1.Design Concepts and Considerations

As Americans spend more and more hours behind the wheel, automotive sound-systems have taken on a new importance. As an example, traffic jams are not nearly as aggravating when vehicles are equipped with a quality sound system.

Recognizing this trend, Peugeot set out to design the Peugeot Concert System.

The system was designed to be installed in place of the present speakers, without drilling holes or having to modify the vehicle or wiring in any manner. Although standard on the 1988 Turbo, the system may easily be dealer installed in other vehicles as shown on the attachments.

Four bi-amplifiers are remotely installed next to each woofer, allowing excellent heat dissipation. Twelve volts is supplied to the rear amplifiers via the normal vehicle speaker wiring from an "adapter harness" installed between the vehicle's radio harness and the radio. Several additional plug-in harnesses are also required with the system.

Many customers are not aware of how to obtain the maximum benefit from an equalizer, evident by the fact that equalizers are usually set on most customers vehicles to either the maximum boost or minimum cut at all frequencies. With built-in equalization optimized specifically to the Peugeot vehicle and interior, the driver merely has to make minor adjustments to the bass and treble tone controls to suit the music to his individual taste.

As a result of these design considerations, the Peugeot Concert System is perhaps the most "user and installer friendly" system on the market today.

High power is necessary for clarity of sound, as well as for high volume. Unless reserve power is available to allow the system to duplicate the many "spikes" in real sound at normal listening levels, the spikes will be "clipped off," resulting in sound that is slightly muffled, i.e. lacking in concert-like realism.

Driving will never be the same again, once you've experienced the Peugeot Concert System.