"half_eaten" wrote in message
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Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is it about car audio that
doesn't allow for as much of a dynamic range?

Noisy cars. The background noise level in a car runs 65-85 dB @ 70 mph,
while the noise level in your living room is more like 35-45 dB.

I do definately agree
that my home system sounds MUCH better than my car system
quality-wise, but why is that? Is it just speaker size, amplifiers,
or what?

The car environment is actually pretty good for audio, other than the noise.
Certainly its well-damped, and the small size of the *room* favors easy
reproduction of deep bass.