Stock Stereos in Company Trucks, are they decent?

I wouldn’t know because the last truck we bought new was a 2003 FL. It still had a Panasonic Am/Fm Cassette player. Lol!

 

2 speakers in the dash
2 speakers in the doors
2 speakers in the lower bunk
2 speakers in the upper bunk
Sub under the lower bunk next to the heater
Delo amp in the cabinet over the passenger seat....

If you turn up the bass yes it will thump..

During hurricane gustav we were at a fema distraction location with 6 others trucks (all volvo 780's) we parked 50ft apart and cranked xm 39 (hair nation).. you could hear it in walmarts parking lot across the street

 

All of them Ive had in the last 5-10 years have had bluetooth and/or an auxiliary input jack. I listen almost exclusively to podcasts from my phone or an mp3 player.

 

Trucks will accept the same stereos as cars. Any stereo shop or cb installer can put in your own radio.

Don't know about the speakers.

 

Only bad radio I’ve had in the last 20 years and about as many trucks, was a no name POS in a ‘12 Pete 389. So weak you couldn’t hear it at full blast. I ended up buying my own unit that was plug n play which was a drastic improvement. I left it in the truck a few hundred thousand miles later when I vacated it.

Cascadias and Volvos from the last decade are sufficient. Currently on my third Pete 579 and am more than pleased with the sound quality in these. I’ve had a few trucks over the years that have had 2 and 4 speaker settings in the menu. The two speaker set ups are generally found in day cabs but make sure it’s on 4 speaker if you have 4 speakers as it makes a big difference in sound quality.

Had a few blown speakers over the years and the companies would always replace them for me.

Just for kicks, check out John Hall Bassing Semi on Facebook or YouTube. The guys a hoot, flatbedder with a Volvo and the entire sleeper is a speaker cabinet.

 

All the newer trucks ive been in come standard with a Blue tooth capable stereo, hands free phone capable, aux input, SXM capable, and will read mp3 formatted CDs (the kind that will fit a 10+ hour audio book on a single disc) in addition to traditional CDs.

 

Ya,,i think the Freightliner have great speakers. I stream music all night. Spotify!!