alpine? I was of the mind that Harman Becker made these units? Is the 730n RHR made by the same manufacterer as the 730n RER?

 

Harman becker makes the head unit. But the system runs off alpine speakers, amps etc...