Pioneer Unveils Stage 4 Speaker Line

By Dena Cassella January 6, 2010

Audio snobs will want to look to Pioneer for their newly unveiled audiophile-grade Stage 4 line. The Stage 4 line is all about creating the most accurate music listening experience in your car with a collection of components such as a CD/Media player deck with 32 bit DSP processing, high performance amplifiers, and carefully engineered speaker and subwoofer elements to help deliver reference-quality sound. Link

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